Name: Drums of Heaven - Spicy and Saucy!
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 55 min
Ingredients: 500 grams Chicken lollipop; 1/4 cup Soy sauce; 1 tbsp Vinegar; 1 tbsp Tomato ketchup; 1 tbsp Red chilli powder; 1 tbsp Garlic paste; 1/4 tsp Salt; 1/4 cup Cornflour; 2 tbsp All purpose flour; 2 tbsp Rice flour; 1 Egg; 1 tbsp Ginger paste; Oil (for frying); 12-14 Chicken Lollipops (Fried); 2 tablespoons Oil; 1 tablespoon Ginger (finely chopped); 1 tablespoon Garlic (finely chopped); 1/4 cup Onions (finely chopped); 2 Green Chillies (finely chopped); 1/4 cup Schezwan Sauce (or Sriracha); 1 tablespoon Light Soy Sauce; 2 tablespoons Tomato Ketchup; 1 teaspoon Sugar; 1/2 teaspoon Cornstarch / Cornflour (mixed in 4 tablespoons water to make a slurry); 2 tablespoons Coriander (finely chopped ); 2 tablespoons Spring Onions (finely chopped (green part only))

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Drums of Heaven are basically Chicken Lollipops tossed in a sweet, spicy sauce. The key to an amazing recipe is in the sauce which has to have the right balance of sweet and spicy! That’s what I’m showing you here today – how to make crispy lollipops and getting that well balanced sauce.

Drums of Heaven are really an extension of Chicken Lollipops. And I love them just as much. There is something about a plate full of drums of heaven that you get through leaving only bones and sticky fingers at the end. Sooo good!

What you’ll need for Drums of Heaven

Fried Chicken Lollipops: I have a recipe for Chicken Lollipop here that uses simple ingredients available at home, no artificial food colouring and a really crispy batter!
Ginger, Garlic, Green Chillies and Onions: All of these are chopped really finely so that after cooking, you don’t really get these distinctly in every bite. You can use a vegetable chopper or food processor to get a fine chop
Schezwan Sauce: Spicy schezwan sauce is key to a good sauce for these lollipops. You can use store bought or easily make a big batch at home and store it like I do.
Soy Sauce: I use light soy sauce for that deep colour, and extra umami flavour
Cornstarch or Cornflour: This is optional but a little cornflour slurry added to the sauce and cooked gives it a nice glossy finish and thickens it.
Chopped Coriander (Cilantro) and Spring Onions: Coriander might seem like an odd ingredient in Chinese cooking, but it really adds flavour to this and makes it authentic Indo Chinese 😂if you know what I mean. So don’t skip it. Chopped spring onions add freshness and a nice zing to this recipe.

Everytime I made chicken lollipops at home, I make sure to fry an extra batch so I can toss them up in some sauce too. That way we have two different appetizers from one recipe!

If you are missing Chinese food as much as I am, this Drums of Heaven recipe will take care of those cravings. And because you make them at home, you know exactly what’s going into them; the lollipops remain crisp and there’s no artificial food colouring in the sauce!

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