Gunpowder Chicken

Name: Gunpowder Chicken
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 tbsp ground coriander; 2 tsp ground cinnamon; 2 tbsp Green Chilli Pickle; ¼ tsp salt; 2 large chicken breasts, chopped into 2cm/¾ inch pieces; 2 tsp crushed garlic; 1 tbsp chopped fresh coriander/cilantro; 2 tbsp Tamarind Chutney; ½ red onion, finely sliced; vegetable oil, for deep frying; 1 large red chilli, finely sliced; 380 g/13½ oz/generous 3 cups gram/chickpea flour; 1 egg, beaten; juice of ½ lemon; ½ tsp salt; 1 tbsp ground cumin

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
30 min

Appears in

Mowgli Street Food

By Nisha Katona

Published 2018

About

This dish was borne out of my fury when I paid through the nose for a teaspoon of popcorn chicken at a drive thru. My girls love popcorn chicken but I felt light in the pocket and light in the stomach. I went home and began to experiment with God’s own batter – gram flour. These are a gluten-free, delicious bite. We use chicken breast in Mowgli, so this is the recipe I’ve given you here, but in India, the darker and bonier, the better, so use chicken thighs for a more tender, rich ammunitio