How to make Chilli Chicken - Step by Step recipe

For marination -

• Take a large bowl. Add Cornflour, Maida, Baking powder, Salt, and egg in it. Now mix all the ingredients very well.
• Take a mixing bowl. Marinate the chicken pieces with the help of the above mixture. Keep some of the mixture aside which we will use later to cook the gravy

Frying Chicken -

• Take a heavy-bottomed pan or Kadhai. Heat required amount of oil in it.
• Add the marinated chicken pieces in the heated oil. You can deep fry or shallow fry the chicken whichever you prefer.
• Fry the chicken on medium heat until they are cooked well.
• Keep stirring gently so that chicken cubes get cooked from all sides evenly.
• When the chicken is cooked completely, keep those aside in a bowl. Drain the excess oil with a tissue paper.

Cooking Chilli Chicken -

• Now let's make the gravy. For gravy preparation, in the same pan or kadhai, add some more oil.
• Temper the oil with 1-2 dry red chillies, bay leaves and 1/2 teaspoon Panch Phoron(optional) or cumin seeds.
• Add the cubed onions. Let it saute for 1-2 minute on medium-high flame till it turn light brown.
• After that add the chopped ginger and garlic into the pan.
• Then add the cubed capsicum, chopped tomatoes and slit green chillies. Fry those until they turn little soft.
• Now add salt, turmeric, and a little bit of sugar. Also add a pinch of cumin and coriander powder. Mix all well.
• After about a minute or two, pour the sauces one by one - Tomato sauce, Soy sauce, and Chilli sauce (optional).
• Give it a nice mix. Saute the veggies along with the added ingredients for 3-5 minutes on medium-high flame.
• After that add the chicken pieces. Mix it well so that the chicken pieces are well coated with the mixture. Let it cook for another 2 minutes.

Gravy preparation -

• Now is the time to add water to make the gravy.
• If you want it to remain dry, just sprinkle little amount of water. Saute it on high flame for 2-3 minutes. Your dry chilli chicken recipe is done.
• But if you want to have some gravy then follow the next steps.
• Add the cornflour and maida mixture which we kept aside during marination.
• Add required amount of water as per your preference. Turn the flame on high.
• Cook it until the gravy is adjusted according to your choice. Turn off the flame.
• Chilli Chicken gravy is ready to serve hot. Enjoy it with some fried rice or noodles.