Keralan Chicken Fry

Name: Keralan Chicken Fry
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 500 g/1 lb 2 oz whole chicken wings, skin on; A few curry leaves, flash fried, to garnish; A few raw white onion rings, spiced with the juice of ½ lemon and a pinch of Kashmiri red chilli powder, to garnish; A few raw white onion rings, spiced with the juice of ½ lemon and a pinch of Kashmiri red chilli powder, to garnish; A few raw white onion rings, spiced with the juice of ½ lemon and a pinch of Kashmiri red chilli powder, to garnish; A few lemon slices, to garnish; 1 tbsp Kashmiri red chilli powder; 2 tbsp fresh coconut, grated/shredded; 2 green chillies, slit; 1 tbsp white wine vinegar; ½ tsp ground turmeric; 1 small white onion or 4–5 shallots, roughly chopped; 1 small white onion or 4–5 shallots, roughly chopped; 2.5 cm/1 in piece of root ginger, peeled; 5–6 garlic cloves, peeled; 2–3 dried Kashmiri red chillies, soaked in 100ml/3½fl oz/scant ½ cup warm water for 20 minutes, then drained; 2–3 dried Kashmiri red chillies, soaked in 100ml/3½fl oz/scant ½ cup warm water for 20 minutes, then drained; A pinch of salt; 1 tsp garam masala; 1 tsp coriander seeds; 1 tsp fennel seeds; 1 tsp cumin seeds; 1 tbsp rice flour; 2 tbsp cornflour/cornstarch; 2 tbsp cornflour/cornstarch; ½ tsp salt; 125 ml/4¼ fl oz/½ cup neutral oil (if shallow-frying), plus 2 tbsp for the tempering; 8–10 fresh or dried curry leaves; 8–10 fresh or dried curry leaves

Payyoli Kozhi

Preparation info

Serves:
4

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
30 min

Appears in

No Worries, Just Chicken Curries

By Suki Pantal

Published 2025

About

This is a mouth-watering dish from the south of India. Payyoli is the name of a small coastal town in the Kozhikode district of the southern state of Kerala, where this chicken fry originates from. Payyoli chicken fry is a spicy dry appetizer that is generally deep-fried in coconut oil and then garnished with fried and crispy spices, curry leaves and coconut.

Although this recipe is inspired by deep-fried payyoli fry, I have used an air fryer for the same effect. You can also shallo

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Keralan Chicken Fry

Payyoli Kozhi

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