Bengali Chicken curry or Murgir Jhol
Bengali Chicken curry or Murgir Jhol

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Bengali Chicken curry or Murgir Jhol is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals on earth. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. They’re 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. Murgir jhol or Bengali chicken curry recipe: Jhol refers to the runniest form of sauce in Bengali cooking. This chicken curry recipe is all about freshness.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have bengali chicken curry or murgir jhol using 15 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Bengali Chicken curry or Murgir Jhol:
  1. Prepare 1 kg Chicken
  2. Take 4 Potato medium, halved
  3. Make ready 2 Onion medium, thinly sliced
  4. Make ready 1 tbsp Ginger garlic paste
  5. Take 1/4 tsp Turmeric powder
  6. Make ready 2 Red chilli whole
  7. Make ready 1/2 tsp Sugar
  8. Take 1/2 tsp Red chilli powder or as per your preference
  9. Make ready 1 tsp Cumin powder
  10. Take 1 tsp Coriander roasted and crushes
  11. Get to taste Salt
  12. Take 1 tsp Whole Garam masala (cardamom, Cinnamon and cloves)
  13. Take 2 Bay leaves
  14. Take 1/2 tsp Garam masala powder
  15. Take 1/4 cup Mustard oil

Murgir Jhol is a light Chicken Curry prepared in almost all Bengali households and l is characterized red colour of the gravy and presence of potatoes. Murgir jhol is classic Bengali chicken curry. This is pure Indian home cooking. Murgir jhol is curry with Bengali ingredients.

Instructions to make Bengali Chicken curry or Murgir Jhol:
  1. Wash and pat dry the chicken. Marinate with salt and turmeric powder.
  2. Heat oil in a wok, fry the chicken till brown from all sides. Keep aside.
  3. Heat oil in a wok, fry the chicken till brown from all sides. Keep aside.
  4. 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.
  5. Add the chicken pieces and whole Garam masala with bay leaves.
  6. Saute well till the masalas have coated the chicken. 1/2 cup water and cook the chicken till 70% done.
  7. Now once the chicken is partially cooked, make sure there's no water and the oil is separate from the gravy.
  8. Now bhunofy the potatoes with the chicken well. Add very little water for the potatoes to cook and chicken to tender.
  9. This recipe asks for "jhol" or light gravy so make sure you don't make the gravy consistent. (then again it's your choice.
  10. 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.
  11. Murgir jhol best tastes with steamed rice

This is pure Indian home cooking. Murgir jhol is curry with Bengali ingredients. There's nothing earth shattering in this recipe. Murgi is chicken and jhol means soupy curry in Bengali. Murgir jhol or kosha mangsho used to be a regular Sunday affair at our household or if I am not wrong Hence Sunday Special Murgir Jhol.

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