Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, bengali chicken curry or murgir jhol. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Bengali Chicken curry or Murgir Jhol is one of the most well liked of current trending foods in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. They are nice and they look wonderful. Bengali Chicken curry or Murgir Jhol is something that I’ve loved my entire life.
This chicken curry recipe yields tender chicken pieces in a hot, flavourful, stew-like jhol (curry). It is so versatile that it can be eaten with rice/roti. Every Bengali family loves their Murgir Jhol.
To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have bengali chicken curry or murgir jhol using 15 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Bengali Chicken curry or Murgir Jhol:
- Get 1 kg Chicken
- Get 4 Potato medium, halved
- Make ready 2 Onion medium, thinly sliced
- Prepare 1 tbsp Ginger garlic paste
- Get 1/4 tsp Turmeric powder
- Get 2 Red chilli whole
- Prepare 1/2 tsp Sugar
- Get 1/2 tsp Red chilli powder or as per your preference
- Make ready 1 tsp Cumin powder
- Get 1 tsp Coriander roasted and crushes
- Prepare to taste Salt
- Make ready 1 tsp Whole Garam masala (cardamom, Cinnamon and cloves)
- Prepare 2 Bay leaves
- Prepare 1/2 tsp Garam masala powder
- Get 1/4 cup Mustard oil
Every Bengali family loves their Murgir Jhol. It was a ritual back home to cook this Chicken Curry or Mangshor Jhol on every other Sunday. "Murgir Jhol" is quite a common dish in Bengali households that features often in Sunday lunch menu. This preparation contains light runny gravy or 'jhol' in which chicken and potatoes are immersed. Using big pieces of potatoes in meat curries is.
Instructions to make Bengali Chicken curry or Murgir Jhol:
- Wash and pat dry the chicken. Marinate with salt and turmeric powder.
- Heat oil in a wok, fry the chicken till brown from all sides. Keep aside.
- Heat oil in a wok, fry the chicken till brown from all sides. Keep aside.
- Now again in the same oil add red chilli and let it splutter. Add the onions with sugar fry till light pink or the onions caramelizes. Add half the ginger garlic paste and all the dry spices. Mix well. Sprinkle some water if required.
- Add the chicken pieces and whole Garam masala with bay leaves.
- Saute well till the masalas have coated the chicken. 1/2 cup water and cook the chicken till 70% done.
- Now once the chicken is partially cooked, make sure there's no water and the oil is separate from the gravy.
- Now bhunofy the potatoes with the chicken well. Add very little water for the potatoes to cook and chicken to tender.
- This recipe asks for "jhol" or light gravy so make sure you don't make the gravy consistent. (then again it's your choice.
- Once the chicken and potatoes are well cooked, check for seasoning and add if required. Finally add Garam masala powder and switch the flame off.
- Murgir jhol best tastes with steamed rice
Murgir jhol is classic Bengali chicken curry. This is pure Indian home cooking. Murgir jhol is curry with Bengali ingredients. There's nothing earth shattering in this recipe. Bengali homemade chicken curry or murgir jhol and bhaat is the favorite sunday lunch for almost all bengali families.
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