Chicken 65


For everyone that begged for this recipe ... here it is! This dish has a strange name and an even stranger story. Back in the days when typesetting was done with little metal alphabets and numbers, a little canteen in south India had a chicken dish that was item no 65. At the typesetting house, some of the pieces got displaced and when it printed, it got printed as Chicken 65 and the name stuck ever since. This is really popular in South and Central India and is commonly ordered as a snack.


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Chicken
2 pounds boneless chicken thigh meat cut in cubes

1 egg
2 tbsps corn flour
salt/pepper
2 tbsps ginger/garlic paste


4 Green chillies chopped
1 red onion finely chopped
2 tsps chopped garlic
1/2 cup curry leaves chopped
2 tbsps chilli paste
2 tbsps ginger/garlic paste
1 tsp jeera powder
1 tsp chilly powder

1 tsp pepper
Red food colour
Salt

Mix the chicken with one egg with corn flour, salt and pepper. Fry in oil till slightly crispy. Keep aside.

In a saute pan fry the chopped onion, garlic, green chillies and curry leaves. Add the ginger/garlic paste and chilly paste. Add the cumin and chilli powder. Add the red food coloring with a tiny bit of water. Add the chicken and coat well.

5 comments:

  1. I made this tonight Karrren!! Just superb and so easy to make!! THANK YOU!! PS: Was delish too :)

    Ancita
    Melbourne

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  2. This is the best and closest recipe of Chicken 65 I could find anywhere! It tastes just as good as the one that is from our local highly acclaimed Indian Restaurant "Talking Tables" thanks Karen 😀

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