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Chicken Dak Bungalow | Chicken Dak Bunglow

Chicken Dak Bungalow is a rustic chicken curry from Bengal cooked with country chicken and spice paste.
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Course chicken recipes, Main Course
Cuisine Bengali, Indian
Servings 5 people

Ingredients
  

Ingredients

  • 1 country chicken

marinade

  • 1 tbsp ginger paste
  • 1 heaped tbsp garlic paste
  • 1 tsp turmeric powder
  • 1 tsp red chili powder
  • 1 tsp coriander powder
  • ½ cup thick yoghurt
  • 1 tbsp mustard oil
  • salt to taste

Spice Paste

  • 1 tbsp mustard oil
  • 1 inch cinnamon stick
  • 1 black cardamom
  • 3-4 green cardamoms
  • 4-5 cloves
  • 1 bayleaf
  • 1 tbsp whole coriander seeds
  • 1 tsp whole cumin seeds
  • 3 dried Kashmiri red chilies
  • 10 garlic cloves
  • ½ inch ginger
  • water as needed

Other Ingredients

  • 5 boiled eggs
  • 5 medium sized potatoes
  • ½ tsp turmeric powder
  • ½ tsp red chili powder

For Tempering

  • 10 whole black pepper
  • 1 large onion finely sliced
  • salt to taste
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 4 split green chilies
  • 4 tbsp mustard oil

Instructions
 

  • Marinade one whole country chicken cut into 8-10pcs with the ingredients mentioned in the marinade. Keep for 4-6 hours.
  • To make the spice paste, heat oil and lightly roast all the ingredients mentioned and then make a paste using a little water.
  • Before cooking, make sure your spice paste is ready and the marinated chicken is in room temperature.
  • In the same frying pan, lightly fry the boiled eggs and the whole potatoes (same size as the eggs), after sprinkling with salt, turmeric powder and red chili powder over them.
  • As soon as the eggs have a little golden coat, take them out and cover and let the potatoes cook for 5-6 minutes more on low heat.
  • After that take the frying pan and keep it off the heat.
  • In a kadai, heat mustard oil and add whole black pepper pods.
  • Then add sliced onions. Fry on medium heat till the onions have started to turn pink and translucent.
  • Then add the spice paste and continue cooking the spice paste for 5-6 minutes. After that, add the marinated chicken pcs and all the left over marinade with half cup of water. Fry this on high heat for5-6 minutes.
  • Add the potatoes, and then cover and let the potatoes and chicken cook on low heat till everything is fully cooked.
  • Finally, add salt if needed, ½ tsp of sugar, 4-5 split green chilies, and a little more water (if needed) and then simmer this till oil starts to float on top.
  • Add the eggs in the end and serve with pulao or rice.
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