Chilli Chicken

Chilli Chicken, the taste you get in kerala fast food shops....

Chicken - 1 lb(bite size pieces)
Onion - 1 Big
Capsicum -1 small
Ginger -1 tbsp finely chopped
Garlic  - 2 tbsp finely chopped
Scallions/Green Onion-few stems
Green Chillies - 2 - 4 nos
Red coloring - 1 drops (optional)
Soy Sauce- 1 tbsp
Tomato Ketchup/Tomato Sauce- 2 tbsp
Oil - 2 - 3 tbsp

For the marinade:-
Red chilly powder - ½ tbsp or as reqd
White vinegar - 2 tbsp
Soy sauce - 2 tbsp
Ginger-garlic paste - 1 tbsp
Black pepper - 1 tsp
Salt - As reqd


1.Marinate chicken in the above mentioned marinade for about 30 mins.
2. Cook the marianated chicken without adding water.Keep aside
3. Heat oil in a skillet and add chopped ginger and garlic when the oil is hot.Saute for 1 minute,untill the raw smell goes away.
4.Cut onion into 1 inch sided cubes.(Dont chop)
5.Saute onions and chopped green chillies in a  for about 2 mins. Untill the onion is of  light pink color, but still crispy.
6.Add cubed capsicum and  chopped scallions,  and saute for another 2-3minutes.
7.Add ketchup and soy sauce and saute for a minute.Add the color if you wish to.
8.Add the cooked chicken to keep simmer for 5 more minutes, untill the sauses cover the cooked chicken well.
9.Garnish with some scallions.

** Alternate method is that instead of simply cooking the chicken you may fry it. Add 1 egg,1 tbsp of all purpose flour and 1 tbsp of  corn flour along with the above mensioned marinade, if you are frying it.

** If you want gravy, add 2 tbsp of corn flour  to 1/2 cup of water and add  after step 7.

Palappam/Vellayappam

Rice Flour (slightly fried) - 3 cups
Cooked long grain rice (Choru) - 2-3 tbsp
Coconut milk - 1 cup
Water - As reqd
Salt -1 tsp
Sugar - 2 tsp
Yeast - 1 tsp
Luke warm water - As reqd to dissolve yeast
Milk - 1/4 cup

1) Take 2-3 tbsp of flour and boil it adding water to make it soup like batter, by stirring continuously.

2)Mix coconut milk and cooked rice in a blender.

3) Add 1 and 2 to rice flour and mix it adding enough water.

1)Dissolve yeast in a little lukewarm water and add sugar. Mix well.

2)Add this to 3 and stir it well.

3)Place this in a warm place overnight for fermentation.

4)Add salt and milk and mix well.

4)Make appams on an appakara.Serve hot.