Jul 4, 2011

Chicken 65 With Gravy

Chicken 65 is a spicy, deep-fried chicken dish popular in South India.. Chicken deep fried in oil with the extra seasoning makes it tasty and mouthwatering. The flavour of the dish comes from ginger-garlic, pepper powder. This is a very easy method to cook at home with a restaurant style taste.


Ingredients :

Chicken : 500 gms
Onion : 4, small
Ginger Paste : 1 tbsp.
Garlic Paste : 11/2 tbsp.
Lime : 1
Turmeric Powder : 1 tbsp
Kashmiri Red chilli Powder : 11/2 tbsp.
Coriander Powder : 1 tsp.
Soya Sauce : 1 tbsp.
Tomato Sauce : 2 tbsp.
Pepper Powder : 1/2 tsp.
Egg : 1
Corn flour : 2 tsp.
Salt to taste


For Seasoning :

Cumin Seeds : 1/4 tsp.
Mustard Seeds : 1/4 tsp.
Onion : 3, small
Ginger : 1/2 inch.
Garlic : 2 nos.
Mustard seeds : 1/2 tsp.
Curry Leaves : 2 springs
Green Chilli : 2-3, slited


Ingredients :

Wash and cut chicken into small pieces tastes good. Marinate chicken pieces with lime juice, ginger-garlic paste, salt, a  tumeric powder, red chili powder, pepper powder, egg and cornflour. Keep aside for 2 hrs or overnight.
Chop the ginger garlic, onion . Split open green chili.


In a non stick pan, heat the oil to deep fry the marinated chicken pieces in batches. Add the chicken in batches and deep fry each batches atleast for 10-15 min maximum or till when the chicken is cooked in medium flame. Stir often and cook till chicken turns crispy. Filter the excess oil by spreading it on the kitchen tissue. Keep aside.

In the same oil add cumin seeds, and mustard seeds when seeds are splutter add the chopped ginger garlic, curry leaves and green chili.  Fry for 30 sec. Add the chopped onion and fry till they are golden brown.

Now add soya sauce, tomato sauce, pepper powder, salt, cook for 1 min. Then add the fried chicken and and keep frying it until the gravy coats on the chicken pieces. Continue cooking on low flame for 5 minutes by stirring in between. Yummy chicken 65 is ready to serve.

Goes well with rice, briyani and paratha or roti also.......

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