Easiest Way to Prepare Perfect Chicken Bharta in Bengali Style

Chicken Bharta in Bengali Style.

You can cook Chicken Bharta in Bengali Style using 24 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Chicken Bharta in Bengali Style

1. You need 800 grams of boneless chicken.
2. It's 2 of eggs hard boiled.
3. It's 2 of big onions thinly sliced.
4. You need 1 of small tomato pureed.
5. You need 4-5 of green chilies.
6. It's 1 tablespoon of grated ginger.
7. It's 1 1/2 tablespoon of grated garlic.
8. It's 10-15 of cashew nuts soaked in water.
9. It's 2 tablespoons of charmagaz.
10. Prepare 150 grams of hung curd whisked.
11. It's 1 teaspoon of turmeric powder.
12. Prepare 1 1/2 teaspoon of cumin powder.
13. It's 1 1/2 teaspoon of coriander powder.
14. You need 1/2 tablespoon of Punjabi garam masala powder.
15. It's 1/2 tablespoon of tandoori masala (optional).
16. Prepare 1 teaspoon of red chilli powder.
17. Prepare 2-3 of bay leaves.
18. You need to taste of Salt.
19. Prepare 1 inch of cinnamon stick broken into pieces.
20. You need 1/4 teaspoons of cumin seeds.
21. It's 4-5 of cloves.
22. It's 1 tablespoon of kasoori methi/ dried fenugreek leaves crushed.
23. You need 4 tablespoons of oil.
24. It's 1 tablespoon of chopped coriander leaves.

Chicken Bharta in Bengali Style instructions

1. Cut the chicken in long thin strips..
2. Make a paste of the soaked cashew nuts and charmagaz..
3. Take a kadhai and heat oil in it. Temper the oil with cumin seeds, bay leaves, cinnamon sticks and cloves..
4. Once you get the aroma of the spices, add the sliced onions..
5. Saute them till they turn translucent..
6. Make some space in the centre and add pureed tomato, ginger and garlic paste and continue sautéing.
7. After about 2-3 minutes add the turmeric powder, cumin powder, green chilies, red chilli powder and salt..
8. Now, add the chicken and saute them for 2 minutes..
9. Cover and cook on medium flame. Gradually you will see that lots of water oozes out from the chicken. Therefore, you need not add any water..
10. Meanwhile cut the boiled eggs in thin slices. We will use this egg white later for garnishing. Mash the egg yolks and keep aside..
11. Once the chicken is cooked and you see oil leaving the sides of the pan, add Punjabi garam masala powder, tandoori masala, hung curd, paste of cashew nuts and charmagaz, kasoori methi, mashed egg yolk along with ½ cup of water..
12. Let it simmer for 5-6 minutes till it reaches the desired consistency..
13. Garnish the chicken bharta with coriander leaves and egg white rings.Serve the chicken bharta with naan, roomali roti or lachha paratha..