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Chicken REZALA | Bengali Delicacy | Rich and Luxuriant!

Name: How to cook Chicken REZALA | Bengali Delicacy | Rich and Luxuriant! - cookcic.com
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 1 person
Cuisine: Us

Introduce

Chef :

TheStrollingFoodie

Chicken REZALA | Bengali Delicacy | Rich and Luxuriant!

Chicken rezala is a popular Mughlai style recipe of chicken, slow-cooked in curd or yogurt, cashew, and poppy seeds based white less spicy gravy, with a perfect blend of ghee, garam masala, and kewra water. In Kolkata, chicken rezala is most popular for creating its magic over foodies for ages with its shahi taste and flavor.

Ingredient

Food ration :

1 person

Cooking time :

30 minutes

233.33 gms

chicken on bones cut into 2.5″ pieces & de-skinned

1.33 tbsp

Yogurt

0.17 cup

sauteed onion + garlic + ginger paste

0.33-0.17 tbsp

special spice powder (see below how to make it

0.67 tbsp

Ghee (if not liquid add 1 tbsp)

Green Cardamom

Cloves

1 inch

Cinnamon stick (broken into equal halves)

0.5 tsp

Black pepper powder

Black peppercorns

1-1.33

dry whole red chilies

0.17 cup

white poppy seeds + cashew paste

0.25 cup

Yogurt (whisked)

0.17 tbsp

store-bought Chicken Masala (Mentioned above)

0.17

Birista (see NOTES how to make it)

1 drop

Kewra water

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

To begin making the Bengali Style Chicken Rezala Recipe - Chicken Korma, grind the onion, half of ginger and half of garlic in a mixer to a smooth paste.

* Step 2

Once the paste is made, remove and transfer it into a bowl. Wash the mixer and add cashew nuts and poppy seeds and add about 1/4 cup water and grind it into a smooth paste and set aside in a bowl.

* Step 3

Wash the chicken pieces well and place it in a bowl. Add half of the ground onion paste, half of cashew-nut and poppy seed paste, and 1 cup of yogurt, salt and 1 teaspoon pepper powder and give it a mix.

* Step 4

Marinate the chicken for at least 1 hour in the refrigerator, this will help to tenderise the chicken pieces.

* Step 5

Heat a kadai with mustard oil, once it is heated up, add all the whole spice like cloves, cinnamon, cardamom, bay leaf and dry red chillies and saute until the spice are roasted well. This will just take a minute.

* Step 6

Add the remaining chopped onion, ginger and garlic into the pan and saute for a couple of minutes.

* Step 7

Add in the remaining poppy seed and cashew nut paste and give it a stir.

* Step 8

Finally add in the marinated chicken pieces along with all the curd mixture into the pan, sprinkle 2 teaspoon garam masala powder, salt to taste and give it a slight mix.

* Step 9

Close it with the lid and allow the Chicken Rezala to cook on medium heat for 25 minutes until the chicken is tender and cooked.

* Step 10

Make sure you turn the chicken pieces in the middle and give the curry a stir so the chicken gets evenly cooked.

* Step 11

Open the lid and sprinkle a teaspoon of sugar and give it a stir and turn off the heat. Check the salt and adjust according to taste.

* Step 12

Transfer the Chicken Rezala onto a serving plate and sprinkle with few strands of saffron and serve hot.

* Step 13

Serve the Bengali Style Chicken Rezala Recipe along with Whole Wheat Onion Stuffed Kulcha and Begun Bhaja Recipe, Pickled Onions, Tomato/Cucumber salads by the side to make your meal complete.