CHICKEN MANCHURIAN

Chicken manchurian is a very popular starter and a side dish.Basically this is a Chinese dish, but I am preparing in an Indo-Chinese style.This can be served as an evening snack and along with roti or naan too.I hope you all will try today's Chicken Manchurian in your home also.Let us see how to prepare this tasty dish.

                                               INGREDIENTS

For marination

• Chicken pieces                 -   1 kg
• Curd                                 -   1/2 cup 
• Pepper powder                 -   1/2 tsp
• Ginger Garlic paste          -   1 tsp
• Corn flour                         -  2 tsp
• Salt                                   -   to taste

Marinate this and keep in refrigerator for 30 mins.

• Maida                                -   1/2 cup
• Cornflour                          -   1/4 tsp
• Ginger chopped                -   1 tbsp
• Garlic chopped                 -   1 tbsp
• Green chilies slit              -    3 
• Onion diced                      -   2 big
• Celery stem  chopped       -   2 tbsp
• Celery leaves chopped     -   2 tbsp
• Kashmiri chilly powder   -   1.5 tbsp
• Tomato ketchup               -   1 tbsp
• Red capsicum                  -   1 diced
• Vinegar                            -   1 tbsp
• Water                               -   as required
• Salt to taste                     

•  Marinate the chicken with the marinating ingredients and keep in refrigerator for 30 mins.

•  Mix maida and cornflour together and make a batter.

•  Cook the marinated chicken in a pan without adding oil.While cooking fat oil will come out.Cook till 5 mins and remove it to a plate.

•  In the same pan add some oil.Dip all the chicken pieces in the batter and fry each pieces slowly till light brown.

•  When it is fried remove this to a plate.

•  In the balance oil,add the chopped garlic to it.

•  Add chopped ginger to it.

•  Then add slitten green chilies to it.

•  Now add the diced onions to it.

•  Next add chopped celery to it.

•  Saute well.

•  Add chilly powder to it.

•  Saute this well.

• To the balance dip batter, add  1 cup of water and mix well.If you do not have the balance dip batter then add 2 tbsp of cornflour and mix with water.Add this to the mixture.

•  Add salt to it and allow it to boil.

•  Add tomato ketchup and vinegar to it and  mix well.

•  Now add the fried chicken to it.

•  Mix well,when the sauce gets coated on the chicken turn off the flame.

•  Garnish with celery leaves.

•  Finally garnish with white sesame seeds and serve.

                             Enjoy today's special Chicken Manchurian!!!!!!!!!!!