Bengali Chicken Stew Recipe or Chicken Stew Recipe Indian Style

Bengali Chicken Stew Recipe or Chicken Stew Recipe Indian Style

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Bengali Chicken Stew Recipe or Chicken Stew Recipe Indian Style is an easy,tasty recipe.I cooked it in a pressure cooker to save time but it can also be cooked in an open pot.It has vegetables and Chicken with minimum spices,goes well with bread or just as it is.

Preparation Time- 15 min
Cooking Time - 20-25 min

Ingredients for Chicken Stew Indian Style:-

1. Chicken with bones around 1 pound (approx 500 grams) marinated with Salt as per taste and Lime juice .
2. Mixed Vegetables of your choice [( I used 8-9 Beans,1 Carrots cut lengthwise, 1 big Potato or 2 medium Potatoes(quartered)] you may also use Raw Papaya.
3. 1/2 Tomato sliced about 1/2 cup (optional)
4.1 cup  Onion Sliced
5.Little less than 1/2 cup of  Onion paste
6. 1 teaspoon crushed garlic in a mortar and pestle/hamaldista
7. 1 inch ginger cut into thin circular shape.
8. Fresh chili sliced ( use as per your heat preference,I used Habanero and Indian chili )
9. Juice of 1 Lime /Lebu(Key lime)
10. Whole spices - 1 bay leaf,2 green cardamom/elaichi and pods opened,1/2 inch cinnamon/ darchini and 4 cloves/lobongo.
11. Oil Peanut/Sunflower/Canola/Vegetable oil
12. Butter ( 1 teaspoon) you may use little less or more.
13. 1/2  teaspoon whole coriander seeds and 1/2 teaspoon whole black peppercorns grind coarsely in a mixed and grinder.
14. Water as required.
15. Salt as per your taste.

Preparation:-

1. Blanch the beans and keep aside ( I like to blanch them and add at last after the stew is made so as to keep the beautiful green colour of the beans )
To blanch the beans wash  and clean them and drop them in a pot of boiling water with little salt and sugar and boil for 1-2 min,after this immediately drain the water with a strainer and immerse the beans in ice cold water or simply cold water and then take them out and keep them aside.
NOTE - you may skip this blanching process and straight away add the beans into the stew and cook.

2. Cut/slice/crush the vegetables as mentioned above in details under ingredients.

3. Marinate the chicken with salt and Lime/Lebu juice.

4. Grind the whole black peppercorns/golmorich and coriander seeds.

Cooking:-

1. I cooked this in a pressure cooker,so for this add oil in a pressure cooker and heat it,then add the whole spices, after this add the crushed garlic and fry til its light brown.Then add the sliced onion.
2. Fry the onion til it just wilts or becomes translucent ( not golden brown) and then add the onion paste and fry the onion paste until the raw smell is gone and oil seeps out.
3. Next add the ginger ( cut into circular shape) and fry for 30 - 40 seconds followed by the marinated chicken and fry the chicken for 2-3 minutes  then add the potatoes and the carrots and mix.
4. After again 2-3 minutes add warm water ( I added around 1 and 1/2 cups ) and also add salt as per your taste and mix.
5. Lastly now add the tomato (if using) and then pressure cook for 1 whistle and after that switch off and  let the pressure come down on its own. Then open and add the butter, blanched beans, ground black pepper and the coriander seeds and the sliced chili and mix.
6. Let it rest for 4-5 minutes and then serve it with side of toasted bread or just have it as it is and enjoy :-).

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