Fried chicken kebabs, succulent pieces of deep fried chicken with a crispy and flavor packed coating is must try. This particular dish is a trademark of the famous restaurant in Bangalore named Bangalore Empire.
Fried Chicken Kababs ( Bangalore Empire Restaurant Style)Have you guys been to bangalore empire restaurant? They have many outlets in Bangalore and have now opened in Dubai too. They have these amazingly yummy chicken kababs. Not the usual type of kababs which are grilled. These are batter coated and deep fried. It is crispy on the outside and very juicy and succulent inside. Every bite is a delight. Its a must try recipe.
Fried Chicken Kababs ( Bangalore Empire Restaurant Style)For those who have been searching for your favorite empire kababs recipe, you can make these at home whenever your heart feels like. And those who have not tasted these beauties before, “make em now”! That’s my order because you don’t want to miss this! 😉
These kababs were a success story in my home and I’m sure it will be the same in yours too. So here is the recipe. Do try making these and let me know how it turned out.
Happy cooking!
{This is an updated post. I have added few new pictures and I have made a video tutorial too as this particular post has always been the highest viewed post in my blog. Thank you guys. So this video is for you all. :D}
Recipe courtesy: Ria of Ria’s Collection
INGREDIENTS:
- 4 tbsp maida/ all purpose flour
- 2 tbsp cornstarch/cornflour
- 2 tbsp red chili powder
- 2 tbsp ginger garlic paste
- 2 eggs
- 1 tbsp cumin powder
- 2 tsp garam masala
- 1 tsp coriander powder
- Juice of 2 limes (or to taste)
- 3 green chilies, finely chopped
- 1/4 tsp red food colour,optional ( I used it)
- Salt to taste
- 1 kg chicken, with bones
- 2 tsp rice flour
- Oil for deep frying
DIRECTIONS:
- In a bowl, whisk together all the ingredients from maida to salt. Add a few extra drops of water if the batter is very thick.
- Add the chicken pieces and mix to coat well. Let it marinate, covered, in the fridge for 3-4 hours. Just before frying add rice powder.
- Heat oil on high heat, in a deep vessel. Reduce the heat to medium-high and add the chicken pieces, a few pieces at a time.
- Fry for 3-4 mins turning the pieces occasionally. If you fry it further, the colour of the coating will change from red to brown, if you used food colour.
- Drain on paper towels and serve hot with a few lime wedges & onions rings.
- NOTES:
When frying do not reduce the heat to very low because the chicken coating will get soggy at the same time frying in very high heat will give you partially uncooked chicken which you wouldn’t want.
Fried Chicken Kebab
Ingredients
INGREDIENTS
- 4 tbsp maida/ all purpose flour
- 2 tbsp cornstarch/cornflour
- 2 tbsp red chili powder
- 2 tbsp ginger garlic paste
- 2 eggs
- 1 tbsp cumin powder
- 2 tsp garam masala
- 1 tsp coriander powder
- Juice of 2 limes or to taste
- 3 green chilies finely chopped
- 1/4 tsp red food colour optional ( I used it)
- Salt to taste
- 1 kg chicken with bones
- 2 tsp rice powder
- Oil for deep frying
Instructions
DIRECTIONS
- In a bowl, whisk together all the ingredients from maida to salt. Add a few extra drops of water if the batter is very thick.
- Add the chicken pieces and mix to coat well. Let it marinate, covered, in the fridge for 3-4 hours. Just before frying add 2 tsp of rice flour to the chicken.
- Heat oil on high heat, in a deep vessel. Reduce the heat to medium-high and add the chicken pieces, a few pieces at a time.
- Fry for 3-4 mins turning the pieces occasionally. If you fry it further, the colour of the coating will change from red to brown, if you used food colour.
- Drain on paper towels and serve hot with a few lime wedges & onions rings.
Notes
When frying do not reduce the heat to very low because the chicken coating will get soggy at the same time frying in very high heat will give you partially uncooked chicken which you wouldn’t want.
Thanks for sharing this great looking and unique dish!
Thankyou for the feedback. If you make it, do lemme know how you liked it k. 🙂
Is there anyone out here WHO hasn’t tasted the Empire Restaurant’s (Bangalore) Chicken Kababs? i am certain there ar lots and every one I will tell them is ‘ you’re very missing out on some smart stuff!’. This was my most ordered, favorite item of theirs.I might eat the maximum amount as they might provide American state however they ne’er gave over five or half-dozen items and since we tend to were in our school days, we wanted our hard cash for over simply kababs
Oh how I love fried chicken and this one sounds divine, I’ll let you know how mine turns out,
Oh yeah please. This is an indian version of fried chicken. Hop u wil like it. 🙂
shukiya miss sadia for sharing our Bangalore empire dish
You are most welcome.
Thanks publishing this recipe. I am much into deep frying, but tired of french fries. Your recipe is something completely different!
Thank you!
I’m sitting at my desk this morning dreaming about these absolute beauties! delicious!
Hahaha. Make them today then. 🙂
Hi Sadia,
Thanks for the wonderful share. I have always loved the fried chicken and i was in the hunt for this kind of recipe and Voila!!..I got it..I have made fried kebabs twice now once for family and next time for friends and it has turned out absolutely brilliant and heavenly tasty.Thanks a Ton!!!
And yeah Hemant please do try out other recipes from the blog too. 🙂
Hi Sadia,
This turned to be the best dish i have tried out of a recipe. Extremely thankful to you for helping us make better dishes such as these. The coating and texture on the chicken was precisely optimum and made mouths water just by the look of it. I was on the look out for our very own Empire style kababs and the search ended here. You have presented the recipes really well on your blog and overall look and feel of the entire layout of your blog is very pleasant and sets the mood to cook an equally pleasant dish. All the best ! ! !
Thank you soo much Hemanth! Feel really happy to know that you liked the recipe. Thanks a loot for the feedback. 🙂
Not soo good… Its k can taste once
Hahaha ok! Thanks for the feedback 😉 😀
Hello! Happy to know that you liked the recipe.
Its usual that the chicken bleeds when you fry them. But you can do some prep work on the chicken before frying them.
1. Just soak the cleaned chicken in water along with lots of ice for 30 mins before frying.
2. You can brine the chicken, that is soak the chicken in salt water for 5-6 hours or over night. This is a great method because along with removing the blood from the chicken, you will get nice moist, succulent and tender chicken after frying them.
3. You can precook the chicken on low heat for 5 minutes and then do the coating and deep fry.
Hope these tips will be useful for you.
Thank u so much. I just love empire kababs. I always wanted to know how they make it so deliecious.
Thanks Ipsita!
Good one thx for sharing.
You are most welcome
Sadia, These fried chicken kababs look fabulous! I love your food styling and photography too! 🙂
Shall try today in home your receipe method for my son aditya who loves the empire kababs and shall let you know. Thank u for the receipe.
Really hope your son gave this homemade version a thumbs up.
i just love…. this recipe,thanks for sharing, kabab looks absolutely delicious, im gonna try it today. thanks a ton sadia
Thank you Anu! Hope you will like it. Let me know please.
Excellent I tried in home children’s love it before I used to add ready made kabab powder and I was nt satisfied wit d taste but it’s yummy and tasty thanks a lot coz being a housewife it’s hard to satisfy kids taste
Really happy to know that your kids liked it. I know exactly what you mean, I have a tough time feeding my baby too. Feel so happy when he enjoys and eat what I make.
Hi, just wanted to know which is the red chili powder you used any specific brand ? and i have tried preparing kababs many times not succeeded coz the outer layer of kabab become some what like round (veg bonda) type layer doesn’t taste so good 🙁 can you make the step by step video & upload it on youtube…
Helloo Srinidhi!
First of all very sorry for replying this late. I use Kashmiri red chilli powder. I get it from Kerala, but you can get the ready packed powder too. Did you try making kebabs with this recipe? God willing, I will definitely make a video of this and upload it on youtube sometime soon..
Very nice looks yummy
Thank you!
Hi,
Can we grill instead of deep frying?
Hello. No dear, you will get that crunchy texture only if you deep fry.
I tried these kababs today and it came out well . Everyone enjoyed it . Thanks Sadia for this recipe .
Yaay! I’m so happy to know that. Thank you so much for the feedback Shruthi. 🙂
I have eaten at the restaurant in Dubai n it’s my favorite… Just tried now n it was fab… Thanks for bringing the feeling again
Oh so happy that you liked it. Thank you for the feedback. 🙂
I made the kabaab.. kids lubd it .jazakallah… but the coating of some pieces were coming out..is it bcoz the batter was too thick??
happy to know that your kids liked it. One possible mistake would be that you are not using enough oil and/or that you are not allowing it to fry long enough before flipping it. It’s important to let the coating crisp up. If you try to move it too early, it will stick to your pan
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Hi sadiya,
I tried out the recipe and it came out well, thanks for the recipe…
That’s so good to hear. Thank you Navya for the feedback. 🙂