Beer Battered Fried Ginger-Chicken:

Ingredients:

Chicken medium size(bone-in and skin-on)-500 grams
Ginger 5" inch size-skin peeled and grated
Beer 1/2 cup(or 4 spoons)
Cloves 5 grated or pounded coarsely
Cinnamon powder 1/4 spoon (optional)
Red food color 1 pinch
Black pepper cracked 2-3 spoons
Salt
Lemon juice from fresh fruit 1-2
All purpose flour 1 fistful
Egg white from 1-2
Groundnut/Peanut oil for deep frying.

Method:

Clean chicken well in running water. Then pat dry them.

In a large bowl.....sift flour, lemon juice, beer,cracked cloves, cracked pepper, ground cinnamon, red food color, grated ginger, salt and egg whites. Mix them thoroughly. Then bring in chicken and mix them well. Cover and refridgerate them overnight.

Generally cloves gives rich aroma when it stands.....if in hurry try to marinate atleast 2-4 hours minimum.

Heat oil in deep pan. Maintain the heat over medium heat condition.

Fry only few at a time......over medium heat. Let the chicken turn crispy and deep reddish-brown color.

Serve hot.....with onion rings, lemon wedges and crisply fried curry leaves.

This can be served as an appetizer or as a side dish for steam cooked rice(it goes well with plain tamarind rasam).