Chicken Fry-Oil Less

Chicken cooked in less oil and in low flame will yields more taste but you have to spend more time than deep frying. But its okay ryt :)...Try to make small pieces to ensure even cooking.  I want to add it long time back yet it remained in my draft. I love this dish and yeah the recipe is from my MIL.

Preparation Time:10 minutes
Cooking Time:1 hour
Serves:3

Ingredients:

Chicken	1 kg
Oil	1/4 cup

To marinate:

Chilly Powder	5 tspoon
Turmeric Powder	1 tspoon
Coriander Powder	3 tspoon
Ginger-Garlic paste	1&1/2 tspoon
Garam masala powder	1&1/2 tspoon
Salt	to taste

Preparation:

(1) Wash and clean the chicken. Chop into small pieces. To this add the ingredients shown under "to marinate" heading. Mix well. Keep in refrigerator for about 30 minutes (You can fry it without marination too).

(2) Heat oil in a wide bottomed pan. Add less amount of oil say it should form only one thin layer at the bottom of the pan. Now add the marinated chicken pieces into it. Close the pan with a lid for about 15 minutes and allow to cook in medium heat.

(3) Open the lid. Now you can see chicken oozes its water and it will mix with oil. Check the below picture. Again allow it to cook for another 15 minutes. No need to close the pan with a lid.

(4) After 15 minutes it will become dry and only less amount of oil retains in vessel. Check the picture. The chicken will be cooked now. The next step is to roast it.

(5) In low to medium flame allow it cook for another 20 minutes. Here you have to keep an eye on it. Saute the pieces for every 2 to 3 minutes and take care not to burn the pieces. You can close the pan with a lid in between. After 15 to 20 minutes everything will become dry and chicken might have roasted well. Check the pictures to know the changes.

(6) Finally no more oil retains and color of chicken will become dark brown. Your chicken fry is ready.

Enjoy with your favorite dish...

Tips:

• Try to use wide pan. Add oil just enough to form a thin layer at the bottom.
• It is better to use boneless pieces so that it can be easily chopped into small pieces. I used chicken with bones as i prefer it.
• Keep the flame in low to medium.
• Addition of chilly powder depends on your tolerance level.