Chicken Liver fry or tawa kaleji fry is simple way to cook chicken, lamb or mutton liver using some simple spices on a flat pan. This process of cooking yields a dry dish which can be used as a side dish or can be consumed with naan bread. Here today am sharing this simple and quick spicy chicken liver fry recipe. It is also referred as chicken liver masala.
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What is chicken liver?
Chicken liver is not red meat nor white meat, it is rather qualified as organ meat aka offal. Organ meats have massive nutritional value. If one was to eat organ meat, they will be doing overdose of required nutrients.
Not everyone loves livers. As they say either you love liver or don’t love it, just like marmite, you either love it or hate it. If you are new to chicken liver, this spicy chicken liver fry recipe can be a good start to get acquainted to the taste of liver.
Chicken liver nutrition
Since liver is heavy to digest, you need to be careful what other things do you consume along with it. Talking about the nutritional value of chicken liver, it is high protein content, along with sodium, potassium, vitamin-a, vitamin-c, iron, and many others, which are good for health. At the same time key thing to note is that it also has high cholesterol, so do take care on quantity you eat.
Per 100grams of chicken liver, it contains 167Cals, total fat of 4.8g and saturated fat of 1.6g. Protein content is 24.5g, making it a great source of protein.
Sometimes while cooking normal chicken people add liver as well, just because it offers that unique taste.
My hubby has a story for chicken liver. When he was kid, he used to have cold all the time and doctors advised for him to be fed chicken liver, and this is how he got introduced to chicken (in a family where no one ate chicken). So well, if you have cold issues, you may try eating chicken liver (please do consult your doctor).
My hubby loves chicken liver fry and he never misses out Nandos chicken liver every time we visit Nandos here in UK.
This recipe of chicken liver fry is an attempt by him to satisfy his lust for chicken livers.
Method
- Wash and cut the liver into cubes. Now add ginger garlic paste, salt, lemon juice, red chilli, turmeric powder, garam masala and coriander powder and set aside for 15 mins to marinate.
- Heat oil in a tawa or a flat pan and add cumin. Add onion and saute till little brown. Subsequently add tomatoes and let this cook to take away the crunchiness or raw tomatoes.
- Top up with chicken liver.
- Mix and fry on a low heat for 3-4 mins. Add a bit of water and mix it thoroughly. Cover the lid and every 3 mins mix it, ensuring liver is not sticking to the pan. Check that liver cuts smoothy to know that its cooked.
This chicken liver fry Is
- Simple and easy to make
- Gluten-free
- Great way to get familiar to chicken liver taste
- Full of nutrients
- Acts as a good starter or a meal on its own right.
Serving suggestion
Serve it hot with fresh coriander leaves, ginger juliennes, lemon wedges and a cold drink.
Chicken lover?
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Below is step by step recipe of how to make chicken liver fry – a simple chicken liver recipe.
Recipe Card
Spicy Chicken Liver Fry
Ingredients
- 400 Grams Chicken Liver Cut into cubes
- 2 Teaspoon Ginger Garlic Paste
- 2 Onions Medium Size – Finely Chopped
- 1 Tomato Medium Size – Finely Chopped
- 10 ML Lemon Juice
- 1 Teaspoon Red Chilli Powder As Per Taste
- 1 Teaspoon Turmeric Powder
- 1 Teaspoon Garam Masala Powder
- 2 Teaspoon Coriander Powder
- 1 Teaspoon Cumin Seeds
- 1.5 Teaspoon Salt As Per Taste
- Fresh Coriander Leaves For Garnishing (Optional)
- Lemon Wedges For Garnishing (Optional)
- Ginger Juliennes For Garnishing (Optional)
- 2 Green chillies For Garnishing (Optional)
- 1 Tablespoon Oil
Instructions
- Wash and cut the liver into cubes. Now add ginger garlic paste, salt, lemon juice, red chilli, turmeric powder, garam masala and coriander powder and set aside for 15 mins to marinate.
- Heat oil in a tawa or a flat pan and add cumin. Add onion and saute till little brown. Add Tomatoes and let this cook to take away the crunchiness.
- Now top up the pan with marinated liver including all spices of marination.
- Mix and fry on a low heat for 3-4 mins. Add a bit of water and mix it. Cover the lid and every 3 mins mix it, ensuring liver is not sticking to the pan. In about 15 mins liver should get cooked. Check its cuts smoothy.
- Serve hot with fresh coriander leaves, green chillies, ginger juliennes and lemon wedges.
Notes
- Take care on quantity that you consume at a given time.
- Try to serve hot and consume in 2-3 days of cooking.
- Be smart in your diet while using chicken liver, it has so many good vitamins and other mineral contents, though high in cholesterol, if you mix with diet of other less cholesterol, this is great food.
Normally i don’t eat chicken liver, But i wanted to try it in a spicy format. So i have chosen to your spicy chicken liver fry. That gave an excellent taste. I never tought i would have chicken liver in my life. Thanks to the writer.
Glad that you liked, Manoj.