There are many stories about why this dish is called Chicken 65, no one really know the right reason.
Here are some
1. It was the 65th chicken dish on the menu.
2. The chicken used is 65 days old.
3. The chicken is cut into 65 pieces.
4. The chef put in 65 chilies to make it extra spicy.
We would like to call it chicken 65 because 65 fans requested this recipe till today.
What do you think is the reason. Please comment below.
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Chicken 65 recipe
Ingredients:
Chicken Marinade
• Chicken boneless 1 inch cubes ½ kg
• Adrak lehsan paste (ginger garlic paste) 1 tbs
• Lal mirch (red chili flakes/powder) 1 tsp or to taste
• Corn flour 2 tbs
• Dhania (coriander seeds) roasted & crushed 1 tsp
• Namak (salt) 1 tsp
• Chawal (rice flour) 1 tbs
• Sirka (vinegar) or lemon juice 2 tbs
• Pani (water) as required
Oil for frying
Gravy:
• Oil 3-4 tbs
• Kari pata (curry leaves) 10-15
• Adrak (ginger) chopped ½ tbs
• Lehsan (garlic) chopped ½ tbs
• Chili garlic sauce ¼ cup
• Tomato paste 2 tbs
• Namak (salt) 1 tsp or to taste
• Lal mirch powder (red chili powder) 1 tsp or to taste
• Zeera (cumin seeds) roasted & crushed 1 tsp
• Dahi (yogurt) ¾ cup
• Fried chicken
• Hari mirch (green chilies) 2-3
• Red food color ¼ tsp (optional)
• Garam masala powder (whole spice powder) ½ tsp
• Lemon juice 2 tbs
Directions:
– Add chicken in a bowl and add all marinade ingredients and mix well. Marinate for 2 hours.
– Heat oil in a wok and fry marinated chicken cubes until golden brown on medium low flame. Set aside.
– To prepare gravy, heat oil and add curry leaves, ginger and garlic. Saute for 1 min and add ginger garlic sauce, tomato paste, salt, red chili powder cumin powder and mix well.
– Add yogurt, mix and add fried chicken.
– Add green chilies, red food color and mix well
– Sprinkle whole spice powder and lemon juice.
– Serve with white rice.
Recipe in Urdu:
Ajza:
Chicken Marinade
• Chicken boneless 1 inch cubes ½ kg
• Adrak lehsan paste (ginger garlic paste) 1 tbs
• Lal mirch (red chili flakes/powder) 1 tsp or to taste
• Corn flour 2 tbs
• Dhania (coriander seeds) roasted & crushed 1 tsp
• Namak (salt) 1 tsp
• Chawal (rice flour) 1 tbs
• Sirka (vinegar) or lemon juice 2 tbs
• Pani (water) as required
Oil for frying
Gravy:
• Oil 3-4 tbs
• Kari pata (curry leaves) 10-15
• Adrak (ginger) chopped ½ tbs
• Lehsan (garlic) chopped ½ tbs
• Chili garlic sauce ¼ cup
• Tomato paste 2 tbs
• Namak (salt) 1 tsp or to taste
• Lal mirch powder (red chili powder) 1 tsp or to taste
• Zeera (cumin seeds) roasted & crushed 1 tsp
• Dahi (yogurt) ¾ cup
• Fried chicken
• Hari mirch (green chilies) 2-3
• Red food color ¼ tsp (optional)
• Garam masala powder (whole spice powder) ½ tsp
• Lemon juice 2 tbs
Directions:
1. Bowl mein chicken aur tamam ajza dal ker 2 ghantay kliya marinate kar ke rakh dein
2. Karhai mein tel garam ker k ,chicken ko darmiyani ancch per light golden hunay tak fry ker lein
3. Gravy banana kliya tel garam karein,kari pata,lehsan,adrak dal ker 1 minute kliya saute ker lein
4. Ginger garlic sauce, tomato paste,namak, lal mirch powder, zeera dal ker chamcha chalayein
5. Dahi shamil ker k mix karein, ab is mein fry ki hoye chicken dal dein
6. Hari mirchein aur red food color shamil karein
7. Akhir mein garam masala powder aur lemon juice dal ker mix ker lein
8. Chawal k saath serve karein.
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