URUVAL CHICKEN

Preparation time: 20 mins
Marination: at least 30 mins
Cooking time: 45 mins
Serves: 5-6
Ingredients:

• Chicken :1 kg
• Onion thin sliced : 1 cup
• Ghee : 2-3 tbsp
• Cashew nut : 1/2 cup
• Dry grapes : if you like 
• Curry leaves : handful
• Red chillies : 2-4
• Tomato ketchup : 3 tbsp
• Soya sauce : 1 tsp
• Salt
• Oil for deep frying

For chilly paste:

• Coriander seeds : 1 tbsp
• Tamarind syrup : 1 tsp
• Red Kashmiri chilly : 7-8 ( less or more based on spice level)
• Cumin seeds : 1tsp
• Fennel seeds : 1tsp

For Marination:

• Kashmiri chilly powder : 1 tsp
• Cumin powder : 1 tsp
• Coriander powder : 1 tsp
• Garam masala : 1 tsp
• Turmeric powder : 1/2 tsp
• Salt : 1 tsp
• Ginger garlic paste : 1 tbsp
• Corn flour : 2 tbsp
• All purpose flour : 2 tbsp
• Egg : 1
• Vinegar/Lemon juice : 1 tbsp
  (* If you any kebab or chicken fry mix from store, can use that to make things easier)

Preparation: 

• Heat a pan, dry roast coriander seeds, cumin seeds, fennel seeds & red chillies. Allow it to cool, then put it in a mixer, add a little water(around 1/2cup or lesser) let soak for a minute and grind it to a paste ( need not be very fine )
• Mix all the ingredients under marination, then add chicken to it. See that the marinade coats the chicken well and marinate it for at least 1/2 hour and then deep fry it and keep aside.

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Method:

• Take a wok, add 2-3 tbsp ghee & when its hot add sliced onions. Fry it till it becomes golden brown.
• Add cashew nuts fry it then add curry leaves and dry grapes.
• After that add whole red chillies (2-4) and saute it till its fried.
• Add the chilly paste we prepared, Mix it. Fry it till the raw smell disappears
  (around 5-6 mins with mixing as needed and little water if needed)
• Then add tomato ketchup, soya sauce & salt to taste.
• Cook for few mins (1-2 mins)
• Then add fried chicken. Mix well. Just saute for a minute or 2 and take off the flame.
• Uruval chicken is ready to serve.

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