Chicken Roast ( Kerala Style)

This is a Kerala  restaurant style chicken roast. This can be done with whole chicken cut into medium pieces or with boneless chicken. In this recipe I am using boneless bite sized pieces. It is perfect accomplishment to appam, idiappam, kerala patratha, chapathi and fried rice. This measurements will serve 4.

Ingredients:

Chicken  - 650 gm ( boneless and cubed )
Onion - 2 nos ( medium)
Tomato - 2 nos ( medium)
Ginger - 1 inch piece
Garlic - 5 to 6 podes
Green chilli - 2 nos
Kashmiri red chilli powder- 2 tsp
Pepper powder- 1 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Coriander powder- 1 sp
Garam masala - 1 tsp
Tomato ketchup - 2 tbsp
Lemon juice - 3 tbsp
Curry leaves -1 stem
Mustard seeds- 1 tsp
Dried red chillies - 2 nos
salt - as reuired.
Boiling water- 1/4 cup
Oil - for deep frying.

Method of preparation.

1) Clean the chicken pieces. Add lemon juice, half a tsp pepper powder and salt to this, mix well and set aside for 30 mts.
2)Chop the onions, tomato, ginger, green chillies and garlic.
3) In a small bowl mix one tsp of  Kashmiri chilli powder, 1/4 th tsp of turmeric powder and a little bit of water to make a paste. Apply this paste over the chicken pieces and keep it again for 20 more minutes.
4) Heat oil in a pan for deep frying.
5)Put the chicken pieces in oil  and keep the flame in medium. Fry the chicken till golden brown.

7) In another pan heat some oil ( you can use the same oil used for frying.)
8) Splatter some mustard seeds and add red chillies and curry leaves to the pan.
9) Now add Chopped garlic,ginger and green chillies and sauté it till it turns light brown.
10) Transfer the Chopped onions to this pan and sauté it well till it becomes golden brown.
11) Add rest of Kashmiri chilli powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder and pepper powder and mix it well.
12) Put the chopped tomatoes and sauté it until it cooks well. Now add garam masala.
13)Adjust salt, pour some boiling water and cook it for almost 10 minutes. ( adding water is optional, if want it dry avoid water, I prefer it with some gravy. )
14) Add tomato ketchup to this pan and mix well.
15) Put the fried chicken pieces and coat it with the gravy. keep it in low flame for 5 more minutes.

Authentic Kerala roast chicken is ready to serve!