Wash and clean the chicken pieces well and place them in a bowl
Roughly chop the shallots, lemon grass,chilli padis,garlic and ginger
Add the chopped ingredients in a blender and blend into a paste without any water
Add the blended paste to the chicken
Add the dry spices next
Beat the eggs and add them next. coat the chicken pieces well with the paste,eggs and spices
Finally add the salt, curry leaves and cornflour and coat every chicken piece well
Cover and refrigerate for an hour for the chicken to marinate in the flavours
Heat enough oil for deep frying and fry the chicken pieces in batches until both sides are crisp and brown
Rest the fried chicken on an absorbent paper to drain excess oil
Serve hot with chilled yogurt-mint dip. Enjoy!!
