Chicken Majestic is a well known Hyderabadi dry starter. Theekha hai par lajawaab! (Supreme Taste but Spicy)

Recipe by Mrs. Shivani 

Preparation time: 35 – 40 mins

Serving: 4 people

INGREDIENTS:

Chicken Breast Pieces: 2

Butter milk:  250ml approx.

Whipped Curd:  3 – 4 tablespoons

Salt: as required

Black pepper: 2 tablespoons

Lemon juice: ½ tablespoons

Soy sauce: ½ tablespoon

Chilli sauce: ½ tablespoon

Spicy Tomato sauce: ¾ tablespoons (add more if you want it spicy)

Chillies: 3 – 4 (cut into thin slices)

Garlic cloves: 5 (chopped)

Ginger size of half lemon (chopped)

All-purpose flour: 3 tablespoons

Corn flour: 1 ½ tablespoons

Rice flour: 1 tablespoons

Ginger garlic paste: 2 tablespoons

Red chilli powder: 1 tablespoons

Turmeric powder:  ½ tablespoons

Coriander powder:  ½ tablespoons

Cumin powder: ½ tablespoons

Egg (whole):  1

Curry leaves: 8-10

Mint leaves and Coriander leaves – handful

Oil for frying

METHOD:

• Marinating: cut the chicken breasts into long thin strips. Add the butter milk and salt as required to chicken strips and marinate it for 2 hours. This brings nice juicy flavour to the chicken and makes it tender.

• After 2 hours, squeeze the chicken slices and transfer it to another bowl. Add 1 egg, all purpose flour, corn flour and rice flour, salt and ginger garlic paste. Mix well. Marinate for another hour and store in refrigerator.

• Now, deep fry the marinated chicken strips until they turn golden brown and keep it aside. (do not over fry them, they will lose the flavour)

• Take a big pan, add oil. Add chopped garlic and ginger, curry leaves, green chilli and sauté for 5 mins.

• Add the curd, red chilli powder, turmeric powder, coriander powder, cumin powder, black pepper powder, and mint leaves.

• Now add the soy sauce, chilli sauce, spicy tomato sauce, lemon juice. Add fried chicken as well.

• Mix well, coat the chicken to the gravy.

• Cover and let it cook for 3-5 mins.

• Take it out and serve. Garnish with coriander leaves.

We hope that this recipe will stimulate your taste buds!

Have a great meal!