Chicken Balls / Chicken Kola Urundai

Preparation time: 15 min
Cooking time: 25 min
Serves: 2

Ingredients:

1. Chicken - 250gm
   
2. Turmeric powder - 1 pinch
   
3. Salt to taste
4. Potato - 1 medium sized
   
5. Cashew nuts - 10 pieces
   
6. Ginger-garlic paste - 1 tbsp
   
7. Chili powder - 1 tsp
   
8. Garam masala - 1 tsp
   
9. Coriander powder - 2 tsp
   

Procedure:
  1.   Clean the chicken pieces and pressure cook for one whistle along with turmeric powder and salt. Chicken will be almost cooked.

   2. Mince the cooked chicken using hands. Easy way is to grind them for 3 sec. Do not grind them for more than 5 sec. Do not add water. It should be in form of shredded coconut.

  3. Cut a medium sized potato into two halves. Pressure cook it for 2 whistles or until it is completely cooked. Allow it to cool naturally and peel the skin of potato. Mash the potatoes into smooth paste.

  4.  Take few cashew nuts in the blender and make into a paste by adding water. Added turmeric powder, chili powder, garam masala, coriander powder, cashew nut paste and salt

   5.   Add the mashed potato to the chicken mixture and make it into a dough like form

   6.  Take a spoon of corn flour and all purpose flour mixture and add water. This batter should be very thin. Coat chicken balls with very little of this batter. Coating chicken balls with batter helps to bind them. Potato itself will help in binding. So coating balls with batter is optional. 

   7.  Heat oil in a kadai. Fry chicken balls and serve.