Chicken Manchurian

For the chicken balls :

• 4 quarters of boneless chicken thighs,(about a pound)
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp ginger and garlic paste each
• 1/2 tsp garam masala powder
• 1/4 cup bread crumbs
• 1 tsp salt

Steps to make the chicken balls:

• Clean the chicken with turmeric powder and cut into small pieces.
• Put the cut chicken into a blender(or a mixie) and grind for 20 seconds.The chicken will be coarsely ground.
• Now add the egg,ginger garlic paste,garam masala and salt.Run the blender for another 20 to 30 seconds.Transfer the whole thing into another bowl.Add the bread crumbs and mix everything together.
• Touch your hands in little bit of oil,and roll the ground chicken into balls.In the meantime,heat some oil in a pan.
• Deep fry the chicken in oil,in a relatively medium heat.Make sure the chicken gets cooked all the way to the middle,but doesnt burn on the outside.Temperature of the oil is very important.Dont crowd the oil with too many chicken balls to fry at the same time.

Ingredients for the gravy :

• 1 white onion,chopped into chunks
• 1/2 green pepper,chopped into chunks
• 3 garlic pods,finely minced
• 1 tbsp minced ginger
• 5 green chillies,slit
• 2 tsp soy sauce
• 2 tsp maggie chilli tomato sauce(not ketchup)
• 1 tsp duck sauce(optional)
• scallions,coriander,salt,water.

Procedure :

1. Heat 2 tsp of oil in a pan.Add the onion,green pepper,ginger garlic,green chillies at the same time into the oil,and let them cook for 4 mins.
2. Now add all the sauces and stir everything together.
3. Add about half a cup of water,and let the sauce come to a boil.
4. Once the raw smell goes away,bring down the heat and let the sauce reduce into a thick gravy.
5. Now add the fried chicken balls into the sauce,check and adjust the salt.
6. Garnish with scallions and coriander leaves and serve.

Trivia :

You can deep fry the chicken with the same ingredients and skip the grinding.

Duck sauce does not contain any non-veg ingredients in it.It has a pineapple base or in some places a different fruit.

You can also use plain maggie tomato sauce instead of chilli tomato.Avoid using ketchup.

You can replace water with chicken stock.Chicken stock will be have more salt,so be careful.