Ingredients:

• 1 – chicken, cut into 8 or 16 pieces
• 1 tbsp – thick soya sauce
• 1/2 tbsp – Chicken granules or Chicken cube
• 1 tbsp – Corn flour
• 3/4 tsp – salt
• 1/2 tsp – Sugar
• To grind into a paste and marinate:
• 2 – Lemon grass
• 10 -shallots
• 3 sprigs – Curry leaves
• 1 tbsp – chilli powder
• 1 tbsp – Chicken curry powder
• 1.5 inch – Ginger
• 5 to 6 Cloves – Garlic
• 1 tsp – Turmeric powder

Method:

1. Take the ingredients to be ground and make a fine paste.
2. Mix with the chicken pieces, adding the soya sauce, chicken granules, salt and sugar.
3. Marinate the chicken for 4 hours.
4. Add in the cornflour to the chicken, mix and deep fry to get crunchy chicken pieces.

Recipe courtesy of Sudha Mohan