Ayam Goreng Mamak (Fried Chicken Mamak's Style)

Ayam Goreng Mamak (Image from www.jenius.com.au)

It is crispy and juicy. Forget about KFC, you can make your own fried chicken at home using Mamak's style. It is an easy recipe and for chicken lovers, you can add this recipe to your list of world fried chicken recipes.
Mamak is a term used as Indian Muslim in Malaysia therefore this recipe is heavily influenced by Indian with the use of rice flour and curry powder. It is spicy but you won't be screaming for water. So, start cooking so you can start digging.

Ingredients

2 chicken breasts (approx. 600g)
6 tablespoon corn flour
6 tablespoon rice flour
3 stalks curry leaves
6 garlic cloves
2 inch ginger
10 dried chillies
2 tablespoon curry powder
1 tablespoon red chilli powder
1 tablespoon ground white pepper
2 teaspoon salt
1 egg

Instructions

Blend garlic cloves, ginger, curry powder, dried chilli, egg, red chilli powder, ground white pepper and salt into paste
Mix the paste, rice flour, corn flour and curry leaves together into batter
Cut the chicken into 7 smaller pieces per breast roughly at equal size to allow the batter/marinade seeps through chicken better and reduce cooking time slightly
Marinade the chicken with batter for 1 hour. Chicken tastes much better if you marinade it longer
Heat oil to low flame and fry chicken until the the batter become crispy. It is crucial to cook with low flame to avoid chicken batter from cooking too quickly and it is hard to get crispy texture otherwise
Ayam Goreng Mamak DONE!