Chicken Bezule/Mangalorean Street Food

Chicken Bezule is quite popular in Karnataka and sold in the streets of coastal areas like Mangalore.This is prepared using boneless chicken pieces.This can be served as a perfect cocktail party appetizer.This recipe is adapted from vahrehvah.com.

Ingredients

1. Chicken(boneless,cut into small pieces) – 500 gms
2. Curry leaves – 2 sprigs
3. Coriander leaves – 1 bunch
4. Green chilly – 5
5. Ginger – 1 “ piece
6. Garlic cloves –  6
7. Garam masala powder – 1/2 tsp
8. Kashmiri Chilly powder – 2 tbsp
9. Rice flour – 1 1/2 tbsp
10. All purpose flour/Maida – 1 1/2 tbsp
11. Lemon juice – 1 tsp
12. Curd – 1 tbsp
13. Salt
14. Oil – for frying

Preparation

1. Grind curry leaves,coriander leaves,ginger garlic,green chilly into a coarse paste.
2. Transfer the paste into a bowl and add chilly powder,garam masala powder,rice flour,maida,lemon juice,curd, salt and mix well.
3. Add the chicken pieces to it and mix well.Marinate for at least 4 hours.
4. Heat oil in a pan.Deep fry till both sides are brown in color.
5. The actual recipe calls for red food color to get a nice red color.but i didn’t add it.
6. Garnish with fried curry leaves and green chilly.
7. serve hot as appetizer or cocktail snack.

Recipe Source:vahrehvah.com