Chicken Rezala Royal Style
Introduction: Chicken Rezala or rezala is a Bengali dish. Its influenced by Royal Mughlai cuisine.
Ingredients:
- 1/2 kg chicken cut in to medium size
- 1/2 cup of beaten yogurt
- 1/2 cup of poppy & cashew paste
- 3-4 tbsp onion paste
- 1 tsp each ginger-garlic paste
- 1 big size onion cut into round shape
- 4-5 slitted green chillis
- 2-3 dry whole red chillis
- 2 bay leaves &1 inch each, 2 cinnamon sticks
- 5-6 each clove & green cardamom
- 1 tbsp broken black pepper
- 1 pinch of saffron
- Salt- sugar as per taste
- White oil & ghee for cooking
Procedure:
Clean and wash the chicken cubes carefully and drain
extra water .
Now marinate the chicken cubes with ginger-garlic
paste, onion paste and salt.
paste, onion paste and salt.
And keep aside for 1/2 an hour.
After 1/2 an hour add with marinated chicken
beaten yogurt and mix well and keep for 15 mins.
beaten yogurt and mix well and keep for 15 mins.
Now heat 50-50 oil and ghee 1/4 cup in a pressure
pan and add all whole spices, red and green chillis.
When they stop crackling then add marinated
chicken and stir for 2-3 mins on low flame.
After that add cashew-poppy paste, salt &sugar
to taste and mix well.
After that add 1/2 cup of lukewarm water and
onion rings and cover with lid for 2 whistle on
high flame.
After 15 mins open the pressure cooker and add
saffron and cook for 1-2 mins with cover.
Chicken rezala is ready .
Now Chicken Rezala is Ready To Serve With Romali Roti or Paratha.
Serves: 4-5
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