Chicken Rezala Recipe
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Chicken Rezala is a chicken cooked in Bengali style with a hint of Mughlai influence. The royal dish is prepared by cooking the meat with yogurt, keora water and a mélange of other spices. It is best savored with Indian breads.
Chicken Rezala Recipe |
Difficulty |
Easy |
Rating |
8.4 / 10 (44 votes) |
Recipe Type |
Non Veg. |
Ingredients:
- 1Whole, chicken
- 1 tbsp Wheat flour
- 2 tsp Ginger paste
- 3 tsp Garlic paste
- 2 tsp Garam masala
- 1/2 Cup keora water
- 200 gm Sour curd
- 8 Red chili
- 2 tsp Ghee
- 4 Onions
- 2 Bay leaves
- 10 Peppercorns
- 4 tbsp White oil
- Salt to taste
- Water as needed
How to make Chicken Rezala:
- Wash and cut chicken into pieces.
- Add peepercorns, bay leaf, and garam masala to the heated oil.
- Fry chicken pieces with the spices, keep stirring.
- When the water in chicken gets dry, combine onion, ginger and garlic to it and cook well.
- Combine a mixture of curd, salt and flour to it, mix well.
- Add keora water to it.
- Steam them with 2 cups of water in a pressure cooker for about 10 minutes.
- Heat ghee in a serving spoon with red chili and combine it with the chicken.