Chicken Rezala 1.0 (short way)

Name: Chicken Rezala 1.0 (short way)
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 500 g / 4Chicken legs without thigh / 2-3Chicken legs with thigh; 5 tbs yogurt (beaten in mixture grinder); 0.5 tbs ginger paste; 0.5 tbs garlic paste; 1 cup onion paste; 2.5 tsp salt; 2 tbs refined oil; 3 tbs ghee; 1-2 bay leaf; 3 inch cinnamon; 4 cardamoms; 3 whole red chillies; 15-16 whole white pepper; 15-16 whole black pepper; 4 cloves; 3 green chillies; 1 tbs poppy seed; 2 tbs cashew nut; 2-3 tbs milk; 1 pinch saffron; Less than 1 tsp Sugar; 1 tsp kewra water; 1-2 drops mitha attar; 0.5 cup water; 0.5 tsp Nutmeg powder (optional); 0.5 tsp Mace powder (optional)

Tanaya @cook_11917426

Kolkata & Pune

It's a mughlai dish very popular among Bengalis. Serve this beautiful white chicken gravy with biryani, naan or simple phulkas.

Tanaya @cook_11917426

Kolkata & Pune

It's a mughlai dish very popular among Bengalis. Serve this beautiful white chicken gravy with biryani, naan or simple phulkas.

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Ingredients

2 servings

500 g/ 4Chicken legs without thigh / 2-3Chicken legs with thigh
5 tbsyogurt (beaten in mixture grinder)
0.5 tbsginger paste
0.5 tbsgarlic paste
1 cuponion paste
2.5 tspsalt
2 tbsrefined oil
3 tbsghee
1-2bay leaf
3 inchcinnamon
4cardamoms
3whole red chillies
15-16whole white pepper
15-16whole black pepper
4cloves
3green chillies
1 tbspoppy seed
2 tbscashew nut
2-3 tbsmilk
1 pinchsaffron
Less than 1 tsp Sugar
1 tspkewra water
1-2 dropsmitha attar
0.5 cupwater
0.5 tspNutmeg powder (optional)
0.5 tspMace powder (optional)

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Steps

1

Wash the chicken. Squeeze the water. Make some angular cuts with knife on chicken pieces🍗🍗🔪
2

Marination: Marinate the chicken with 2tbs yogurt, 0.5cup onion paste, ginger paste, garlic paste, oil, 1tsp salt for 1-2hrs. Nutmeg and Mace powder can be added in the marination🥣
3

Meanwhile soak the poppy seed and cashew nuts in water for an hour and then make a paste. Soak the saffron in warm milk. Chop the green chillies🌶️✔️
4

In a non-stick kadai, take the ghee. Temper it with the whole spices. Add remaining onion paste and the chopped green chillies. Lightly fry for 2min (approx) till the onion becomes translucent. Add the poppy-cashew paste. Stir. Lower the heat and add the remaining yogurt. Add the yogurt slowly little at a time and mixing continuously. Now, add the chicken. Mix with the white gravy. Add water. Bring it to boil. Cover and simmer for 15min🥘
5

After 15min, add 1.5tsp salt, sugar, kewra water, mitha attar and saffron milk. Stir and simmer for 5min🍽️
6

Enjoy