Dragon Chicken

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 I first had dragon chicken at "The Rock" restaurant at Chennai. It was very good and I ended up eating the entire plate. It was sweet ans spicy. 

   I searched for the recipe for a long time, there were many versions of the same and my first attempt was a failure. I finally found a recipe which I tried and I nailed it.

Unfortunately the person who submitted this recipe left no name. The original recipe did not have any vegetables or nuts, but I added both.

Ingredients:

1/2Kg.          -     Chicken(boneless) cut in long strips  

1 tsp.            -     Ginger(finely chopped)

1 tsp.            -     Garlic(finely chopped)

1 1/2 tsp.      -      Red chilly flakes 

1/2 Cup         -    Tomato sauce (adjust the quantity)

2 tsp.            -     Soy sauce

1/2 tsp.         -     Sugar

Oil for deep frying
8 Nos.          -      Split cashews

1 No.            -     Carrot  sliced into thin strips
1/2 Cup        -     Green Capsicum sliced 
1/2 Cup        -      Cabbage sliced
* All the vegetables should be cut as you would do for a fried rice

For marination:

1 tsp.            -     Ginger paste

1 tsp.            -     Garlic paste

1 1/2 tsp.       -     Pepper powder  

1 No.             -    Egg white 

2 tbsp.            -    Corn Flour  

Method: 

1. Marinate the chicken pieces with the above mentioned marination ingredients and set aside for 2 hrs.
2. Fry the marinated chicken in oil until golden brown and crispy.(Refer notes
3. Pour 2 tsp. of oil used for frying in a skillet.
4. Saute the finely chopped ginger, garlic followed by red chilly flakes and tomato sauce.
5. Add Soy Sauce and sugar.
6. Add the cashews and vegetables and saute for 2 minutes.
7. Add the fried chicken pieces and mix well.
8. Cook for some more time until everything is mixed well.
9. Garnish with spring onions and coriander leaves.

NOTES:

* If sugar added is more, add more of tomato sauce to compensate the sweet taste.
* I did not deep fry the chicken instead I used a frying pan to cook the marinated chicken by   turning the pieces time to time to cook evenly.
* Do not over cook the chicken else it will be hard to bite (remember you will be cooking it again with the sauce). You would probably only require 5 to 10 minutes to cook the chicken.
* Do not over cook the vegetables.