DESHI MURGIR JHOL

I believe my Mother as one of main influencers in my life… She is my guide not only for cookery but for each and every part of life! I find out how to enjoy life…. How to handle in both insufficient and excess capital and last but not the least how to be cheerful always …. This post is quite unique to me as it is not only about the mark Bengali Chicken Curry i.e. Murgir Jhol but also concerning her cooking talent. Maa not at all had Chicken as she for all time has a preference for Mutton but that not at all ever reflect in her cooking. She does not even taste while cooking Chicken but outcome was always amazing.

Now I can understand how she manages to cook well without even tasted the curry because maybe this is the specialty of mothers…. Experience speaks finally…  It is her experience of cooking for more than 45 years that’s made her My Guide….as I also a vegetarian but like and love to cook nonveg dishes for my family.

In early days my father normally used to bring some deshi murgi (country chicken) and usually my mother cook the chicken in a brilliant way. My mom was a great cook. She some time applied diverse types of items in each and every of her way of cooking.

Today I've added country chicken recipe which is very simple to making. Ingredients are the similar like usual chicken curry, but I must declare the taste of this chicken curry is much tastier. Include this Murgi Jhol (Chicken Curry) with hot plain rice.

Ingredients :

Chicken - 500 gm

Turmeric Powder as required

Salt  To Taste

Onion 4 pieces  ( thinly sliced )

Garlic  Paste - 2 Table spoon

Kashmiri dry red chili paste - 3 table spoon (if use powder then take 2 table spoon)

Green chili paste - 1 table spoon

Mustard  oil as required

Gram  Paste - 1 tea spoon

Bay leaves ( tej patta ) - 2 pieces

Tomato 1 pieces ( finely Chopped )

Curd ( betan )  - 50 gm

Ginger ( adrak ) paste - 2 table spoon

 Cloves  ( lavang )  crushed - 2 pieces

Crushed  Cinnamon  ( dalchini ) -  3 pieces

 Slit , crushed  small cardamom  - 3 pieces

Pinch of Sugar

Ghee – 2 teaspoon

METHOD: -----

At first clean and pat dry chicken pieces. Add ½ quantities of garlic, ginger paste, green chili paste, Curd; Kashmiri dry red chili paste, mustard oil and Turmeric Powder with the chicken pieces. Marinade the chicken pieces for 2 hours.

Now get a karai or deep fry pan, add mustard oil, heat oil. Now into that hot oil insert bay leaves and whole garam masalas. Let them fume.

Next add chopped onion. Sauté till get it browned. Add tomatoes and stir until it become soft then add marinated chicken pieces. Let it be cook with cover at simmer for few minutes. Add the remaining spices, salt to taste, excess curd and mix it well. After few minutes cooking add water with a pinch of sugar and cover it….let it boiled under simmer flame. When chicken pieces become soft, turn off the burner and Sprinkle Garam Masala and ghee over the chicken curry. 

Cover and leave it for half an hour into the pan. Pour the DESHI MURGIR JHOL into a bowl.

Serve this dish DESHI MURGIR JHOL with hot plain rice.