Coconut Chicken Fry | Payolli chicken fry
Ingredients
- 500 gm Chicken cut to pieces
- 1 cup Grated Coconut
- 1 inch Ginger crushed
- 4 cloves Garlic crushed
- 2 tbsp Kashmiri red chilli powder
- 1 tsp Turmeric powder
- 1 tbsp Fennel powder
- 1 tsp Black pepper powder
- 1 tbsp Vinegar or lemon juice
- to taste Salt
- enough to fry Coconut Oil/vegetable oil
- 5 nos Dried red chilies chopped & deseed if you want to reduce the spice level
- few Curry leaves
- ¼ cup Bread crumbs
Instructions
- Make slits on the chicken pieces with a knife. Add ginger, garlic, red chilly powder, turmeric powder, fennel powder, black pepper powder, vinegar (lemon juice) and salt to the chicken.
- Massage it well into the chicken and keep aside for 1 hour. Grind the grated coconut to a fine powder.
- Heat oil in a pan and fry the chicken pieces on a low flame till they are cooked and golden brown.
- Remove most of the oil from the pan. In the remaining oil, fry the ground coconut, dried red chillies and curry leaves till they are golden brown in colour.
- Now, add in the bread crumbs and keep on stirring.
- When the mixture turns crispy, add the chicken pieces and fry for a few more minutes.
- Serve sizzling hot!! Enjoy!!
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