Hello everybody, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, bengali style chicken rezala. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Bengali Style Chicken Rezala is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Bengali Style Chicken Rezala is something that I’ve loved my entire life.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook bengali style chicken rezala using 24 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Bengali Style Chicken Rezala:
- Take 1 kg Chicken
- Take 5 tbsp Ghee
- Prepare 2 tbsp Refined Oil
- Prepare 2 tbsp Ginger Garlic Paste
- Get 1 cup Onion Paste
- Make ready 2 cup (1+1cup) Whisked Curd/Yogurt
- Make ready 1/2 tsp Jaiphal/Nutmeg Powder
- Take 1/2 tsp Jayitri/Mace Powder
- Prepare 1 tsp Coriander Powder
- Make ready 1/2 tsp White Pepper Powder
- Take 1 tbsp Poppy Seeds
- Take 6 pc Cashew nuts
- Take 2 pc Bay Leaves
- Take 1 tsp Cloves
- Get 4-5 pc Green Cardamom
- Get 1 pc Cinnamon Stick
- Prepare 1 pc Black Cardamom
- Prepare 1 tsp Black pepper
- Take 3-4 Dried Red chilli
- Make ready 2-3 Green Chilli
- Prepare 1/2 tsp Kewra water
- Get 1/2 tsp Rose water
- Take 1 drop Mitha attar
- Get as required Salt,sugar,water
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.
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