Chicken Pakoray Recipe

Ingredients

325 grm. boneless chicken pieces
1 cup water
1 medium onion coarsely chopped
2-3 cloves garlic (Lehsan)
1-2 green chilies coarsely chopped
Handful of coriander (Dhaniya) leaves
125 gm besan flour
1 tsp. coriander (Dhaniya) powder
1 tsp. ground cumin seeds(Zeera)
½ tsp. garam masala
½ tsp. chili (Lal Mirch) powder
1 tsp. salt or according to taste
1 pinch soda bicarbonate
Oil for deep-frying

Instructions

Put the onion, garlic, green chilies and coriander with half the water in the blender and blend to a fine paste.
In a bowl mix together the besan flour, dhaniya powder, zeera, garam masala, chili powder, salt and soda.
Add the blended liquid and rest of the water and mix well to forma thick paste.
Put in the chicken pieces and mix well so that the chicken is well coated with this mixture.
Deep fry in hot oil till golden brown. Serve with ketchup or mint chutney.