Chicken 65

By: Madhavi of New Jersey, USA, US

Hot and spicy chicken

Serves 4 people

This famous dish from Andhra region goes great with rice and sambar.Also a favorite companion on drink parties. To reduce heat in the recipejust substitute half of chili powder with shimla mirch powder.

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Ingredients

2 lbs. Chicken(boneless, skinless thighs)
2 tsps. Corn Flour
2 tsps. All Purpose Flour
1 no. Egg
1½ tsps. Ginger(paste)
1½ tsps. Garlic(paste)
2 tsps. Red Chilies(powder)
12 nos. Green Chilies
2 cups Yoghurt
1 tsp. All spice powder(cloves, cinnamon, cardamom)
4 drops Food Color(Red)
Onion for garnishing
3 tsps. Lime juice
Salt to taste
Vegetable Oil for frying

Directions

Mix corn flour, all purpose flour, egg, ginger garlic paste, chilli powder and salt to thick batter. Add water if required.
Add chicken pieces to the batter and marinate for an hour.
Deep fry the marinated chicken pieces till they turn golden.
Heat 4 tsp oil in a sauce pan and add slit chillies, yogurt, garam masala, red color, little salt and the fried chicken pieces.
Fry for 4-5 minutes and remove from heat.
Add lime juice, mix well and garnish with onions.

Latest Comments

By Vishnu on 1/22/2012 4:56:00 AM

is it 2 tbsp yogurt or 2 cups?? it came out horrible. I prefer you try vahrehvah. awesome recipes by sanjay thumma. go to vahrehvah.com and type chicken 65. there is a video too.

By faiza nuha on 9/27/2011 8:33:00 AM

this recipe was so tasty the texture of the chickn was awesome....thank u madhavi...jazak ALLAH...wanna try some other recipes of urs...insha ALLAH..

By Meghna on 9/19/2011 8:22:00 PM

Very Good! I tried this recipe and it tasted very good. The only thing that bothered me was the yogurt falling apart when added as per the recipe and the chicken looked more like pink, maybe because of the yogurt(white)+red food color(red)=pink. My kids called it PINK CHICKEN. Will make it again. Thank You!

By Tandoor Hut on 9/8/2011 3:00:00 PM

I would like to add that this dish is from Tamilnadu (chennai) region and not Andhra. It is called chicken 65 because of the year if was produced in the famous "Bhuhari" Hotels in Chennai. They also have chicken 78, 90 etc.

By jean chaurasia on 7/14/2011 11:59:00 AM

a great recipe, I used chicken winglets instead and jsut as good and tasty. Thanks.

By sureshan on 7/9/2011 2:38:00 PM

clarification required on ingredient yoghurt 2 cup or 2tsp

By areen on 3/27/2011 2:50:00 AM

The only thing that did not get me is there is no curry leaves in this dish, I thought curry leaves is a must!! Am I right? What ever the dish turned out superb. Thanks. Keep posting such yummy dish.

By hfshama on 1/20/2010 8:53:00 AM

a very good recipe. i tried it and it came out well. thanks.