How to make delicious chicken dak bungalow

The recipe is very old i.e. British era. When the Govt. officials are in late while on an official tour, they used to spend the night in the dak bungalow means Govt. rest house. There used to have one khansamah(cook, steward cum caretaker) who prepared the meal. The meal comprises rice, dal, veg curry, salad, and one chicken or mutton dish. They used to prepare the meal by using the local spices or ingredients or whatever is the availability. Chicken dak bungalow was also made with very little whole spices and became very delicious, so it became very popular. The marinated chicken pieces are simmered in a gravy made with  onions, garlic, and ginger and added with potatoes and eggs finished in a warm, spicy, cumin, coriander flavored sauce; this is How to make delicious chicken dak bungalow

Author: Abhijit Mukhopadhyay
Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: Bengali
Preparation Time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 35 minutes
Total time: 50 minutes
Servings: 3-4 Persons

Ingredients

• 750g – Chicken (cut into medium-sized pieces)
• Egg (hard-boiled) -3
• Potato (medium-sized) -2(cut into 2 halves)
• Onion (thinly sliced) -2 large
• 4 (slitted)- Green chilies
• Turmeric, red chili, cumin, and coriander powder-3/4^th tsp each
• Salt to taste
• Mustard oil -½ cup
• Garam masala powder -¼ tsp

For marinating

• Yogurt (whisked) -1 cup
• Ginger, garlic paste-1 tsp each
• 1 tbsp- Lemon juice
• Turmeric powder-1 tsp
• salt

For tempering

• bay leaves-02
• 1 inch – Cinnamon
• Cumin seeds-1 tsp
• Red chili whole-02

How to make delicious chicken dak bungalow

Wash chicken pieces and add curd, ginger garlic paste, turmeric powder, salt, and lemon juice in a bowl for marinating. Mix well and keep it aside for at least 2 hours.

Peel the potatoes and cut them into halves, wash and keep them aside.

Mix some turmeric powder with boiled eggs, and keep aside.

Heat oil in a hard-bottomed pan/Kadai, add boiled eggs, and fry until golden in color. Remove and keep aside.

In the same oil add the potatoes, fry them until golden, remove and keep aside.

In the remaining oil add bay leaves, cumin seeds and cinnamon for tempering.

Add onion; fry it until light brown;

Now add the marinated chicken and cook for 2-3 minutes then add turmeric, cumin, and coriander, salt and red chili powder and stir it for 2-3 minutes.

Add fried potatoes, mix it well then add water and cover it to boil for 10 minutes.

Uncover the lid and gently placed the eggs and cook for another 2 minutes.

Take it out from the oven, and sprinkle a pinch of garam masala over it.

Garnish it and serve it with rice or roti.

How to make delicious chicken dak bunglow

The marinated chicken pieces are simmered in gravy made withtomatoes, onions, garlic and ginger and added with potatoes and eggs finishedin a warm, spicy, cumin, coriander flavored sauce; and this is How to makedelicious chicken dak bunglow.

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 35 minutes mins

Total Time 50 minutes mins

Course chicken, Main Course

Cuisine Bengali

Servings 3

Calories

Equipment

• A kadai or a fry pan
• Spatula
• mixing bowl

Ingredients

  

• 750 Chicken
• 3 egg (boiled)
• 3 potato
• 2 onion (Chopped)
• 3/4 tbsp each Turmeric,red chili, cumin and coriander powder
• 4 green chilli
• 1/4 tbsp garam masaal
• salt
• 1/2 cup mustard oil

Formarinating

• 1 cup yogurt
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• 1 tbsp  ginger-garlic paste
• 1 tbsp  turmeric powder
• salt

Fortempering

• 2 whole red chili
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 tbsp cumin seeds
• 1 cinamom stick

Instructions

 

• Wash chicken pieces and add curd, ginger garlic paste, turmeric powder, salt and lemon juice in a bowl for marinating. Mix well and keep it aside for at least 2 hours.
• Peel the potatoes and cut into halves, wash and keep aside.
• Mix some turmeric powder with boiled eggs, keep aside.
• Heat oil in a hard bottomed pan/kadai, add boiledeggs and fry until golden in color. Remove and keep aside.
• In the same oil add the potatoes, fry them untilgolden, remove and keep aside.
• In the remaining oil add bay leaves, cumin seedsand cinnamon for tempering.
• Add onion; fry it until light brown;
• Now add the marinated chicken and cook for 2-3minutes then add turmeric, cumin, and coriander, salt and red chili powder and stir it for 2-3 minutes.

Add fried potatoes, mix them well then add water and cover it to boil for 10 minutes.

• Uncover the lid and gently placed the eggs and cook for another 2 minutes.
• Take it out from the oven, sprinkle a pinch of garam masala over it.
• Garnish it and serve with steam rice.