Gondhoraj Chicken Curry – Bengali style

Ingredients

• 550 gm with bone chicken
• 1/2 cup curd
• 1/2 tbsp ghondoraj lemon juice
• 1 tbsp ghondoraj lemon zest
• 2 ghondoraj lemon leaves
• 3 medium size Onion chopped
• 1 tomato puree
• 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste
• 2-3 green chilli chopped
• 1/4 tsp garam masala powder
• 1 tsp turmeric powder
• 1/2 tsp red chilli
• 1/2 tsp Kashmiri red chilli
• Salt as per taste
• 1/8 tsp sugar
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 pinch cumin seeds
• 1/2 cup mustard oil for marination and cooking

Steps

1. Wash the chicken. Marinate the chicken with curd, gondhoraj lemon zest, lemon juice, red chilli powder, turmeric powder, salt and mustard oil. Rest for 30 minutes.
2. Take a kadai, add oil. When the oil becomes medium hot add bay leaf and cumin seeds. Saute for 1 mintues. Add onion and fry the onion until golden brown. Now add ginger garlic paste, tomato puree and chopped green chilli. Saute it until the ginger garlic smell is vanished.
3. Then add spices, cook for 2-3 minutes. Add marinated chicken and continuously stirring for 5 mintues. Then cover the kadai and cook the chicken low medium flame.
4. If the gravy is very thick add water. When the chicken is soft and gravy is medium thick. Add sugar and saute the chicken Curry. Then add lemon leaves ans cover the kadai. Off the gas flame and rest for 4 to 5 mintues. Now ready to serve.