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South Indian spice fried chicken with tomato chutney
Photo: Lily Banse

South Indian spice fried chicken with tomato chutney

22 ingredients 2 hr + 10 min Serves 4-5 openrecipes

This dish brings together the aromatic spices of South India. The crisp chicken is perfect paired with homemade tomato chutney.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

1113
Calories
52g
Protein
20g
Fat
181g
Carbs

Counts 13 of 14 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 13 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Rice 1 cup cooked (158g) white 206
Chicken 100g cooked 165
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Banana 1 medium (118g) 105
Tomato 1 medium (123g) 22
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Chili 1 tsp (2.7g) 8
Cumin 1 tsp ground (2.1g) 8
Shallot 1 tbsp minced (10g) 7
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Ginger 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) 2
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Coriander not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 600g/1lb 5oz chicken thighs
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 2 tsp ginger and garlic
  • 2 lemons
  • 1 tbsp red chili paste or red chilli powder
  • 20 curry leaves
  • 75g/2¾oz gram flour
  • 150g/5½oz rice flour
  • 50g/1¾oz refined plain flour
  • 1 tsp red chili powder
  • 1 tsp salt
  • , for deep frying vegetable oil
  • 2 tsp South Indian garam masala
  • 8 curry leaves
  • 3 garlic
  • 2 tbsp chopped coriander
  • 1 banana shallot
  • 1 tsp salt
  • ½ tsp chilli powder
  • 1 tsp cumin
  • 2 large tomatoes
  • 1 lemon

Directions

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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