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Simple Murgir Jhol (Chicken Curry)

By Arpita © 2020 Spicy World
Sep 22, 2015

I am an inborn chicken lover. During summer it is not always healthy to eat spicy chicken preparations. For this reason my mom used to make this simple jhol / curry for me. It tastes really good with plain hot rice or plain roti. Give it a try.

Ingredients

Chicken 10-15 pcs.
One big onion finely chopped.
One tomato chopped.
Ginger and garlic paste 2 Teaspoon.
Whole spices (1 bay leaf, 1 Teaspoon cumin seeds, 2 green cardamoms, 5 whole black pepper).
Spice powder (turmeric 3 Teaspoon, cumin 1 Teaspoon, coriander 1 Teaspoon, red chili 1 Teaspoon).
Two green chilies.
Salt and sugar.
Mustard oil 6 Teaspoon.
Warm water.

Steps

Marinate the chicken pieces with 2 Teaspoons turmeric powder, 1 Teaspoon red chili powder, 2 Teaspoons mustard oil and some salt. Keep aside for 2 hours.
Take a pan. Heat the remaining mustard oil.
Add 2 Teaspoons of sugar. Caramalize it.
Then add the whole spices. Saute it for a minute.
Add the chopped onion. Fry this till it gets golden.
Then add ginger and garlic paste. Mix it for 2 minutes.
Add the chopped tomatoes and some salt. Cook this for 10 minutes in slow flame.
Then add all mentioned spice powder. Mix it and cook this another 7 minutes.
When the oil starts separating add the marinated chicken. Mix it very well.
First cook this chicken in high flame for 7 minutes. Then reduce the flame to medium and cook this with lid for 15 minutes.
You can see chicken will release its own juices.
Then add 2 cups of warm water and green chilies. Cook this for another 25 minutes.
Check the chicken. Gravy should be runny.

Your simple chicken curry is ready ...