Crispy and Spicy Chilli Chicken Recipe - Indian Style

Step 1: To begin making Crispy and Spicy Chilli Chicken Recipe, Clean chicken and chop them to bite sized pieces

Step 2: and slice the onions as well

Step 3: In a kadai, heat about 2 teaspoons oil and cumin seeds and wait for a few seconds till they sizzle

Step 4: Immediately add ginger, garlic, green chillies, cinnamon sticks, and cloves to roast well till the chillies brown a bit

Step 5: Once it is done, in a mixer, add the roasted masalas and coriander leaves into it and grind them into fine thick paste

Step 6: You can add a bit of water to make a paste

Step 7: Keep this paste aside for later use

Step 8: In a large mixing bowl, add chicken pieces and put in salt, curd/yogurt into it

Step 9: Add the ground thick masala paste, turmeric powder, corn flour, maida, egg white and stir nicely until the chicken gets coated evenly with all the ingredients

Step 10: Keep this chicken mixture to marinate for about 4 hours in the refrigerator

Step 11: Once the chicken is marinated for 4 hours, heat enough oil to deep fry, in a deep frying pan

Step 12: Once the oil is hot enough, drop the chicken pieces one by one into the deep frying pan on a low flame to allow them to crisp up

Step 13: Now once the chicken pieces turn to golden brown colour, take them off from the pan onto a kitchen towel

Step 14: Fry all the chicken in batches until they are crisp and golden brown

Step 15: Once all the chicken is fried, in the same hot oil, deep fry the onion slices and curry leaves till crisp, on a medium high heat

Step 16: While serving, serve crispy fried chicken and top it with some fried onions and curry leaves

Step 17: Serve Crispy and Spicy Chilli Chicken Recipe as a side dish with the main meal of steamed rice and Milagu Rasam (Village Style Pepper Rasam) Recipe for dinner with friends and family