Chicken 65

There are several commercial Chicken 65 powders available in the market.but u can prepare it very well usinig the simple ingredients at home too.i had added a few ingredients and also used the chicken 65 powder to a minimal amount.Sakthi chilli chicken masala is actually the perfect blend of all spicecs. i had included a little bit of red chilli powder along with powdered cloves, elachi and cinnamon and start aniseed.
I remember mom used to prepare such a masala, boil the chicken with it and then deep fry it. i am not really fond of deep fried items. instead of it i use just 3 or 4 tsps of oil in a nonstick pan.
For Chicken Drum stick kinda pieces, i pressure the marianated mixture for a span of 10 mins and then fry the content on the non stick pan. okie.... i guess we are good to go.

Ingredients:
1.Chicken - 500 gms
2.Red chilli powder - 1 1/2 tsp
3.clove - 2
4.Elachi -2
5.cinnamon - 1/2 inch stick.
6.star anisee - 1
7.Ginger garlic paste - 1 tbsp
8.Curd - 1 tbsp
9. Salt to taste
10.oil - 3 to 4 tsp
11.Food colour - red - 1 pinch (if needed).
12.Lemon - 1/2 rind.
Method:
Fry the ingredients from 3 to 6 without oil and make a fine powder, then add the ginger garlic paste, red chilli powder and the curd and beat it in the mixer to make a smooth mixture. Wash and clean the chicken, on a bowl marianate the chicken with the mixture, salt, lemon juice and food colour for about an hour.
If the chicken pieces are big, you can pressure cook the mixture for 10 mins and it would give out all the fat.. added benifit for us, you can use even more less oil.
Heat a frying pan,add oil after it has got heated, add the chicken and cook it covered for a while to avoid splashing of the masala and then let the masala get coated over the chicken.simmer the stove and get it roasted.
Ready to relish..