Chicken fry with green peppercorns and birds eye Chilli ( Pacha kurumulaku Kandhari chicken fry)

Chicken fry with green peppercorns and birds eye Chilli ( Pacha kurumulaku Kandhari chicken fry)

Step 1

Ingredients

• Ginger –  small piece
• Garlic cloves – 2  nos
• Shallots – 2 nos
• Green peppercorns (pacha kurumulaku) – 1 tbsp
• Birds eye chilli (kanthari)- 20 nos
• Coriander leaves – few
• Mint leaves – few
• Salt – 1 tsp
• Plain yoghurt – 1 tsp
• Curry leaves – few
• Kasuri Methi – 1/2 tsp (dried fenugreek leaves)
• Garam Masala – 1/2 tsp
• Fennel powder – 1/2 tsp

Preparation

Grind all the above ingredients into a fine paste.

Step 2

Ingredients

• Chicken whole leg – 4 nos
• Lemon juice – 2 tbsp
• Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp
• Red chilli powder – 1 to 2 tbsp

Preparation

Add the ground mix to the chicken. Add lemon juice,turmeric,chilly powders and salt as needed. Mix well and marinate for 30 minutes.

Step 3

Ingredients

• Cooking oil deep frying (shallow fry can be done, try grilling too)
• Curry leaves – few

Preparation

Prepare a pan for frying. Add oil .Once hot place the chicken pieces. Add some curry leaves. Cook over low flame fry evenly. After cooking keep the pan tilted for a while, this will drain the excess oil. Can try deep frying or air frying too.

Refer detailed step by step cooking video below.