Kerala Style Nadan Chicken Fry / Chicken Drumstick Fry
Chicken and curry cooked in a pan and spiced with chilli and turmeric for a Malabar dish. It's finished with onion and lemon wedges.
25 min · Serves 2 · Easy
Ingredients
Method
Start cooking mode- Prep 10 min · Cook 15 min · 25 min total
- easy
- 1
Make some slits on the chicken drumsticks and then clean and wash it. Keep it in a colander to drain water.
- 2
Take a bowl and add all the ingredients given under the section, ‘To Marinate’. Mix all those ingredients well.
- 3
Pour 1 or 2 table spoons of water. Mix well and make it a paste. Dip all the chicken drumsticks in to this marinade and mix well, so that chicken drumsticks are well covered with masala.
- 4
Close this with a lid and keep it in the refrigerator minimum for one hour. Heat oil in a non-stick pan at medium heat. Fry the marinated chicken drumsticks in batches. Do frequent flipping in between.
- 5
Once it is done, remove it with a slotted spoon. Drain the fried chicken drumsticks onto paper towels.
- 6
Next fry the curry leaves in the same oil and spread it on the top of fried chicken drumsticks.
- 7
Garnish it with onion and lemon wedges. Your Kerala Style Nadan Chicken Fry / Chicken Drumstick Fry is ready to be served. Serve it hot.
Notes and swaps
- Not assessed yet. Check each ingredient if you have an allergy.

