Chilly Chicken

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Ingredients:

Chicken - 1/2 kg
Egg - 1
Onion - 1 (finely chopped)
Yellow Bell Pepper - 1/2 (cut into wedges)
Green Bell Pepper - 1/2 (cut into wedges)
Chopped Ginger and Garlic - 3 tsp
Soy Sauce - 4 tbsp
Chilli Sauce - 2 tbsp
Tomato sauce - 3 tbsp
Corn Flour - 4 tbsp
Rice Flour - 1 tsp
Maida /All Purpose Flour - 1 tsp
Chilli Powder - 2 tsp
Orange Food Color - a pinch
Spring Onion and Coriander Leaves - few to garnish (finely chopped)
Salt - to taste
Cooking Oil

Cooking Instructions:

Wash and clean the chicken and cut into small cubes. Drain the excess water well. Add 2 tbsp corn flour, rice flour, maida, 1 tbsp soy sauce, egg, food color, chilli powder and 1/2 tsp of salt in a bowl and mix well without any lumps. Add chicken pieces to it and let it marinate for about 1/2 hour in refrigerator. After half an hour, deep fry the chicken pieces in oil to golden brown color and keep aside.

Add oil in a pan and saute it with onion, ginger and garlic. Add chilly sauce, tomato sauce, 3tbsp of soy sauce and fry it until the raw smell leaves off ( in simmer flame). Now add bell peppers and fried chicken pieces and a little of and fry well until the sauce coats on the chicken pieces well. Dissolve 2tbsp of corn flour in a little of water and add it to chicken pieces. Cook it until desired thickness is reached. Its good if the chilly chicken is little saucy. Transfer it to a bowl and garnish it with coriander and spring onion. Now Saucy Spicy Chilly Chicken is ready to serve!

Side Dish: Biryani, Fried Rice, Roti, Naan and Rice

I referred this recipe from here and thanks a lot Joy of Cooking!