Chicken Lollipop

Ingredients (240 ml cup used)

• ½ kg chicken drummettes (or 1 lb)
• oil as needed

Marination

• 1 ¼ tbsp. Ginger garlic paste or ½ tsp each of powder
• ¼ to ½ red chili powder or paprika (adjust)
• ½ tsp garam masala or any spice powder
• ⅛ tsp salt
• 4 tbsp corn flour or (2 tbsp. rice flour)

Seasoning

• 1 medium onion
• ¾ tbsp. ginger
• ¾ tbsp. garlic
• 1 tsp soya sauce
• 1 tsp vinegar
• ¾ tbsp. red chili powder or paste ( can use 1 tbsp.)
• 1 tsp sugar (can reduce to ½)
• ½ cup water

Garnishing

• coriander or celery as needed

Instructions

1. Add 3 to 4 tbsp. yogurt to a bowl, whisk it. Add 1 ¼ cup water and salt.
2. Add chicken and soak 1 hour to overnight to tenderize the chicken.
3. Drain off the buttermilk and marinate with marination ingredients except flour. Mix well.
4. Add corn flour mixed with salt.
5. Fry or grill the chicken in oven until cooked. Details mentioned in the step by step pictures above.
6. Add 1.5 tsp oil for seasoning and heat it.
7. Saute ginger garlic until aromatic. Fry onions until transparent. While the onions fry make a paste of red chili powder with 1.5 tbsp. water
8. Add vinegar and soya sauce.
9. Add red chili paste and sugar. Saute just for a while.
10. Add water and cook till the sauce thickens.
11. Add drummettes and toss.
12. Garnish with coriander or celery.