Payyoli chicken fry, a dry chicken fry with the authentic malabar flavours. The chicken is marinated with dried red chilli paste and many flavourful spices, deep fried in coconut oil and served with crispy and spicy fried coconut, curry leaves and green chillies. This spicy and yummy Payyoli chicken fry is quite popular in payyoli, a place situated in the North Malabar coast of Kerala. This authentic Kerala recipe requires only few ingredients. The trick to a perfect Payyoli chicken is to marinate the chicken twice.Please do try this one out.
Marinate chicken pieces with salt,lemon juice and half of ginger paste and keep in refrigerator for 10 minutes.
Boil kashmiri chilli (with enough water ) for 5 minute and grind well to make a thick paste.
Again marinate chicken with gingergarlic paste,3/4 part of kashmiri chilli paste and keep in refrigerator for 25 minutes.
Heat oil in a pan in high flame.When it gets hot, reduce the flame,add chicken pieces.Close the pan with a lid.Fry both side of the pieces till golden color.
Take pieces from oil.Mix the remaining chilli paste in grated coconut and fry in the same oil.