Sweet & Sour Chicken

I adopted this recipe from one of the food blog and did little variation to suit to my hubby's taste. 

You Need:

Chicken - 1/4 kg ( Use boneless chicken breast pieces)

Onion - 2 nos (Finely chopped)

Capsicum ( I used red ones) - 1/4 of one piece.

Tomato sauce - 10 tsp

Soy sauce - 1 tsp

Chilli powder - As per required spice level

Pepper powder - 1/4 tsp ( Just for flavor)

Garlic - 2 nos (Finely chopped)

Corn flour - 2 tsp

Maida flour - 1/2 cup

Salt - To taste

Oil - To fry

Wash and cut the chicken breast into small chunks. Take a bowl, mix maida, salt and chilli powder and make a paste by adding little water. Dip the chicken pieces in this maida mixture and deep fry till golden color in very low flame. Make sure you don't burn them.

Drain the excess oil using tissue paper and keep aside.

For the curry: Chop the onions, garlic and capsicum. Take a pan, heat 2 tsp of oil. Add onion, saute  till translucent. Add garlic and fry till raw smell goes. Add tomato sauce, soy sauce, chilli powder, pepper powder, salt and one cup of water. Wait till it boils. Add the capsicum and cook covered for few more mins. Check the spice and salt level in this stage and add if needed. Add the chicken bites and mix well.

Meanwhile, mix corn flour in water and add to the curry. This is for thickening the curry. Let it cook for few more mins. The curry would have thickened well. Switch off the flame once the desired consistency has come.

Tips: Add more chilli powder to overcome the sweetness of tomato sauce.
Add 3 tsp of rice flour in maida mixture to get crispy texture to chicken bites.

Sweet, sour, spicy and crispy chicken curry is now ready to be served with pulav or with plain rice.