Chicken Pepper Fry

Chicken Pepper Fry

This is one of my most favorite south indian chicken preparation.The recipe is very easy and very tasty.Basically its a very spicy recipe as you add green chilly, red chilly and pepper powder.But I don't eat so spicy so take the seeds out from the green chilly.It can be eaten as a starter or a side dish.Its a dry preparation (without gravy).here goes the recipe.

Ingredients:

1. Chicken Boneless(cut into small 1'' cube) - 400 gms
2. Garlic - 2tbsp chopped and 2tsp paste
3. Ginger - 1tsp chopped and 1-1/2tsp paste
4. Slit Green Chilly - 6-8 (you can take the seeds out if you want less spicy)
5. Red Chilly - 2 tsp
6. Curry leaves - 15-20 
7. Pepper powder - 2-3 tbsp
8. Curd - 2 tbsp
9. Turmeric powder - 1tsp
10. Lemon Juice squeezed out from 1 medium size lemon
11. Salt to taste

Method:

1. 1st clean the chicken and marinate with salt,turmeric powder,red chilly powder(1tsp),ginger paste(1/2 tsp),garlic paste(1tsp) and lemon juice.Marinate it for 1 hour atleast.
2. Heat the kadai and add 3tbsp of refined oil.When its heated, add the marinated chicken and cook for 25 mins in simmer.Add salt to taste.No need to add any water.The chicken itself will remove water.After cooking the chicken if its watery then higher the flame and let the extra water to evaporate.Keep the cooked chicken aside.
3. In the same kadai add 2tbsp oil and heat.
4. Add Chopped garlic,chopped ginger,green chilly and curry leaves in the oil.Fry for 2 mins.
5. Add ginger garlic paste,turmeric powder and chilly powder(1tsp each).Fry for 1 more min.
6. Now add the curd and salt.Fry in high flame for 1 min.
7. Add the cooked chicken and mix it well with the masala.
8. Finally add the pepper powder and mix it well with the chicken.