Spicy Cashew Chicken Stir Fry Recipe

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This is a quick sidedish for any indo chinese meal. But extremely tasty and spicy. Love it to the core. I loved the crunchyness that the cashews with all the sauces and the spicy note from the chillies. Normally they use red chilli paste for this, since i didn’t have it on hand, i used red chilli powder and mixed it with the sauce and it was perfect.

This dish goes extremely well with noodles, fried rice or pulav. I served it with jeera rice and garlic naan..Everyone enjoyed it..

Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you..

Preparation Time : 5 mins
Cooking Time : 25 to 30 mins
Serves : 3 to 4

Ingredients:

For Batter:
Boneles Chicken – 1/4 kg chopped into small piece
Cornflour / Cornstarch – 1/2 cup
Egg – 1
Salt to taste
Black Pepper Powder – 1 tsp
Oil for deep frying

For Sauce:
Oil – 1 tblspn
Cashews – 50 grams
Ginger – 1 tblspn chopped finely
Garlic – 6 fat cloves chopped finely
Onion – 1 medium size chopped finely
Green Chillies – 3 large sliced at a angle
White Part of 2 Spring Onions chopped
Tomato Ketchup – 3 tblspn
Green Chilli Sauce – 1 tblspn
Soy Sauce – 1 tsp
Vinegar – 1 tsp
Red Chilli Powder – 1 tblspn
Green Part of 2 Spring Onion chopped
Salt to taste

Method:

Mix all the sauces and red chilli powder in a bowl. Set aside.

Start by making sauce by heating oil, add in cashews and fry till golden. Add in ginger garlic and saute for 30 sec.

Now add in onions and spring onion white part. Mix well. Add in chillies and saute till golden.

Now add in the sauce and mix well. Heat this till it is thick. Set the sauce aside for a min.

Now mix egg, salt, pepper, cornflour in a bowl and mix well.

Add the chicken in and mix well. Drop the chicken in hot oil and fry till golden. Drain and set aside.

Now heat the sauce again and drop the chicken in. Toss well.

Add in spring onion green part and toss. Serve hot.

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