Street Chicken - Smoking Hot From The Streets

RED HOT.!!

Ahh..This is one of my favorite ones.
 It's deep fried chicken.
 It is called by different names , chicken 65 , chicken pakoda ,etc depending on the person's social conditioning.
It's a bit risky one too..not all shops sell good quality fried chicken.
You can easily identify it.
 First and foremost the shop will ALWAYS have someone eating there , like the shopkeeper will never run out of customers.
Which means he sells good stuff that people eat at regular intervals.
 And the colour of the chiken too speaks volumes.
Perfect fried chicken are deep blood red and NOT BRIGHT RED.
Yes, the bright red ones just "look" good but frankly speaking , they taste like s**t.
Just keep the above two in mind before opting for chicken , plus in the end I'll introduce you to a wonderful shop where the best street chicken is sold.
It's a must try thing for all those "I love spicy stuff'" foodies.

The Recipe That Would Make Your Taste buds Praise You :

                                                                                                       

The marinated uncooked chicken

 Raw ,washed, cleaned, pieces of chicken.
 That's how it starts. Ginger garlic waste along with pinches of turmeric is mixed with the chicken. And then red chillie powder , black peeper powder , whole eggs, lemon juice are added.
 Normally a pinch of red colour powder is added at this stage to attract customers.
 The meat is mixed thoroughly and let to marinate for around one and a half an hour.
The raw meat is ready. It looks like the one in the above picture.
Now all that the shopkeeper does is that , he half cooks around 1 kg at a time by frying it in oil for a short interval of time and sets it in display.
Once you go to the shop and ask for a plate of fried chicken , he takes around 100 grams from the half cooked chicken and fries it deeply in oil until it becomes fully cooked and ready to eat.
The chicken is garnished with onions , lemon slices and served.

The half cooked ones kept in display are the main attraction of this street food , who can resist such a display combined with an amazing spicy aroma.?

The Taste :

The ready to eat finished product.

                    It has a spicy , masala filled taste. It has the notes of ginger and garlic. Lemon is slightly felt. Overall it tastes completely incredible. Trust me it's just incredible. And worth trying.

Combinations :

An inside view of the street shop

                          In Madurai people eat it with onion rings.
I was in Vellore where they ate this with an amazing combo , the "idiyapam" .
I know it sounds a bit weird , "Chicken 65 + Idiyapam" , I felt the same way when I saw peeps eating it in the streets so I just went out and tried it. It was just completely amazing. The soft tasteless idiyapam does wonders with the harder spicy chicken.

Places To get This :
                                 In Madurai there is a shop in Anna nagar , it's near the new branch of arun bakery and is placed in front of an unused park.
 I'm a fan of that guy's chicken. He sells the best.
 But if you're a chickenholic and  simply love chicken , then I suggest you to make a trip to Vellore. That's paradise for any chicken lover.
There are street chicken shops in huge numbers over there like three to four in a single street.
They have a good variety too , chicken pakodas, chicken chops , chicken kebabs , chicken chips...the list goes on.Good luck trying.