Name: Daak bunglow chicken recipe by Swati Mookherjee at BetterButter
Prep time: 60 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 90 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: chicken ( preferably wild chicken); Hard boiled eggs 4; for marinade-; yogurt/hung curd 100 gms; tomato puree 100 gms; Turmeric powder 1 tspn; green chillies 6/7; red chillies 2/3; cumin 1 tspn; coriander 2 tspn; ginger paste 2 tspn; garam masala paste 1 tspn; coriander leaves/curry leaves; Salt; Mustard oil 2 tspn; for tempering-; mustard oil 75 gms; pepper corn 6/7; red chillies 3 broken into bits; Bay leaves 2; chopped garlic 6 pods

ABOUT Daak bunglow chicken RECIPE

Almost forgotten a culinary treasure.The days of British raj and the taste of colonial Indian cuisine.Daak bunglows were the Govt circuit houses,where British officers spent there in between their travel for various reasons.Daak bunglows had the basic necessities provided & the chefs who would quickly round up the meal with rice,roti,dal,seasonal sabji & with this curry / roast.As the officers were very much health conscious,so the chefs selected the spices very judicuously,where the tastes of all spices retain & easy on stomach.

Ingredients Serving: 4

chicken ( preferably wild chicken)
Hard boiled eggs 4
for marinade-
yogurt/hung curd 100 gms
tomato puree 100 gms
Turmeric powder 1 tspn
green chillies 6/7
red chillies 2/3
cumin 1 tspn
coriander 2 tspn
ginger paste 2 tspn
garam masala paste 1 tspn
coriander leaves/curry leaves
Salt
Mustard oil 2 tspn
for tempering-
mustard oil 75 gms
pepper corn 6/7
red chillies 3 broken into bits
Bay leaves 2
chopped garlic 6 pods

Instructions

make paste of all spices, mix with yogurt,tomato puree,ginger paste,garam masala paste
wash & clean the chicken pieces,make slits on them
add to marinade & push the marinade into the gaps
keep aside for about 1 hour
fry the eggs by giving slits on it
heat oil in a heavy bottom pan,add ingredients of tempering,fry till brown,keep out
in the same oil add the marinated chicken,saute it
then cover it,cook till all the water will almost absorb
now open the lid add the fried tempering ingredients, stir well
add little water & fried eggs, then cover
cook for 5 min more
turn off the flame
garnish with freshly chopped coriander leaves and chopped green chilly
serve with hot steamed rice

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