Bachelor Chicken Fry

Chickens farmed for meat are called broiler chickens. Chickens will naturally live for 6 or more years, but broiler chickens typically take less than 6 weeks to reach slaughter size. A free range or organic meat chicken will usually be slaughtered at about 14 weeks of age.

Chicken as a meat has been depicted in Babylonian carvings from around 600 BC. Chicken was one of the most common meats available in the Middle Ages. It was eaten over most of the Eastern hemisphere and a number of different kinds of chicken such as capons, pullets and hens were eaten. It was one of the basic ingredients in the so-called white dish, a stew usually consisting of chicken and fried onions cooked in milk and seasoned with spices and sugar.

The meat of the chicken, also called "chicken", is a type of poultry meat. Because of its relatively low cost, chicken is one of the most used meats in the world. Nearly all parts of the bird can be used for food, and the meat can be cooked in many different ways. Popular chicken dishes include roasted chicken, fried chicken, chicken soup, Buffalo wings, tandoori chicken, butter chicken, and chicken rice. Chicken is also a staple of many fast food restaurants.

Main edible parts:

Chicken meat contains about two to three times as much polyunsaturated fat than most types of red meat when measured as weight percentage.Chicken generally includes low fat in the meat itself (castrated roosters excluded). The fat is highly concentrated on the skin.

Now I am going to cook a very quick and easy receipe for Bachelors..I am using store bought masala for this.

                               Bachelor Chicken Fry recipe

Recipe Cuisine: Indian  |  Recipe Category: Lunch
Prep Time:10 mins    |  Cook time: 20 mins     |  Serves:2

Ingredients

Onions - 1 medium sized

Tomato -1 big size

Ginger Garlic paste or grated - 1 tbsp

Chicken - 1kg

Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp

Chicken Masala - 1tbsp

Salt - needed

Coriander leaves - few

Oil - 2 tbsp

Mint leaves - few

Green chilly - 1 no


`* Generally I dont prefer store bought masalas, but in case I use I prefer Trichy Janakiraman Masala, It tastes good and also authentic.

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                                                To Temper:

Star anise - 1/2 no

Cinnamon - 1 small piece

Cloves - 3 nos

Curry leaves - 1 strand
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 Method:

• First clean and wash the chicken. Mix turmeric powder and give it one final wash and set aside. Now marinate it with ginger garlic paste and set aside.
  
• Now take a pan, add oil, add the tempering ingredients and finely chopped onions and saute well, add green chillies and curry leaves, mint leaves and saute well.
  
• Now when the raw smell goes off add grinded tomato pulp and saute well. Add salt, turmeric powder. Now add the chicken masala and mix well. Keep sauteing. When oil separates on the top surface add the chicken and mix well.The water will start leaving from the chicken.
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• Now after water comes out, flesh turns colour,add half cup water an close the lid. It will get cooked slowly.
  
• When the chicken is cooked well open the lid. Now a thick gravy will be formed, keep stirring in a medium flame until it becomes a thick paste like gravy. Now switch of the flame, Garnish with coriander leaves. 
  
• Serve hot with Rice.!! You can either take it as a gravy or keep frying further untill thick roast forms out. This goes well with Ghee Rice.