Murgir (Chicken) Korma - Bengali Style

Name: Murgir (Chicken) Korma - Bengali Style
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 500 gms. chicken with bones, curry cut; 1 cup yoghurt; 1/2 cup milk; to taste salt; 1 tablespoon ginger-garlic paste; 1 onion, chopped; 2 tablespoon fried onions; 1 teaspoon roasted cumin powder; 1" cinnamon stick; 3-4 green cardamoms; 5-6 cloves; 3 bay leaves; 1 tablespoon ghee; 2 tablespoon mustard oil; 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg powder; 1/4 teaspoon mace powder; 4-5 green chilies, slitted; 1 teaspoon kewra water; 3-4 strands coriander leaves to garnish

Bethica Das @kitchen_flavours

Sharjah (UAE)

#chickenrecipes - This delicious Bengali style chicken curry cannot get more simpler than this. It just needs some marination and then slow cooked till done. So it involves minimum effort with maximum flavour. Relish it with plain rice, plain Biryani, pulao, naan, tandoori roti or plain chapatti.

Bethica Das @kitchen_flavours

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Ingredients

30 minutes

4 servings

500gms. chicken with bones, curry cut
1 cupyoghurt
1/2 cupmilk
to tastesalt
1 tablespoonginger-garlic paste
1onion, chopped
2 tablespoonfried onions
1 teaspoonroasted cumin powder
1" cinnamon stick
3-4green cardamoms
5-6cloves
3bay leaves
1 tablespoonghee
2 tablespoonmustard oil
1/4 teaspoonnutmeg powder
1/4 teaspoonmace powder
4-5green chilies, slitted
1 teaspoonkewra water
3-4 strandscoriander leaves to garnish

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Steps

30 minutes

1

In a bowl, mix all the above mentioned ingredients (except coriander leaves) and marinade for 2-3 hours.
2

Heat a pan and transfer the contents into it.
3

Cover and simmer on a low flame for 20-25 minutes or till the chicken is cooked and the gravy slightly thickens.
4

When it is almost done, add the green chilies and kewra water. Simmer further for 2-3 minutes.
5

Serve, garnished with coriander leaves. It can be had with any form of rice and Indian bread.