Spicy Chilli Chicken

| Chicken | Indian Cuisine

Chilli chicken - cooked Kerala style.

Ingredients

• 1 kg boneless chicken
• 1 tablespoon meat masala
• ¾ tablespoon red chilli powder
• ¾ teaspoon turmeric powder
• ½ tablespoon chopped ginger
• 2 tablespoon chopped garlic
• 8 tablespoon soy sauce
• 6 tablespoon tomato ketchup
• 3 medium chopped tomatoes
• oil to fry the chicken
• 2 dark green paprika (green bell pepper), cut into 15 pieces each
• 4 big green chillies, cut in diamond-shaped pieces
• 1½ big onions (not sweet)
• salt to taste

Procedure

1. Marinate the chicken with lemon juice, meat masala and salt for 2 hours.
2. Fry the marinated chicken until it loses all the water.
3. Into 3 tablespoons of the remaining oil put the red chilli powder, turmeric, and coriander powder, and sauté till they turn brown.
4. Put in the onions and sauté till wilted.
5. Put in the tomatoes, ginger and garlic and cook till the tomatoes are mashed.
6. Pour in the sauces and simmer.
7. Put in the fried chicken and the green chillies and simmer.
8. Put in the green paprika and remove when the green peppers begin to soften.