Chicken Pickle Andhra Style | Chicken Avakaya
Chicken Pickle Andhra Style is an addictive tongue-blistering concoction of various spices mixed with fried chicken pieces.
Ingredients
Marination:
- 1/2 Kg Chicken with bones clean, wash & cut into bite sized pieces
- 1/2 teaspoon Turmeric Powder
- 3/4 teaspoon Salt
- 1 teaspoon Ginger-Garlic paste
Frying Ingredients:
- 3/4 Cup Oil
- 50 gm Ginger Garlic paste
Mixing Ingredients:
- 1/2 teaspoon Roasted fenugreek seeds powder
- 2 teaspoons Mustard Powder
- 1/2 Cup Red Chilli Powder
- Salt to taste
- 3-4 Lemons squeeze out juice
Tempering Ingredients:
- 1/4 cup oil
- 1/2 teaspoon fenugreek seeds
- 15 Garlic pods peeled
- 5 dry red chillis
- Few Curry Leaves
Instructions
Marination:
- Marinate chicken for 30 minutes with ingredients under “Marination”.
Cooking Chicken:
- In a pan, cook marinated chicken over medium high heat until all the water evaporates.
- Turn off the heat and cool down.
Frying Chicken:
- Heat oil in a pan. Deep fry cooked chicken over medium high heat till golden brown. Remove to a bowl and cool.
- In the remaining oil, add in ginger garlic paste and sauté until it turns slightly brown and the raw smell goes away. Turn off the heat.
Mixing Ingredients:
- To the fried paste, add roasted Fenugreek Powder, Mustard Powder, Red Chilli Powder and salt to taste. Add fried chicken pieces and mix well.
- Cool down and add lemon juice, mix and adjust salt.
Tempering:
- Heat Oil in a pan over medium heat. Add Fenugreek seeds and let them slightly brown.
- Now, add peeled garlic pods and dry red chillies.
- And curry leaves once the garlic turns light brown.
- Turn off the heat. Cool and transfer seasoning to the pickle. Mix well.