India

Chicken 65

Name: Chicken 65
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: India
Ingredients: 500 g Chicken thighs (cubed); 3 tbsp Yoghurt; 1 tbsp Kashmiri chilli powder; 1 tbsp Ginger-garlic paste; 2 tbsp each Rice flour & cornstarch; 1 handful Curry leaves & green chilli; for frying Vegetable oil

Fiery fried chicken from Chennai

Chicken 65 is a crisp-fried, fiery-red chicken starter that originated in the 1960s at the Buhari Hotel in Chennai.

Many legends surround the meaning of the “65”; certain only is the combination of chilli, ginger, garlic and curry leaves.

Servings4

Time40 min

LevelMedium

Ingredients

Chicken thighs (cubed)500 g
Yoghurt3 tbsp
Kashmiri chilli powder1 tbsp
Ginger-garlic paste1 tbsp
Rice flour & cornstarch2 tbsp each
Curry leaves & green chilli1 handful
Vegetable oilfor frying

★ = available authentic in the Asia Boutique

Preparation

Marinate the chicken in yoghurt, chilli, ginger-garlic and starch.
Deep-fry crisp in hot oil, remove.
Bloom curry leaves and green chilli in a little oil.
Add a little chilli-yoghurt sauce.
Toss the fried chicken in it and serve at once.

Make it original

Kashmiri chilli and curry leaves for chicken 65 are in the Asia Boutique.

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