Andhra Chilli Chicken

Ingredients

Chicken – 1 kg

Whole red chilli – 8

Ginger – 2 inch

Garlic – 8 flakes

Salt as per taste

Lemon – 2

Curry leaves – 8

Rice – 2 tbl.sp

Yoghurt – ½ cup

Oil – ¼ cup

Maida (white flour) – ¼ cup

Chopped coriander leaves – ½ cup

Method

Make four pieces of chicken and cut four to five inch deep slit on the chicken pieces. Apply salt and two tablespoon of lemon juice and leave for marinating for half an hour. Make a paste of ginger, garlic, curry leaves, red chilli and rice and add lemon juice and yoghurt to it. Mix well to make a smooth consistency. Add salt to taste. Apply this paste to the chicken and leave to marinate for four to five hours preferably in the refrigerator. Heat oil in a pan, roll this marinated chicken in the maida or white flour and fry it, turning the chicken pieces frequently for uniform cooking. Cook on a low flame. When half cooked, remove the chicken pieces on a shallow pan, sprinkle coriander leaves, add 1/4^th cup water and close the lid and cook for few minutes till the chicken is wholly cooked