Chilli Chicken

Ingredients for marinating Chicken: 2 lbs Boneless chicken cut into medium size pieces, Egg White of 2 eggs, 1 tbsp corn starch, 1 tsp garlic powder or very fine minced garlic, 1 tsp ginger powder or very fine minced ginger, ½ tsp Red chilli powder, salt per taste.

Ingredients for Gravy: 1 Capsicum finely chopped, 1 Cup onion paste, ½ cup tomato paste, 1 tbsp crushed garlic, 1 tbsp crushed ginger, 1 tsp corn starch, Chilli sauce 1 tbsp, 1 Red dried whole chillies, Ajinomoto/Chinese salt 1 tsp, Black Pepper per taste, Soya Sauce ½ tsp, Vinegar 1 tbsp, Salt per taste, Oil for frying.

Method: Whisk together egg white, corn starch, garlic powder, ginger powder, salt per taste and make medium consistency batter. Marinate the chicken pieces in the batter for at least 30 minutes. In a wide pan Shallow fry chicken pieces on medium heat till the chicken is cooked from inside but not too crispy from outside. Keep the fried chicken pieces aside. In a big Pan heat 1 tbsp oil on high. Put whole chillies in hot oil for the spicy aroma. Now add the crushed garlic, Onion paste , capsicum and crushed ginger. Add Ajinomoto salt, black pepper and little plain salt per taste. When the capsicum is tender mix 1 tsp corn starch in 1 1/2 cups of water and add to the fried masala. Let the gravy simmer for 2 minutes. Now add soya sauce, vinegar, chili sauce and mix it properly. In the last add the fried chicken pieces and let it simmer for another 5 minutes. Serve Chilli Chicken with Naan/Parantha or Rice.