Batter Fried Chilly Chicken

Ingredients

• • Chicken (cut into small pieces) - 800 grams
• • Oil (for frying) - as required

Ingredients For Egg Batter

• • Eggs - 2
• • Cornflours - 2 tablespoons
• • Maida - 2 tablespoons
• • Pepper powder - ½ teaspoon
• • Ajinomoto - ½ teaspoon (optional)
• • Salt - ½ teaspoon
• • Baking powder - a pinch

Ingredients For Sauce

• • Garlic (crushed & chopped) - 3 tablespoons
• • Green chillies finely choppeds - 5
• • Soya sauce - 3 tablespoons
• • Red chilly paste - 1 tablespoon
• • Tomato ketchup - 2 tablespoons
• • Salt - ¼ teaspoon
• • Pepper - ¼ teaspoon
• • Ajinomoto - ½ teaspoon (optional)
• • Chicken stock - ¼ cup
• • Oil - 2 tablespoons

Method

• 1. Add 1 ½ cups water to the chicken pieces and boil for 2-3 minutes in a covered vessel till tender. Strain and dry the pieces. Reserve the stock.
• 2. Mix all the ingredients of the egg batter and dip the chicken pieces in it.
• 3. Heat oil and deepfry the pieces till golden brown. Keep aside.
• 4. Heat 2 Tablespoon oil in a wok. Add garlic and green chillies. Stir fry.
• 5. Reduce flame . Add the soya sauce, tomato ketchup, chilly paste, salt, pepper, ajinomoto and ½ cup chicken stock.
• 6. Add the fried chicken pieces & stir fry on high flame till the sauces coal the chicken pieces. Serve hot, garnished with chopped spring onions.