Chicken 65

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 12 chicken drumsticks
• 1/2 cup curds (yoghurt)
• 1 chicken bouillon cube
• 1 teaspoon chili powder (or to taste)
• 1/4 teaspoon cumin powder
• 1 teaspoon ginger-garlic paste
• turmeric
• soya sauce
• 1/4 cup curry leaf, chopped
• 2 -3 green chilies, chopped
• 2 -3 tablespoons tomato ketchup
• 2 -3 tablespoons ghee or 2 -3 tablespoons oil, to fry
• coriander leaves, chopped to garnish

Recipe

• 1 wash the chicken drumsticks and dry them.
• 2 mix the soup cube, chili powder, cumin powder, ginger garlic paste, turmeric, soya sauce with the curd (do not add salt).
• 3 marinate the chicken for at least 4 hours in this mixture.
• 4 cook the chicken in the marinade till done.
• 5 take the chicken pieces out of the gravy if any.
• 6 set aside the gravy (if any).
• 7 shallow fry the drumsticks till browned in oil or clarified butter (ghee).
• 8 do this 1 or 2 pieces at a time for them to get a nice colour.
• 9 keep the chicken pieces aside.
• 10 now in the same ghee stir fry the chopped curry leaves and green chillies till crisp.
• 11 add the chicken and stir fry.
• 12 add the reserved gravy (if any).
• 13 add tomato ketchup according to taste to coat the chicken pieces.
• 14 cook till there is no liquid left and the chicken is coated with the sauce but dry.
• 15 garnish with the coriander leaves.
• 16 enjoy.