The Mystery Of One of The World’s Best Bar Snacks, Chicken ’65!! Gluten Free.

Ingredients

Marinade and Coating

• 1
  
  tablespoon Kashmiri chili
  
• 2
  
  tablespoons Fresh lemon juice
  
• 1 inch
  
  piece of freshly chopped ginger
  
• 2
  
  chopped shallots
  
• 1/2
  
  teaspoon ground coriander
  
• 
  
  salt to taste
  
• 5
  
  tablespoons gluten free cornstarch
  
• 2
  
  tablespoons sorghum flour
  
• 1
  
  teaspoon rice flour
  
• 1
  
  egg beaten
  
• 
  
  salt and pepper to taste
  
• 2
  
  pounds chicken breast or thigh meat
  
• 
  
  oil for deep frying
  

Yogurt Sauce

• 1/2
  
  cup thick yogurt
  
• 1
  
  tablespoon Kashmiri chili
  
• 1/2
  
  teaspoon ground cumin
  
• 1/2
  
  teaspoon ground coriander
  
• 2
  
  tablespoons fresh lemon juice
  
• 3
  
  tablespoons oil
  
• 2
  
  shallots finely chopped
  
• 1
  
  1 inch piece of ginger finely chopped
  
• 
  
  salt to taste
  
• 1
  
  pinch sugar
  
• 1
  
  handful fresh chopped cilantro
  

Directions

Marinade and Coating

1. Cut the chicken into bite size pieces.
   Set it aside.
2. Mix together the marinade of ground ginger, ground shallots, Kashmiri chili, and coriander
3. Pour the marinade into the bowl of chicken bites.
4. Mix everything together well.

5. Pour in the lemon juice.
6. Stir things up well , salt to taste, and set it aside in the fridge for at least 1 hour.
7. While the chicken is chilling, mix together the gluten free coating of rice flour, sorghum flour, and cornstarch

8. Beat the egg and set it aside in a separate bowl.

Yogurt Sauce

1. While the marinated chicken is chilling prep the yogurt sauce.
   Mix together the shallot, and ginger.

2. In a separate bowl whip the yogurt, add in the Kashmiri chili, lemon juice and spices. Set it aside.
3. Pour the oil into a deep pot, wok or kadhai. Bring it to 350 degrees.
   When the oil is hot dip each chicken piece into the egg mixture.
4. Dredge the chicken in the gluten free coating and plop it into the hot oil. I cooked the chicken in batches of 4 or 5 pieces.
5. Cook each batch of chicken for about 6 minutes.
   As they cook place them on a paper towel covered plate to drain.

6. Here is where the paths diverge on Chicken ’65. Some people prefer to fry their chicken and then use the yogurt as a spicy dipping sauce. This recipe is a bit different. The yogurt sauce is heated and the chicken put back in until the yogurt is absorbed. Here’s how that works.

7. Heat 3 Tbs of oil in a skillet or wok.
   When the oil is hot toss in the chopped ginger, shallot or garlic and stir fry everything for about 30 seconds.
8. Add the friend chicken pieces to the pan, then add the seasoned yogurt to everything.

9. Stir the yogurt mixture into the pan and mix everything together well.

10. When the yogurt is absorbed into the chicken it’s done.
    Plate it, sprinkle it with a bit of chopped fresh cilantro and serve it up!

11. The important thing to look out for in this recipe, is not letting the crispy coating become un-crispy and peeling off while heating the chicken in the yogurt sauce. It worked fine for us, but I think next time I may save myself a roller coaster ride and just serve the spiced yogurt sauce on the side for dipping. So there you have it, the mystery dish, from the mystery place, that’s loved throughout India. Sometimes you have to stop wondering about where something comes from and just shut up and eat it, which is what we did.