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Doi Murgi (Chicken in yogurt)

September 20, 2016 By Maumita Paul 5 Comments

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The bird sits on the gas stove, stewing merrily in yogurt perfumed with a melange of spices. A delicious aroma wafts from the kitchen. I brew myself a Darjeeling and sit down to scribble my notes against the doi murgi recipe from one of the ancient royal houses of Bengal that I have referred to this morning.

No tomatoes, possibly the acquaintance of Bengali cuisine with the alien biliti begun as tomatoes were called in those early years had yet not been fostered (??), the original had no garlic either (though I have allowed myself the liberty of adding in a tiny bit), a spartan abstinence from using either the ubiquitous cumin or coriander, whole or pounded and yes, I could not even imagine the indulgence of a cup of ghee (mine has a frugal, or should I say parsimonious, half a table spoon !!!)

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If you fancy whipping up a curry one of these days, whose recipe dates back possibly a couple of centuries, doi murgi is just the right one for you !!

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Doi Murgi (Chicken in yogurt)

Chicken stewed in yoghurt perfumed with fragrant whole spices. Grated ginger, just a hint of garlic. And some plump raisins. Delectable !!
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Prep Time 10 mins
Cook Time 30 mins
Total Time 40 mins
Course Main Course
Cuisine Bengali, Indian

Ingredients
  

  • 500 g chicken curry cut pieces
  • 200 g yogurt whipped
  • 1 tbsp raisins
  • 3 onions finely chopped
  • 1/4 tsp garlic paste
  • 2 tsps ginger paste
  • 2 tsps green chili paste
  • 3-4 green chillies slit
  • 1-2 bay leaves
  • 2 - 3 green cardamom
  • 1 one inch cinnamon stick
  • 2 cloves
  • 3 tbsps mustard oil
  • 1/2 tbsp ghee
  • 1/4 tsp garam masala powder
  • sugar to taste
  • salt to taste

Instructions
 

  • Marinate the chicken pieces with ginger-garlic paste and 2 tbsp whipped yogurt. Keep aside for 3-4 hrs.
  • Soak the raisins in water.
  • Heat oil and when smoking hot, temper with crushed cinnamon, cardamom, cloves and bay leaves. When the spices start to release their aroma, add the onions and fry till translucent. Now add the marinated chicken, green chili paste and a couple of slit green chillies.
  • Sprinkle in a little salt and cook over a medium flame for 5-6 minutes.
  • Add rest of the whipped yogurt and cook till the masala is cooked and oil starts to separate from the masala.
  • Add a cup of warm water, throw in the raisins; cook over a low flame till the chicken is tender. Add the sugar and adjust seasonings. Cook for another 5 odd minutes.
  • Finish with a generous dollop of ghee and a sprinkle of garam masala powder. Serve hot with rice.

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  1. BIplab Dev

    October 3, 2020 at 7:58 am

    When did you apply the raisins soaked in water?

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  2. Trishnanta

    May 10, 2020 at 9:33 am

    Made this recipe for my family today and they loved it. It’s an amazing recipe and super easy! Thank you so much!

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  3. Laxmi

    September 26, 2016 at 2:45 pm

    I’ll try this next weekend.

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  4. Rama J Reddy

    September 20, 2016 at 6:27 pm

    Beautiful presentation and write up !!!

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  5. Rahul Srivastava

    September 20, 2016 at 5:42 pm

    Wow beautiful description again… Loved this recipe.. Is it quite similar to a rezala?

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Sankranti remains one of the festivals closest to Sankranti remains one of the festivals closest to my heart. 

One of those days when I miss Grandma dearly and yearn to return to childhood and relish all the delectable pithe puli she would make !!! 
Happy Sankranti everyone !!!

On the plate 
Khejur Gurer Patishapta, Doodhpuli, Teler Pitha, Nolen Gurer Payesh and Soru Chakuli.
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New blog post ❤️ And every year, around Sankr New blog post ❤️

And every year, around Sankranthi, the chitoi pithe moulds make a magical re-appearance from the hidden vaults of the windowless sunlight-starved and perennially musty and damp bhnaarar ghor (pantry), illuminated by a lone naked incandescent bulb, before being dusted, scrubbed, soaked, dried and then used in vehement anger for the Sankranti festivities, only to disappear once the euphoria of the harvest festival subsides.
A use and throw culture has still not invaded our lives and the fact that this rather inexpensive non-descript humble artifact is used on just a couple of occasions around Sankranti every year makes not an iota of difference to the magnanimous love and care it receives.
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Its less than a week to Sankranti and my kitchen i Its less than a week to Sankranti and my kitchen is in manic frenzy this morning steaming some stunning Bhapa Pitha. 

I have always preferred freshly ground rice flour to store-bought ones. And my hand-free 1400w hamiltonbeach JMG ensured the rice was ground to fine flour, just as I wanted it, in a blink .
(Also do check the coarse, medium and fine grinding options available which gives us such luxury of choice -  I opted for the fine option for the rice flour)

And  here’s my recipe for the quintessential Bengali Bhapa Pitha / Assamese Keteli Pitha. 
Soak the rice for 2 hours, drain from water. 
Allow the rice to dry over a newspaper or muslin cloth to drain any excess water. 
Use your Hamiltonbeach JMG to blitz the rice to a fine powder.
Transfer the rice flour to a bowl, add a pinch of salt, mix well.
Splash a little water to the rice flour, start mixing with your hand. The texture of the dough should be crumbly and just damp enough. Splash water in small increments, we don’t want a wet batter here.
Sieve the moist flour .
Take a kettle, fill it half with water and bring to a boil.
Wrap the lid of the kettle with a damp muslin cloth.
Spread a layer of the rice flour uniformly over the cloth.
Add 1 tsp of freshly grated coconut on the rice flour, followed by 1 tsp of chopped jaggery And finish it with another layer of rice flour. Press gently, take care to not press it too hard.
Wrap with another piece of moist muslin, put the lid back on over the boiling water.
Steam for 10-12 minutes.
Carefully remove the lid from the kettle. 
Gently remove the outer muslin cloth. Use a sharp knife along the edges of the lid to un-mould the pitha..
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The Doulla Pithe that Grandma (Bamma) creates is s The Doulla Pithe that Grandma (Bamma) creates is sheer magic – Pillowy rice flour parcels with a tiny morsel of patali hidden in the center. Stewed in milk perfumed with even more patali gur.
Have a bite, Grandma coaxes.
And the molten patali bursts out of the shackles of the rice flour cocoon.
The fragrance of patali and the perfume of rice leave my palate enthralled.
I take another bite.
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If you want to try this , temporary recipe link is updated in bio ❤️
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Can I taste one ? I ask as Maa’s experienced han Can I taste one ? I ask as Maa’s experienced hands effortlessly remove the pithe from the oil and immerse them in the jaggery syrup, but even before Maa can warn me, I have snatched one and bitten into the gokul pithe.
My tongue is singed.
And for that odd moment, I am all numb.
Minutes, that feel like days, pass.
And then the taste sinks in, sublime, a mellifluous symphony of grated coconut and jaggery.
This is food heaven !!!
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To try  recipe, temporary recipe link is updated in bio ❤️
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Natorer Luchir Payesh!! A sandwich, if I can use t Natorer Luchir Payesh!!
A sandwich, if I can use the liberty of an analogy, of two luchis with a divine gurer kanchagolla filling in between. Fried to a gorgeous golden. And dipped into a notun gur perfumed payesh just before serving.
You do not want it soggy, Grandma would religiously remind Maa every time, that would ruin the fun of the dish.
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To try  recipe, temporary recipe link is updated in bio ❤️
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This is the story of Grandma. And her fierce love This is the story of Grandma. And her fierce love for rice. Not just rice, any new harvest. Any fresh produce of the soil. Her soil. As she would proudly assert.
Wasting rice in our growing-up years was never an option. Not even a single grain. This is the labour of love. She would remind Dada and me whenever we fussed about food. This is the culmination of months of back-breaking labour. Respect the grain. Respect the farmer.

Cut to the present. My chire has just arrived. Ordered online and delivered at the doorstep by a logistics company. I am blissfully ignorant of what rice went in to prepare this chire. And the farmer shall remain an unacquainted stranger to me. As would his family who possibly helped as well.
Food has reduced, I ruminate, to being impersonal, hasnt it, the consumer and the producer separated by more degrees than my mind can decipher. The price I guess for the comforts of modern life.
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To read more and  try chirer doodpuli , temporary recipe link is updated in bio ❤️
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Of late, Grandma would occasionally give in to sna Of late, Grandma would occasionally give in to snatches of emotional upheavals. Reminiscing more and more of her home in sylvan Sylhet.
Chachi was our neighbour. Born in Bikrampur near Dhaka. Married to a trader family in Sylhet. She brought with her to Sylhet the delectable Bibikhana Pitha from her home town. And every year she would lovingly welcome winter, the new harvest, the fragrant rice and the notun gur with her Bibikhana Pitha.
So here it is, the incredibly delicious Bibikhana Pitha. From Bikrampur in Bangladesh. 
Bliss !!! 
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Maa’s delectable Koi Komola. A riot on the pala Maa’s delectable Koi Komola. 
A riot on the palate. A throwback to all those weekends in Assam where koi was available aplenty during winters.
Enjoy before the orange season is over !!!

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