Shredded chicken fry

Last Friday was my dad's birthday and I decided to cook one of his favorites. It took me a long time to decide what to make and finally chose to make pichu pota kozhi fry (shredded chicken fry). My dad took us often to a restuarant called Ponnuswamy in chennai. Most of the times he would order this dish and so I thought why not try this dish out. I did not have a recipe for this but just went with my instincts and came up with this dish. It did come out well and I am sure I will be making it often in the future. So this one is exclusively for my dad.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD

Ingredients:

Chicken (cut into small pieces) - 200gms
Turmeric - a pinch
Onions (finely chopped) - 1
Curry leaves - 1 sprig
Green chillies - 3
Cumin (Jeera) powder - 1 tsp
Coriander powder - 1 tsp
Pepper powder - 1 tsp
Salt - as needed
Oil - 4 tbsp

Method:

Boil 2 cups of water and add salt, turmeric and the chicken pieces and let cook for 15 min. Remove chicken from water, let it cool and then shred into small pieces by hand. Heat oil in a pan and add chopped onions and sliced green chillies. Fry till the onions turn golden brown and then add curry leaves, shredded chicken, coriander powder, cumin powder, pepper powder and salt. Fry in low heat till the chicken pieces are coated well with the masala and the dish becomes dry. Serve hot with rice and sambar. Infact it tastes good just by itself.

Comments

Lakshmi said…
looks good,and yummy.
11:23 AM
Deepz said…
Thanks Lakshmi.
2:51 PM
Shah cooks said…
long time no post
7:29 PM
Anonymous said…
I think your recipes are just awesome. Have you thought about adding the serving size for recipes? That would be very helpful.
10:22 AM
Deepz said…
Shaheen: Been a little busy at work. Will try and update often.

Anonymous: Thanks. Thats a good suggestion will definitely try to do that in the future.
1:50 PM
Unknown said…
Looks delish.
6:07 AM
FH said…
Hope your dad had a great Birthday!
Dish looks wonderful, hope he enjoyed it as well:))
1:37 PM
Anonymous said…
Hey Deepa, I wish I were your neighbour. I am missing all the good food!
10:13 AM
Fazeetha said…
hey deepa, i think your dad's has a great taste!! :) for the past 4 days i am down with viral fever, so i took the chicken and made some soup for myself and with the chicken i did the pichi pota chicken..i love the sound of it....and made some sandwiches for my hubby..it was a hit!!

thanks dear for the wonderful recipe!!
7:03 PM
Anonymous said…
Hahahahahaha yummmmmm!
1:43 PM
Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Green Blog Project - Summer 2007

Image
Last year when I first read about the Green Blog Project , I was very excited as we had so many veggies growing in our backyard and this was a good event to participate in. I was a month old in the food blogging world and it was one of the first few events that I participated in. I made vegetable fried rice from carrots and beans and tomato thokku from tomatoes grown in my backyard. After sending my entries I was eagerly waiting for the roundup and was amazed at all the other entries. I usually stick to traditional and easy growing veggies. But after looking at the roundup, I was surprised to see so many people growing traditional Indian veggies with such ease. This effort started by InjiPennu has encouraged a lot of food bloggers to grow their own vegetables either be it in small containers/pots or a big backyard. I had totally dismissed the idea of growing anything in winter. When Mandira of Ahaar hosted the GBP winter/spring 2007 event and gave us some very good tips on grow
Read more

Arachu vitta sambar, Kovakkai (tindora) varuval, Podalangai (padval) poriyal

Image
I have lots of Indian vegetables stocked in my fridge after my last week's Indian grocery shop visit. I had murungakai (drumsticks), podalangai(padval), kovakkai(tindora) and fresh coconut. So decided to make some very Indian (specifically Tamilian) dishes with those vegetables for dinner last night. When I think of drumsticks the first thing that comes to my mind is Sambar. I was bored of making the regular sambar and hence decided to go with arachu vitta sambar. The main ingredient in this type of sambar is the freshly ground masala and it adds a very unique and different taste. Then decided to do something spicy and dry to go with it and hence a varuval. With the fresh coconut I decided to do some poriyal. So the final menu was arachu vitta murungakkai (drumsticks) sambar, kovakkai (tindora) (ivy gourd) varuval and podalangai (padval) (snake gourd) poriyal. Arachu Vitta Sambar: Ingredients: Thur dal (cooked and mashed) – 1½ cups Drumsticks (cut) – ½ cup Onion (chopped) – 2 Tomat
Read more

Adai and pudina chutney

Image
Last night I was in the mood for idli or dosa but did not have the batter ready. The idli/dosa batter usually takes time preparing (6hrs to soak the ingredients and 6 hrs to ferment the ground batter). So I decided to make Adai as it takes about 2hrs to soak, grind, ferment and to prepare. Adai is pretty filling and high in protein as different varieties of dal are used. Adai: Ingredients: Idli rice (can be substituted with any available rice) - 1 cup Whole urad dal - 3/4 cup Channa dal - 3/4 cup Thur dal - 3/4 cup Ginger - 2 inch piece Shredded coconut - 1/4 cup Red chillies - 4 (can be increased for additional spice) Jeera - 2 tsp Curd - 1 tbsp Salt - as needed Method: Soak rice and all dal ingredients together in enough water for 2hrs. If you are in a real hurry 1hr should be enough. Grind all the above ingredients to a dosa batter consistency. It is fine if the mix is a little course. Also if you are using an US bought blender, grind the above in batches as the motor heats up prett
Read more