Bengali Chicken Curry

Bengali mild spicy chicken in gravy with potatoes.
Bengali chicken curry is a basic chicken gravy recipe made with very little spices. Its light also most like a chicken stew with Indian spices. This basic chicken gravy goes well in winter .

Ingredients

500 gram chicken cut into pieces
2 medium onions made into paste with little water
1 onion roughly chopped
1 tomato roughly chopped
1 potato cut into 4 pieces
1 ½ tbsp ginger garlic paste
½ tsp turmeric powder
1 tbsp red chilli powder
½ tsp Garam masala powder
Salt to taste
4 tbsp oil

Steps

1. In a wok heat the oil. 2. Fry the potatoes till they are light golden brown remove and keep aside.
3. In the same oil add the roughly chopped onions and sauté for 3 minutes.
4. To this add the ginger garlic paste and sauté for about 2 minutes.
5. Add the onion paste, red chilli powder, turmeric powder sand salt. Fry till the mixture separates oil. This will take 5 minutes. Make sure to fry in a low heat.
6. Add the tomatoes and cook covered for another minute.
7. Add the potatoes and the chicken. Mix everything well. Cook covered for 15 minutes. Make sure to stir it every3-4 minutes to ensure the chicken does not stick to the bottom of the pan.
8. Once the chicken is cooked, add 1 cup of water and let it come to a boil. Sprinkle the garam masala powder and mix well. 9. Cook till it reaches desired consistency and serve hot