Chicken Roast( South Indian Hotel/ Restaurant Style).

Ingredients

Chicken pieces- 500gms

Ginger and Garlic paste- 1/4cup

Red chili powder- 2tsp(+/-)

Turmeric powder- 1/4tsp

Cumin/ Jeera- 1tsp

Fennel/ Sombu powder- 3tsp

Lemon juice- 2tsp

Salt to taste

Oil to deep fry

Curry leaves to garnish

Method

In a large bowl add all other ingredients except chicken pieces. Whisk ingredients with fork to a smooth paste. Now add the chicken pieces to the masala paste and marinade chicken  pieces for atleast 4 hours. Heat enough oil in a pan to deep fry, when oil is smoking hot add chicken pieces and deep fry until golden brown. Drain the chicken pieces from the oil and places on a plate. Remove pan from heat, in the same oil add the curry leaves and fry for few seconds. Drain curry leaves from oil and add it to chicken pieces.

Serve hot hotel style chicken roast as side dish for rice or as appetizer.