Naadan Chicken Fry

Chicken fry is always a welcoming dish among kids and adults. Its been quite a while that we had this authentic dish. The aroma of the spices in this particular recipe always takes you back to our home, our childhood and above all to our mom's kitchen. The recipe is real simple but the taste and flavor are always royal.

Ingredients:

Chicken Pieces    - 1lb (Can also be boneless)

Dried Chilies       -7 nos.

Ginger                 - 2inch piece     

Garlic                  - 6pods

Caraway seeds    - 2tsp

Pearls Onion       -10 nos.

Crushed Pepper  - 2tsp

Cinnamon           - 1inch piece

Cardamom          -3

Cloves                 -4

Salt                      - to taste

Oil                       - For deep-frying

  

Method:

Cut the chicken into small pieces and it can be either with or without bones. Clean them and pat dry.

In a food processor grind the ingredients under “2”, to a coarse paste. This is rally important to be coarse because while frying   these ingredients give that special flavor to the fries. Add salt to this mix and rub the paste well throughout the chicken pieces and let it marinate for at least 15 minutes. Heat oil in a pan and enough oil to deep fry the chicken pieces. Cook both sides until brown but really take care not to burn them otherwise the pearl onion might taste bitter.

Some like to drizzle a tablespoon or two of lemon juice over or just serve with lemon wedges giving an option.

These naadan fry really goes well with Ghee rice and Daal or simple white rice with mor kulambu..Yuuummmm!!!!