Bengali chicken Curry or Murgir jhol
Bengali chicken Curry or Murgir jhol

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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.

Bengali chicken Curry or Murgir jhol is one of the most favored of recent trending foods on earth. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Bengali chicken Curry or Murgir jhol is something which I’ve loved my entire life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have bengali chicken curry or murgir jhol using 19 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Bengali chicken Curry or Murgir jhol:
  1. Make ready 700 grams chicken
  2. Prepare 4 big sized potatoes
  3. Take 1 large tomato
  4. Get 4 slit green chillies
  5. Take 2 tablespoons ginger-garlic paste
  6. Get 1 cup chopped onion
  7. Prepare 1 tablespoon cumin powder
  8. Take 1 tablespoon Coriendar powder
  9. Make ready 1/2 tablespoon red chilli powder
  10. Prepare 1 teaspoon turmeric powder
  11. Take to taste Salt
  12. Make ready 1 cup mustard oil
  13. Get 2 cloves
  14. Take 2 cups water
  15. Take 1 teaspoon garam masala powder
  16. Make ready 1 cinnamon stick
  17. Take 2 cardamoms
  18. Prepare 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
  19. Get 1 bay leaf

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 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.

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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