Chicken Balls

INGREDIENTS:

1/4  boneless chicken pieces
1 Big onion finely sliced
5 fresh green chillis
3 dry red chillis
6 garlic flakes
2″ piece ginger chopped
Handful coriander leaves, chopped
2 tablespoons coriander seeds
1/2 tablespoons cumin seeds
1″ cinnamon stick
1 green cardamom
5-6 cloves
10 cashewnuts
Salt to taste
Oil for deep frying

HOW TO MAKE:

1.    Heat a teaspoon of oil in cooking vessel. Add the cumin seeds, coriander seeds, cardamom, cloves, cinnamom, red chillis and cashewnuts and stir for a minute till light golden.

2.    Grind the roasted ingredients along with ginger, garlic and green chillis to a coarse paste. Add the chopped onions, coriander leaves, chicken and salt and grind further to form a smooth paste.

3.   Add a tablespoon of oil to the ground mixture and mix thoroughly before shaping into small lemon sized balls.

4.    Heat oil for deep frying. fry these balls in the oil and fry them to a crisp, golden brown color.

5.   Serve hot with tomato sauce or green chutney



RATING NOTES:

              DIFFICULTY LEVEL    :   EASY

              RATING  POINTS         :    8/10**

**  The spices should not be fried till dark as it changes the taste of the chicken balls.

**  I ground the mixture in a chopper - that saved me from adding any water and the balls are formed very easily.

** To get crispiness, you can roll the balls on a bed of cornflour/gram flour or dip them in beaten raw egg before frying