How to Prepare Yummy Bengali Chicken Curry

Bengali Chicken Curry. Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Bengali cuisine has many delicious recipes. Food dishes of Bengal are famous throughout the world and Bengali Chicken Curry is one of the most-liked recipes from Bangladesh.

Bengali chicken curry done restaurant style is a riff on food I grew up eating. But how they would make it in a restaurant. If only restaurants made it… Back then it was called murgir jhol. You can have Bengali Chicken Curry using 16 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Bengali Chicken Curry

It's 1 kg of chicken breasts.
Prepare 2 of onion, pureed.
It's 1/2 kg of potatoes, parboiled, peeled.
You need 2 cup of tomato paste.
Prepare 1 tbsp of garam masala.
It's 1 tbsp of ginger garlic paste.
Prepare 3 clove of garlic.
Prepare 1 tsp of cumin seeds.
Prepare 3 of dry red chilli.
Prepare 200 grams of mustard oil.
It's 1 tbsp of red chilli powder.
Prepare 1 tbsp of turmeric powder.
Prepare 1 bunch of fresh coriander leaves.
Prepare 2 of bay leaf.
You need 1 of salt.
Prepare 1 dash of sugar.

Because when I was growing up this was the definitive chicken curry. Chicken Kosha is a traditional Bengali chicken recipe. Actually it is a spicy chicken curry which is very popular in India and Bangladesh. A lot of variety of chicken curry available in the Indian sub-continental like North Indian style chicken curry, Punjabi chicken curry, chicken bhuna, etc.

Bengali Chicken Curry instructions

First marinate the chicken breast pieces with salt and turmeric powder. Close the container and store in freezer for 1 hour..
Parboil the potatoes and peel them. Then cut them into halves..
In a separate bowl, add the onion puree, ginger garlic paste and tomato paste one after another. Now add cumin powder and red chilli powder. Mix well and keep aside, lidded. This is the masala of the curry..
Bring the oil to boil and fry the potatoes from step 2 till they just turn golden. Remove and place on paper towels. Maintain temperature of the oil..
To the hot oil, add the garlic cloves. Take care as to not burn them. Lightly toast cumin seeds, dry red chillies, bay leaves and sugar till oil turns red and fragrant..
Add the masala from step 3 and keep frying till oil leaves the mixture and appears on the edges. This is a sure shot sign of the fact that the masala has been cooked..
Add 2 cups of water and add the marinated chicken breasts. Bring it to boil and close the lid..
After 5 minutes, open the lid off the vessel and add the fried potatoes. Close the lid and boil for another 10 minutes, preferably in a pressure cooker..
Finally sprinkle garam masala and chopped coriander leaves. Your chicken curry is ready!! Nom. Nom..

Chicken kosha is one of the best recipe among them. It can be served with so many side dishes like puri. An authentic and delicious chicken curry recipe that I had almost every day growing up. If you don't have ginger-garlic paste, simply use half grated root ginger and half grated garlic. Also, if you want a smoother sauce, blend the onions and tomatoes before adding the chicken and potatoes.