Hello everybody, it is me, Dave, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, bengali style chicken rezala. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
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To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook bengali style chicken rezala using 24 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Bengali Style Chicken Rezala:
- Prepare 1 kg Chicken
- Make ready 5 tbsp Ghee
- Make ready 2 tbsp Refined Oil
- Prepare 2 tbsp Ginger Garlic Paste
- Make ready 1 cup Onion Paste
- Get 2 cup (1+1cup) Whisked Curd/Yogurt
- Make ready 1/2 tsp Jaiphal/Nutmeg Powder
- Make ready 1/2 tsp Jayitri/Mace Powder
- Make ready 1 tsp Coriander Powder
- Make ready 1/2 tsp White Pepper Powder
- Prepare 1 tbsp Poppy Seeds
- Get 6 pc Cashew nuts
- Make ready 2 pc Bay Leaves
- Make ready 1 tsp Cloves
- Make ready 4-5 pc Green Cardamom
- Make ready 1 pc Cinnamon Stick
- Take 1 pc Black Cardamom
- Take 1 tsp Black pepper
- Get 3-4 Dried Red chilli
- Prepare 2-3 Green Chilli
- Prepare 1/2 tsp Kewra water
- Get 1/2 tsp Rose water
- Make ready 1 drop Mitha attar
- Get as required Salt,sugar,water
Chicken rezala is a mild and delicately flavoured dish made with aromatic and rich spices. Chicken Rezala - take a good whiff of this Mughlai chicken dish & you can't resist eating some right away. This is what makes a Bengali Chicken Rezala perfect. It's slightly on the sweeter side, subtly rich Chicken Rezala Kolkata Style - Just like Aminia.
Instructions to make Bengali Style Chicken Rezala:
- Marinate Chicken:- Wash the chicken pieces well and place it in a bowl. Add 1 cup of Onion paste,2 tbsp of ginger garlic paste, 1cup of whisked curd/yogurt,1/2 tsp Nutmeg Powder,1/2 tsp Mace Powder,2tbsp Oil, Salt according to taste. Mix all the ingredients very well and marinate the chicken for at least 1 hour in the refrigerator.
- The gravy has to be very smooth for this dish. So it is essential all the ingredients are properly and finely blended.
- Make a smooth paste of Cashew nuts and poppy seeds with water and set aside in a bowl.
- Heat the kadhai with 5 tbsp Ghee. Once it is heated up, add the whole spices like cinnamon, bay leaves, cloves, green cardamom, black cardamom, dried red chilli, green chilli, black pepper and saute for 2 minutes.
- Add cashew nuts and poppy seeds paste and remaining 1 cup curd with whole spices and saute for another 5 minutes.
- Now add marinated chicken,salt, to taste, coriander powder, white pepper powder, water if required and give it a good mix. Now close it with lid and allow the chicken to cook on medium heat for 15 to 20 minuts until the chicken is tender and cooked.
- After 15minuts open the lid and sprinkle some sugar as per taste and give a slight mix. Adding sugar is totally an optional step. As we are Bengali we are using sugar almost each and every recipe. You can skip this step as well.
- Add keora water, rose water,mitha attar and gently stir once. Turn off the heat. Cover the lid. Let the aroma of these essence/water absorb into chicken.
- Chicken Rezala is ready now. Transfer the Chicken Rezala onto a serving plate and serve it along with Biryani/Pulao/Naan/Paratha/kulcha.
This Chicken Rezala is an extraordinary. The typical Bengali style rezala is a mildly spiced, fragrant, yogurt-based stew with chunks of meat. It owes its origin to Mughlai cuisine. This is my recipe of Chicken rezala, which is not exactly like the muslim restaurants in Kolkata but close. Bengali chicken rezala - a unique and exquisite Indian chicken curry dish from Bengal speaks volumes about the Nawabi finesse on rustic Indian (Bengali) cuisine.
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