Chicken 65

Name: Chicken 65
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 500g boneless chicken, in bite-sized pieces; 2 tsp Kashmiri chilli powder; 1 tbsp ginger-garlic paste; 3 tbsp yoghurt; 2 tbsp cornflour and 1 tbsp rice flour; Curry leaves and green chillies; Oil, for deep-frying

சிக்கன் 65/CHIK-en SIX-tee-five/

Also known as: Chicken Sixty Five, Chicken 65 Fry

About this dish

Spicy, deep-fried chicken bites marinated in chilli, ginger, garlic and curry leaves, tossed with green chillies.

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Ingredients

🍗500g boneless chicken, in bite-sized pieces

🌶️2 tsp Kashmiri chilli powder

🧄1 tbsp ginger-garlic paste

🥛3 tbsp yoghurt

🌾2 tbsp cornflour and 1 tbsp rice flour

🌿Curry leaves and green chillies

🫗Oil, for deep-frying

Method

Serves 2

Marinate the chicken with chilli powder, ginger-garlic paste, yoghurt, salt and lemon for 1 hour.

Stir in the cornflour and rice flour to coat.

Deep-fry in batches until crisp and cooked through.

Fry curry leaves and slit green chillies in a little oil.

Toss the chicken with them and serve with onion and lemon.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Chicken 65 was created in 1965 at Buhari Hotel in Chennai; theories about the name abound, and it's now a bar snack across India.

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