Recipe: Delicious Bengali chicken Curry or Murgir jhol

Recipe: Delicious Bengali chicken Curry or Murgir jhol Delicious, fresh and tasty.

Bengali chicken Curry or Murgir jhol. I adopted this Murgir Jhol recipe from Maa with very minimal changes. Basically, Murgir Jhol is a light Chicken Curry prepared in almost all Bengali households and this Jhol is characterized by the runniness and red color of the gravy and presence of well-cooked potatoes in the Chicken Curry. I believe Bongs love the Potato than the meat and for us, this typical jhol is a comfort food that we.

These Curries+Sundays are made for each other.

Here chicken pieces cooked in a spicy, delicious, finger-licking good curry (much thinner in consistency that's why this is Jhol) with large potato chunks.

After having this with steamed rice a nap is equally.

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. It’s 1 of large tomato.

4. It’s 4 of slit green chillies.

5. Prepare 2 tablespoons of ginger-garlic paste.

6. You need 1 cup of chopped onion.

7. Prepare 1 tablespoon of cumin powder.

8. Prepare 1 tablespoon of Coriendar powder.

9. Prepare 1/2 tablespoon of red chilli powder.

10. It’s 1 teaspoon of turmeric powder.

11. It’s to taste of Salt.

12. You need 1 cup of mustard oil.

13. Prepare 2 of cloves.

14. You need 2 cups of water.

15. Prepare 1 teaspoon of garam masala powder.

16. You need 1 of cinnamon stick.

17. Prepare 2 of cardamoms.

18. You need 1 teaspoon of cumin seeds.

19. Prepare 1 of bay leaf.

Murgir jhol is curry with Bengali ingredients.

There's nothing earth shattering in this recipe.

Potatoes are fairly common in Indian cooking as well.

So this is really a chicken and potato curry.

Bengali chicken Curry or Murgir jhol step by step

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..

Murgir jhol or aloo diye murgir jhol or Bengali sunday special light chicken curry is a quick and easy recipe of Bengal.

Murgir jhol means a simple soup like healthy Bengali light chicken curry with potato which is a Sunday special nostalgia.

This Bengali Murgir Jhol recipe calls for a delectable gathering around the lunch table where the family can come together and share their happiness over a wholesome meal.

There is nothing called authentic BengalChicken Curry recipe.

Every family has its own recipe for cooking this chicken curry.