Sweet and Sour Chicken

Chinese Food is very often improvised to suit the Indian taste in many parts of India. In Bengal too Chinese food is very popular and cooked up even in the roadside kiosks as it is very popular among the people. I too used one of my mom in laws recipes of sweet and sour chicken . For this the boneless chicken pieces were first fried in a batter and the sauce prepared separately before they were amalgamated .

Chicken: 500 grams boneless
Green Bell pepper: 2 medium, roughly chopped
Pineapple: 1 can
Onions: 2 medium roughly chopped
Spring Onions: A few strands
Vegetable oil

For the batter:
Flour: 3/4 cup
Cornstarch: 1/4 cup
Egg:1
Water:3/4 Th cup
 Salt
Pepper

For the Sauce:
Vinegar: 1/2 cup
Salt: to taste
Pepper: 1/2 tsp
Tomato ketchup: 4 tbs
Soy Sauce: 1tbs
Garlic Paste: 1 tsp
Sugar: 1 Tbs/ to taste
Cornflour: 1Tbs approx

 Cube the chicken pieces. Now make a batter of Flour, cornstarch, salt, egg , pepper and a little water. Coat the chicken pieces with them and deep fry till golden.
Now add a little oil in a wok and lightly toss the onion pieces. Add a little garlic paste and saute for a minute. Add onion pieces and saute till transparent. Add the  tomato and capsicum pieces,  and the diced carrots and fry for a couple of minutes.Now add water, Vinegar,Soy Sauce, Tomato Ketchup, Sugar, Salt, Pepper and bring the mixture to a boil.Add the fried pieces of chicken at this stage. Now mix the cornflour with water so that there are no lumps. Add this to the wok stirring continuously. The mixture will thicken . Now in a serving bowl place pieces of pineapple and cucumber and pour the hot mixture over it. Sprinkle spring onions. The sweet and sour chicken is now ready to be served.
Hope you liked the recipe. Happy cooking. I also have a post on Minced meat Manchurian. Do have a look.  Bye till we meet. Moushumi.