Hey everyone, it’s Drew, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, chicken bharta in bengali style. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Chicken Bharta in Bengali Style is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Chicken Bharta in Bengali Style is something that I’ve loved my entire life.
One of the most popular yet simple dish all the way from Kolkata tastes heavenly when served with Tawa Paratha, Kulcha or any roti varieties. Serve the hot Kolkata/Bengali style Chicken Bharta with Naan, Kulcha or Biryani or Pulao or Lachha Paratha. In fact Chicken Bharta tastes delicious with any roti or rice item.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook chicken bharta in bengali style using 24 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Chicken Bharta in Bengali Style:
- Prepare 800 grams boneless chicken
- Take 2 eggs hard boiled
- Prepare 2 big onions thinly sliced
- Prepare 1 small tomato pureed
- Get 4-5 green chilies
- Make ready 1 tablespoon grated ginger
- Make ready 1 1/2 tablespoon grated garlic
- Prepare 10-15 cashew nuts soaked in water
- Make ready 2 tablespoons charmagaz
- Make ready 150 grams hung curd whisked
- Prepare 1 teaspoon turmeric powder
- Make ready 1 1/2 teaspoon cumin powder
- Make ready 1 1/2 teaspoon coriander powder
- Get 1/2 tablespoon Punjabi garam masala powder
- Get 1/2 tablespoon tandoori masala (optional)
- Prepare 1 teaspoon red chilli powder
- Make ready 2-3 bay leaves
- Make ready to taste Salt
- Make ready 1 inch cinnamon stick broken into pieces
- Get 1/4 teaspoons cumin seeds
- Take 4-5 cloves
- Get 1 tablespoon kasoori methi/ dried fenugreek leaves crushed
- Get 4 tablespoons oil
- Prepare 1 tablespoon chopped coriander leaves
Chicken Bharta which tastes heavenly is a dhaba style preparation where shredded chicken is cooked in spicy creamy gravy. Chicken Bharta is deliciously creamy in taste due to the use of mashed egg yolk, fresh cream and yogurt in it. This curry needs a boneless meat which should be soft also. This boneless chicken pieces in a creamy, onion and spice based gravy and garnished with.
Instructions to make Chicken Bharta in Bengali Style:
- Cut the chicken in long thin strips.
- Make a paste of the soaked cashew nuts and charmagaz.
- Take a kadhai and heat oil in it. Temper the oil with cumin seeds, bay leaves, cinnamon sticks and cloves.
- Once you get the aroma of the spices, add the sliced onions.
- Saute them till they turn translucent.
- Make some space in the centre and add pureed tomato, ginger and garlic paste and continue sautéing
- After about 2-3 minutes add the turmeric powder, cumin powder, green chilies, red chilli powder and salt.
- Now, add the chicken and saute them for 2 minutes.
- Cover and cook on medium flame. Gradually you will see that lots of water oozes out from the chicken. Therefore, you need not add any water.
- Meanwhile cut the boiled eggs in thin slices. We will use this egg white later for garnishing. Mash the egg yolks and keep aside.
- Once the chicken is cooked and you see oil leaving the sides of the pan, add Punjabi garam masala powder, tandoori masala, hung curd, paste of cashew nuts and charmagaz, kasoori methi, mashed egg yolk along with ½ cup of water.
- Let it simmer for 5-6 minutes till it reaches the desired consistency.
- Garnish the chicken bharta with coriander leaves and egg white rings.Serve the chicken bharta with naan, roomali roti or lachha paratha.
Chicken Bharta was prepared last weekend in our lunch. The recipe is Punjabi inspired Bengali dish. A very tasty shredded (pulled) chicken preparation which is famous throughout India. It has onion and tomato based gravy with beautiful flavor of kasuri methi and Garam masala. Of course, how can I forget about the Boiled Egg?
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