Chicken Pakoda ( Nanking Style )

Nanking - Asian Fusion Restaurant, this is one of the famous Indo Chinese Restaurant in

 Hyderabad-Telangana and few  cities in USA. Today I will be talking about one of my family's

 favorite dish from this restaurant.  This is a simple yet delicious snack made of minced chicken. The

 only place I saw  this pakoda being  served is at Hyderabad location. Haven't seen this dish being

 served in USA location. This was on my todo list for many years now thinking they are so difficult to

 make. But thanks to covid, I have tried most of the difficult dishes during this lockdown. Nanking

 style Chicken Pakoda is one of them. I didn't know it was so simple to prepare until I tried it one day.

 So lets get started with this crispy outside and soft inside delicious Chicken Pakoda recipe.

This recipe goes to week 2 day 1 of Blogging Marathon 120 under the theme " All that can be 

 rounds".

Ingredients:

Minced Chicken / Chicken Keema 1 pound / 1/2 kg

Maida / All purpose flour 2 tbsp

Corn flour 1 tbsp

Besan / Gram flour 2 tbsp

Onion 1 medium chopped

Ginger garlic paste

Chopped green chili 1 tbsp

Chopped cilantro 1/4 cup

Turmeric powder 1 tsp

Egg 1 

Salt to taste

Oil for deep frying

Extra Ingredients Needed:

Egg 1

All purpose flour 1 cup

Preparation:

Wash the minced chicken 2-3 times and leave it in a strainer for about 30 minutes, this is a very

 important step to remove excess water in the meat.

Now add the chicken to mixing bowl and add chopped onion, green chili,  ginger garlic paste,

 turmeric powder, corn flour, gram flour and all purpose flour.

Also add chopped cilantro and 1 egg.

Mix everything well and set aside for 30 minutes.

Meanwhile beat 1 egg in a small bowl.

Once the chicken is marinated well, make small to medium size balls with it.

Now dip the ball in beaten egg, make sure egg is coated well.

Now dip it in a dry flour, coat well and place it on a plate.

Repeat the same process with rest of the chicken mixture.

Heat oil for deep frying, drop few chicken balls at a time and fry them well on medium heat till nice

 and crisp.

Serve hot with green chili sauce or any sauce which you like.

Check to see what my fellow bloggers are cooking for Blogging Marathon 120.