Nattu Kozhi / Country Chicken- 300 gramsYou can use chopped chicken as well
Rice Flour / Arisi Mavu - 3 tblspn
Egg - 1
Oil for deep frying
For Marination:
Ginger - 4 cm piece peeled
Garlic - 10 cloves peeled
Curd / Yogurt - 1 cup
Chilli Powder - 1 tblspn
Turmeric Powder / Manjal Podi - 1 tsp
Pepper Powder - 2 tsp
Salt to taste
Lemon Juice - 2 tblspn
Oil - 1 tblspn
Instructions
Version 1 : Nattu Kozhi Fry
Take grinding ingredients in a blender and puree them.
Take all ingredients in a bowl except oil and mix well.
Leave it to marinate overnight.
Now heat oil for deep frying, drop chicken in and fry for 3 mins on high heat. Now reduce the flame and cook for 10 mins till chicken is cooked.
Drain and serve.
Version 2: Nattu Kozhi Fry
Take ginger garlic in a blender and make it into a puree.
Take all the marination ingredients in a bowl, except oil. Add in chicken and mix well. Leave it to marinate for 2 to 4 hours.
Now take the chicken in pressure cooker, add in a tblspn of oil and mix well. Pressure cook for 1 whistle. Turn the heat off and let the steam go all by itself.
Open the cooker, remove the chicken to a bowl with masala. Let it cool.
Now add in rice flour and mix well.
Heat oil for frying. Drop chicken in and fry till golden.