Robibarer Murgir Jhol from my Mother’s Kitchen | Bengali Chicken Curry

Robibarer Murgir Jhol aka Sunday's Chicken Curry! A comfortable light Bengali-style chicken curry! By the way, why have I mentioned Robibar aka Sunday? Read further to know more!

All about comfort food and happy cooking

I don’t consider myself a cooking expert. I just try to learn from different people how they cook; what they cook; their process of cooking and obviously I try to learn from different books. My cooking journey started with watching my mom cooking! We had a Joint family of more than 20 members in Kolkata and my Mom and Aunties used to cook for the entire family! They knew the magic of making amazingly tasty food sometimes with scarce resources. I still remember them making Murgir Jhol with only 1 kg of Chicken for the entire family which was balanced with the use of Potatoes and nobody complained about having only one piece of chicken!

My First Expert!

I consider my Mother one of the major influencers in my life. She is my First Expert not only in terms of cooking but in each and every aspect of life! I learned from her how to enjoy life; how to manage both scarce and excess resources and last but not least how to be happy! This post is a bit special to me since it is not only about the signature Bengali Chicken Curry a.k.a Murgir Jhol (or Gorgore Laal Murgir Jhol) but also about her culinary skills.

Maa never had Chicken as she always has a preference for Mutton but that never ever reflected in her cooking! She does not even taste it while cooking Chicken but the end result is every time mind-blowing. I just don’t understand how she manages to cook properly without even tasting the curry but probably this is the specialty of mothers…. Experience speaks after all 🙂 It is her experience of cooking for more than 30 years that makes her My First Expert…….

Why the name Robibarer Murgir Jhol for Bengali Chicken Curry?

Now you may ask why I named it Robibarer Murgir Jhol a.k.a. Sunday Chicken Curry …. Reason is simple….Hubby is a fan of My Mom’s cooking especially Bengali-style Mutton curry prepared by her.  I’ve already given the recipe of the Mutton Version of this Meat Curry with Potato is equally tasty and is known as Kochi Pathar Jhol. In my place, I don’t have any option but to cook either Chicken or Mutton on Sundays since both Hubby and Baby need their portion of Runny meat curry along with Potatoes 🙄 . However, I prefer to cook Chicken than Mutton for the obvious reason of avoiding red meat given our steadily increasing weight !

Bengali Murgir Jhol from Maa's Kitchen

I adopted this Murgir Jhol recipe from Maa with very minimal changes. Basically, Murgir Jhol is a light Chicken Curry prepared in almost all Bengali households and this Jhol is characterized by the runniness and red color of the gravy and the presence of well-cooked potatoes in the Chicken Curry. I believe Bongs love the Potato more than the meat and for us, this typical jhol is a comfort food that we cherish on lethargic Sundays 😀 .

It is not typically spicy as compared to other Indian Chicken dishes but that does not reflect the color of the gravy which is as red as Laal Maas! To be precise this dish is an eyewash; it looks spicy but is not actually spicy 😈 ! 

Recipe Tips!

Using Deshi Chicken gives the ultimate taste to this dish, however, I mostly use normal chicken. Now coming to my mother’s tips on Murgir Jhol; Maa opined that it is always better to cook at least 750g – 1 kg chicken to get the maximum taste instead of cooking smaller portions 😮 . I never saw Maa use a pressure cooker or Karhai to cook Chicken Curry; she always uses a typical deep-bottomed pan known as “Dekchi” in Bengali for cooking Chicken.

However, Maa does not use Kashmiri Red Chilli in her cooking but I prefer to use it since it is milder than normal Chilli powder and gives amazing color to the gravy I don't have a Deckchi available in my kitchen so I use my Futura utensil for cooking Murgir Jhol.

Here's how I make Bengali Chicken Curry

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Bengali Murgir Jhol Video Recipe

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