Recipe: Yummy Bengali chicken Curry or Murgir jhol

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Bengali chicken Curry or Murgir jhol. 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. Bengali style Chicken curry or Mangser Jhol is one of the most popular recipes of West Bengal, and this typical style chicken curry uses lot of spice and.

Bengali chicken Curry or Murgir jhol This preparation contains light runny gravy or 'jhol' in which chicken and potatoes are immersed. Using big pieces of potatoes in meat curries is a signature for Bengalis which is not seen elsewhere. Murgir jhol is classic Bengali chicken curry. You can cook Bengali chicken Curry or Murgir jhol using 19 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Bengali chicken Curry or Murgir jhol

  1. It's 700 grams of chicken.
  2. You need 4 of big sized potatoes.
  3. Prepare 1 of large tomato.
  4. Prepare 4 of slit green chillies.
  5. Prepare 2 tablespoons of ginger-garlic paste.
  6. It's 1 cup of chopped onion.
  7. Prepare 1 tablespoon of cumin powder.
  8. Prepare 1 tablespoon of Coriendar powder.
  9. It's 1/2 tablespoon of red chilli powder.
  10. You need 1 teaspoon of turmeric powder.
  11. You need to taste of Salt.
  12. It's 1 cup of mustard oil.
  13. You need 2 of cloves.
  14. You need 2 cups of water.
  15. You need 1 teaspoon of garam masala powder.
  16. It's 1 of cinnamon stick.
  17. You need 2 of cardamoms.
  18. You need 1 teaspoon of cumin seeds.
  19. It's 1 of bay leaf.

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.

Bengali chicken Curry or Murgir jhol instructions

  1. Wash the chicken pieces properly add some turmeric powder and little bit of salt..
  2. Heat oil in a Kadhai and fry the potato pieces with little bit of turmeric powder and salt..
  3. Potato is now golden colour then remove from dark and keep aside..
  4. Heat some more oil then add bay leaf, whole Garam Masala and cumin seeds. Fry on medium heat..
  5. Shallow fry in the chicken pieces and keep aside..
  6. Then and chopped onion and ginger garlic paste saute until the onion turns colour..
  7. Now add green chillies and tomator till the tomato become soft..
  8. Then add cumin powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder, red chilli powder, Tomato sauce and required salt and stir for 2 minutes on medium flame..
  9. Now add the fried chicken and potato, mix well.
  10. Properly mix chicken, potato and masala then add 3 cups of warm water and bring it to boil.
  11. When boiling starts then cover the lid. Cook for 20 to 25 minutes on low flame.
  12. After 25 mins open the lid and check if the chicken is well cooked and the consistency of the gravy.
  13. Then chicken curry is almost done switch off the flame and add garam masala powder. Mix.
  14. Serve Bengali style chicken curry or murgir jhol with your choice of steamed rice or roti..

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