Hyderabadi Rooster 65 Recipe – Finish of the Fork

June 20, 2022

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Rooster 65 is a tasty south Indian snack of crispy fried spicy hen tossed in a scrumptious tangy garlic sauce and the flavours are unimaginable! It makes a beautiful starter and it’s good for entertaining.

This recipe is for the Hyderbadi model the place small chunk dimension items of spicy fried hen are tossed in a yogurt based mostly sauce with curry leaves and spices.

This dish is actually mouthwatering!

Rooster 65 is a vastly well-liked avenue meals snack in south India and it is usually discovered on the menus of most non-vegetarian south Indian eating places.

The recipe varies from state to state the place completely different combos of spices and strategies are used to arrange it.

It’s sometimes made utilizing off the bone hen, both breast or thigh, which is marinated in a spicy masala batter, fried after which tossed in tempered spices.

This specific model of hen 65 is from Hyderabad the place spicy fried items of hen are cooked in a wealthy and tangy yogurt sauce.

Rooster 65 is an ideal snack with drinks for entertaining and company can’t appear to get sufficient of it!

If you’re making this for a celebration you can begin getting ready prematurely, see my make forward notes beneath.

It additionally makes a beautiful starter for a dwelling cooked Indian meal alongside my tandoori hen and lamb tikka.

Discover directions beneath for an oil free model utilizing an air fryer, and to make it forward in three straightforward steps over a few days.

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Ingredient notes

These are the substances for hen 65.

All the ingredients for chicken 65 laid out on a table. — Rooster 65 substances

hen – off the bone works greatest, you can use hen breast or thighs.
egg – locks within the hen juices and helps bind the substances collectively.
cornflour and flour – for a crispy batter.
ginger and garlic – chop and mince, or grind utilizing a pestle and mortar to make right into a paste for optimum flavour.
lemon juice – to tenderize the hen
coconut milk (optionally available) – provides flavour and likewise tenderizes the hen.
spices – modify the quantity of pink chilli for roughly warmth, the amount on this recipe makes it pretty spicy. Kashmiri pink chillies are very gentle with a fruity flavour. Mustard seeds and curry leaves give a attribute south Indian flavour.
yogurt – provides tanginess, use Greek or strained yogurt for a wealthy sauce, common yogurt will make the sauce extra watery.

See the recipe card beneath for portions.

Directions

Lower the hen into small items and coat effectively within the marinade. Cowl and go away to relaxation for no less than 1 hour (in a single day will make it even tastier).

In case your kitchen is cool you may go away it to marinate on the counter for as much as an hour. If not hold it within the fridge then take it out half-hour earlier than cooking to deliver to room temperature.

See the meals security guidelines beneath.

Fry the hen in sizzling oil, then put aside on kitchen paper to empty.

Tip: To verify if the oil is sizzling sufficient for frying, dip a wood spoon and if bubbles kind round it, you can begin frying.

For a more healthy oil free choice use an air fryer, see beneath for the directions.

Are you frightened about burning or half cooking hen?

Use a cooking thermometer (affiliate hyperlink) to make sure the hen just isn’t overcooked or below executed, see my publish on right temperatures for cooking meat and poultry.

Frivolously fry the spices in oil (that is the tempering), flip the warmth down, stir within the yogurt then add the hen. Combine effectively to coat the hen within the sauce.

Garnish with freshly cracked black pepper and a squeeze of lemon juice, serve instantly.

Finished chicken 65 garnished with curry leaves and black pepper on a green plate.

Prime suggestions

Carry the hen to room temperature earlier than cooking so it cooks for evenly, to keep away from the skin cooking rapidly whereas the within stays uncooked .
To verify if the oil is sizzling sufficient for frying dip a wood spoon and if bubbles kind round it, you can begin frying.
Depart house between the items of hen as they fry, see my publish on why you shouldn’t overcrowd a pan.

Use an air fryer

For a more healthy model, use an air fryer to fry the hen, earlier than mixing within the sauce.

Two images of air fryer one with drawer closed and one open. — Air fryer

Preheat the air fryer to 200℃/400℉ for 3 minutes.
Place the hen within the basket spaced other than each other with out over lapping, as you’ll in frying fan.
Set the timer to prepare dinner for 8 minutes. Take away the cooked hen from the basket and repeat with the remainder.

Substitutions

Substitutions to strive when you have any of those dietary necessities.

Egg-free – substitute the egg with 2 tablespoons of Greek yogurt within the marinade.
Gluten free – for gluten free hen 65, change the all goal flour with an identical quantity of rice flour.
Dairy free – you can also make this with out the yogurt and it’ll nonetheless be scrumptious.

To make forward

Rooster 65 could be ready over a interval of a few days in three separate levels:

Marinate – Put together the hen and go away to marinate within the fridge for an hour or in a single day for a tastier end result. Take away it half-hour earlier than cooking to achieve room temperature earlier than frying to make sure it cooks evenly.

Fry – Deep fry/calmly fry or use an air fryer to prepare dinner the hen. Permit it to com to room temperature, then hold it within the fridge in a sealed container for as much as 2 days earlier than utilizing. Take away from the fridge half-hour earlier than cooking within the sauce.

Sauce – Put together the tempering then flip the warmth down, add the yogurt after which the hen. Stir the hen effectively to make sure it’s absolutely coated then garnish with lemon juice and black pepper and serve heat.

Storing leftovers

Leftovers will hold within the fridge for as much as 2 days.

Reheat the hen in a saucepan on low warmth for round 5 minutes or until warmed.

The hen could be frozen after frying however earlier than mixing within the sauce. Preserve it in a sealed container within the freeze for as much as a month.

To reheat from frozen, unfold the fried hen out on a baking tray and bake at 200℃ fan/220℃/430℉ for 15-20 minutes, turning as soon as.

Meals security

See extra pointers at USDA.gov.

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