Chicken 65 (Bright Red Spiced Fried Chicken, Street Style)
南インドの赤い悪魔！カレーリーフと唐辛子が絡みつく灼熱のフライドチキン
Description
A super-spicy South Indian snack: bite-sized chicken marinated bright red in yogurt/massive chili powder/spices, deep-fried crispy, further tempered with curry leaves/green chilies.
Restaurants serving Chicken 65 (Bright Red Spiced Fried Chicken, Street Style)
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Chicken
- Yogurt
- Kashmiri chili
- Cornstarch
- Curry leaves
- Green chili
- Mustard seeds
Instructions
- [For
- Servings/Ingredients] 250g chicken thigh (or breast), Marinade (
- tbsp yogurt,
- tbsp Kashmiri chili,
- tsp garlic-ginger paste,
- tbsp cornstarch, salt), Frying oil, For tempering (
- tbsp oil,
- tsp mustard seeds,
- curry leaves,
- green chilies,
- minced garlic clove).
- Firmly rub bite-sized chicken into bright red marinade mixing yogurt, intensely colored Kashmiri chili, garlic-ginger, cornstarch (for batter), letting flavors blend.
- Heat oil in stall cauldron, drop bright red dyed chicken, deep-frying crispy until surfaces are crispy.
- Heat a little oil in another pan (or wok), pop mustard seeds, fry massive fresh curry leaves, vertically-split raw green chilies, minced garlic almost burning to draw intense aroma (tempering).
- Toss fresh-fried chicken there, vigorously shake pot entwining spicy oil into every corner of chicken batter. Bright red chicken plastered with green curry leaves/green chilies—a demonic fried chicken making infinite beer vanish.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Kashmiri chili、Mustard seeds、Black pepper
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Japanese fried chicken (Karaage) (forceful sub coating in curry powder/chili paste)
Pairing
Cold beer、Lemon sour
Trivia
[Hardcore] Various theories for '65' (born in 1965, 65 spices used, 65-day-old chicken etc.), but Chennai's 'Buhari Hotel' offering it in 1965 is accepted. While North's Tandoori Chicken is 'baked', South's Chicken 65 is 'fried then further fried in spice oil'—a junkier, more aggressive approach.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Toss 'wilted curry leaves' and 'softened green chilies' fried together with bright red chicken into your mouth, washing down beer while choking on the savory/super-spicy double punch!
Allergen
Dairy (Yogurt), Chicken