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Bengali Style Pepper Chicken: A Unique Flavorful Dish to Try at Home!
- •Bengali Style Pepper Chicken, also known as Doi Morich, is a unique dish combining the mildness of yogurt with the spiciness of black pepper.
- •This pepper chicken fry is delicious and healthy, especially when paired with chapati.
- •Key ingredients include 500g chicken, half cup yogurt, ginger-garlic paste, onions, cashews, green chilies, black pepper powder, garam masala, sugar, cooking oil/ghee, and salt.
- •The recipe involves marinating chicken with salt, ginger-garlic paste, and yogurt for 30 minutes.
- •Prepare a paste from sautéed onions, cashews, green chilies, and ginger-garlic paste, then cook the marinated chicken with this paste, finishing with black pepper, sugar, and garam masala.
Key Questions Answered
To make Bengali Style Pepper Chicken, you will need 500 grams of chicken, half a cup of yogurt, two spoons of ginger-garlic paste, two finely chopped onions, 10 to 12 cashews, two to three green chilies, one to two spoons of black pepper powder, half a spoon of garam masala, half a spoon of sugar, cooking oil or ghee, and salt to taste.
To marinate the chicken, take 500 grams of washed chicken pieces and combine them with a little salt, half of the total ginger-garlic paste, and half a cup of yogurt. Mix the ingredients thoroughly and let the chicken rest for half an hour before cooking.
Heat ghee or oil in a pan, lightly fry the ground onion-cashew paste, and stir-fry the marinated chicken on medium heat for three to five minutes. Cover and cook on low heat for 30 to 35 minutes, stirring occasionally, then finish with black pepper powder, sugar, and garam masala.
