Gajar Halwa(Carrot Halwa)

Gajar Halwa is a very delicious sweet dish of Bihar and North India.

Winters being the season of carrots and dry fruits, it's a great time to enjoy hot and delicious Gajar ka Halwa! Carrots are rich in vitamin A and ghee and the combination of dry fruits help to keep the body warm. Rejuvenate your taste buds in these bleak winter days with this amazing gajar ka Halwa recipe.

Ingredients:

Carrots 1kg sliced into small pieces, sugar 5-6 tablespoons, 1 and a half litre milk, 10-12 piece cashew nuts, 15 pieces raisins, 2 pieces cardamom, 50 gms pure ghee.

Procedure:

Boil the carrot slices in milk in a pressure cooker. After 2-3 whistles transfer the mixture in a non stick pan. Cook the whole mixture till the milk is soaked, keep moving the mixture and add sugar and ghee to it. Then add the dry fruits in the desired amount. Cook the whole mixture till it reaches the desirable consistency. Serve it hot with loads of love.

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Methi Paratha or Fenugreek leaves Paratha

Methi Paratha or Fenugreek leaves Paratha is a very tasty and popular dish of Bihar and North India. You can have it in any season but it is very popular dish during winters. Methi has lot of medicinal properties and is of heat generating nature; hence having it is very beneficial in winters specially.

Ingredients:

 Methi leaves 100gm, edible oil, ginger 1 small pc grated, green chili 1 pc and Salt to taste, black pepper powder half tea spoon, red chili powder half tea spoon, curd 2 table spoon, turmeric powder half tea spoon, Atta (wheat flour) 500 gm

Procedure:       

                                                                     

Mix methi leaves, grated ginger, green chili fine cut pieces, powders of red chili, black pepper and turmeric, 3 table spoon edible oil, curd and salt to taste with wheat flour. Knead atta adding water into soft dough, make small ball, flatten it and roll it into a disc. Heat a tawa and place the paratha on it and cook until bubbles start to appear on the top (do not burn). Flip the paratha and press gently with a spatula. Sprinkle some oil on both sides and flip and press gently.

Remove Methi Paratha from the tava and place in a covered/insulated container. Serve the Methi Parathas with Dhaniya (coriander chutney) http://www.tasteofbihar.com/Dhaniya_Chutney.php or baingan (brinjal) bhurta http://www.tasteofbihar.com/Baingan_Bharta.php or curd and pickle.

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The famous Chhath Puja of Bihar

Chhath puja is one of the most widely celebrated and revered puja of Bihar. It is celebrated on “Sasthi” ,the 6th day in shukla paksha of Kartik month, hence the name Chhath . In this puja “Surya Devta” and his Shakti (power) called “Chhatthi Maiiya” is worshipped. This puja is performed mainly by women but many men also do it.

It involves lot of preparation and extreme care is taken to ensure shuddhi or cleanliness in preparing all the Prasad and offerings to Surya devta or Chhatthi Maiiya. The person performing puja has to start the ritual two days in advance which is called “Naha-kha”in which he has to have food after taking bath. The food has to be “Satvik” containing no garlic or onion and cooked by a person who has taken bath. The food consists of Rice, dal (lentil) and vegetable. The dal and vegetable must have lauki( bottle gourd) mixed in it. A portion of same food is kept and had in the evening.

The next day is called “Kharna” where the devotee will keep fast whole day and will have Prasad of “Roti- Rasiyav” in the evening only. The Rasiyav is rice cooked in milk with jaggery. After having this Prasad the devotee will continue to fast next full day on Chhatth. On the day of Chhatth the devotee offers arghya to Sun god with water mixed with raw milk and a “soop” (tray made of thin pieces of bamboo sticks) containing seasonal fruits and vegetables like oranges, apples, sweetlime, turmeric, suthni, coconut, sugarcane, banana etc as the sun is setting by standing in knee to waist deep water in rivers or ponds. Similar Arghya- puja is repeated next day early morning as the sun is rising. All the roads leading to baks are well cleaned by community people and also well lit for the convenience of the devotees.

The Chhath Puja is performed in order to thank Surya for sustaining life on earth also many devotees have certain wishes to be fulfilled .The Sun, considered the god of energy and of the life-force, is worshiped during the Chhath festival to promote well-being, prosperity and progress. In Hinduism, Sun worship is believed to help cure a variety of diseases, including leprosy, and helps ensure the longevity and prosperity of family members, friends, and elders.

The devotees sing various songs depicting their devotion to Surya dev and Chatthi Maiyya while performing the puja or when proceeding to banks of rivers.Visit the following link to listen to a very popular Chhath Geet:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2e6ltIlNtk\

The main Prasad of this puja is “Thekua” or “Khujoor”. It is made of small doughs of wheat flour mixed with jaggery , water and ghee, which is flattened into palm size cakes and fried in ghee till they become brown.

“Thekua” or “Khujoor”

Chhath puja is an integral part of a Bihari’s life. Chhath puja binds all the Bihari spread all over the country into pious bond of togetherness and belongingness. The rituals of chhath puja are rigorous but enjoyed by everyone and cherished life long as going to the ghats in the evening and morning and experiencing the serene  beauty of nature and purity of it is mesmerizing. Chhath puja enables you to connect to the vedic times because these rituals are continuation of vedic rituals specially praying of supreme power Sun.

By offering the seasonal fruits and vegetables, the devotees express their gratitude to the Sun God without whose warmth nothing could be produced on earth.

Offering or "Arghya" being offered by devotees to Sun God and his power"Chhathi Maiyya"

This puja is so revered that Biharis staying abroad or outside Bihar take their annual vacation during the Chhath puja especially to celebrate it at their home towns. The Chhath puja is not only one of the most important puja for Biharis but it is an essential part of Bihari culture.

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Paneer(Indian Cottage Cheese) Chili

Paneer Chili is a very tasty and healthy snack. Though not a traditional Indian dish, it is a very popular snack these days. As we all know Paneer is a very good source of protein. It is also very easy to cook. It can be had as a snack or as a starter with lunch or dinner.

 

Ingredients:

Paneer 100gm, onion 2 pcs chopped, capsicum 2 pcs chopped, green chili 2-3 pcs chopped, ginger paste 1 tea spoon, garlic paste 1 tea spoon, Maida or Arrowroot powder 1 table spoon, soya sauce 1 tea spoon, chili sauce 1 table spoon, tomato sauce 1 table spoon, 1 tea spoon vinegar, oil and salt to taste.

Procedure:

Cut Paneer in small size cubes. Mix the Maida or arrowroot powder with Paneer pieces, add and mix garlic and ginger paste, soya sauce 3-4 drops and salt to taste. Now fry the cubes in oil till they are brown and remove from oil and keep aside. Take a table spoon of Maida or Arrowroot powder in a bowl and make a light solution with water, add half tea spoon soya sauce, 1 table spoon chili sauce and 1 table spoon tomato sauce, 1 tea spoon vinegar and mix them well. Thereafter put 2 spoons oil in a pan and heat, add chopped onion, green chili, capsicum, paste of garlic and ginger and sauté. Add the solution prepared earlier to the pan, mix well, add some water if it is getting dry, add the Paneer cubes and mix well for 2-3 minutes. Add water if you need a gravy.

The delicious dish Paneer Chili is now ready to serve. Generally it goes very well with fried rice.

 

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Bihari style Egg Curry

Egg Curry is a very popular and delicious non vegetarian dish of Bihar. It is probably one of the simplest non vegetarian dishes to cook.

Ingredients:

1.     Eggs 4-6

2.     Onion 1, Garlic 4 pcs, cloves 5pcs, cardamom small and large 1 pc each, cinnamon small pc and ginger ½ inch > grind into paste (Add tomato to the paste, optional)

3.     Spices: Turmeric, Coriander powder, Cumin powder, red chili powder and black pepper powder one tea spoon each.

4.     Oil 4 table spoon, salt to taste.

Procedure:

Hard boil the eggs, peel them off and fry them in oil till they are light brown. Remove the eggs from oil and then keep them aside.

Heat oil in kadai and fry the paste of onion, garlic, ginger and spices till it becomes brown. Add salt and other spice powders and cook on medium flame till the mixture is well cooked.

Add water to make curry and allow it to boil. Add the fried eggs and stop when the curry has reached desired thickness. Garnish the curry with green coriander leaves.

The delicious Bihari dish, Egg Curry is now ready to serve and can be had with rice, roti or paratha.

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India celrbrates Independence day on 15th August

India got independence from the British rule on 15th August 1947.

Since then India has emerged as the largest democracy in the world.

Indians celebrate this day with much gaity.

Indian tricolor hoisting and singing of National Anthem Jana Gana Mana is an integral part of this celebration and off course it includes having variety of sweets like Jalebi, Rasgulla, Kalakand, Sandesh... etc

Here is the link for the Indian National Anthem....As a mark of respect one stands when singing or listening to the National Anthem
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmhLIqFnH6M

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Prawns Masala or Jheenga Masala

Jheenga or Prawns is a very popular and delicious non vegetarian dish of Bihar. Here we are providing the recipe for Jheenga Masala which is an ecstasy food of Bihar.

Ingredients:

1.     Half Kg Prawns: cleaned

2.     Onion one piece (ground into paste)

3.      Ginger ½ inches and 5-6 Garlic cloves ground into paste

4.     Spices: Turmeric powder 1 tea spoon

Red chili powder 1 tea spoon

Black pepper powder 1tea spoon

Salt to taste

5.     Edible oil

6.      Curd 1 spoon

Procedure:

1.     First wash the prawns and marinate them for about half an hour by mixing it with onion-ginger-garlic paste, curd and spices (turmeric, red chili and black pepper).

2.     Heat 4-5 spoons oil and fry the marinated prawns. Add salt and sauté till they turn brown on medium flame, sprinkle some water and simmer for 2 minutes. Keep checking lest they burn.

3.     Add 2 tablespoons of water to make a curry and allow it to boil to have desired thickness.

4.     Simmer till achieving the desired curry texture.

The delicious Jheenga masala is now ready to serve. Garnish it as you please, coriander recommended. It can be served with both rice and chapatis.

Note: Prawns turn round and would release oil when cooked.  Sprinkle water as required lest they burn. Gravy is optional.

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Malpua

Malpua is a very delicious and popular sweet dish of Bihar. It is customary to make this dish during the major festivals like Holi.

 

Ingredients:

Maida(Refined flour) 250 gm., Milk 1 liter boiled till it becomes 250ml, khoya 50 gm., coconut powder 2table  spoons, 2 small cardamom powder, sugar 1 cup, edible oil 250 ml.

Procedure:

Mix well maida, khoya, coconut powder and cardamom powder into thickened milk to make a batter of moderate thickness adding some normal milk if required. Heat oil in a deep pan and fry small portions of batter to make round palm size Malpuas. While frying, turn the Malpuas and remove from oil when they turn brown.

Prepare syrup of sugar by mixing a cup sugar in two glasses of water and boiling on medium heat.

Now dip the Malpuas into the Syrup. Add some cream or rabri for making it more tasty. The delicious Bihari sweet dish Malpuas are now ready to serve.

As a variation finely chopped dry fruits may be added to the batter instead of coconut powder.

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Aloo Parwal Dum (Potato and Pointed Gourd Curry)

Parwal is a very popular vegetable of Bihar. It is supposed to be very good for stomach, fibrous and very easy to digest. Vegetable Dishes made of Parwal are very tasty and popular in Bihar. One such dish is the Aloo Parwal Dum.

 

Ingredients:

Parwal 500 gm., 2 potatoes, Onion 1 chopped, paste of onion 2 table spoons, garlic 1 tea spoon, ginger 1 tea spoon , 1 tea spoon garam masala powder, Dhaniya (coriander) powder 1 tea spoon, jeera powder 1 tea spoon, black pepper powder half spoon, red chili powder 1 tea spoon, Oil 4 table spoon, salt to taste.

Procedure:

Cut Parwal in medium pieces. Boil the potatoes, peel them off and cut into medium pieces.

Heat oil in a kadai and fry the Parwal pieces adding some salt and remove when they are light brown.

Heat oil in kadai, put 2 pieces of tejpatta and chopped onion and fry till it becomes brown. Add the cut pieces of potato and fried Parwal, salt, paste of garlic, ginger and onion, haldi powder 1 spoon and other powders except garam masala and cook on medium flame till the spices are cooked.

Add water to make curry and allow it to boil. Add 1 spoon garam masala and stop when the curry has reached desired thickness. Garnish the curry with green coriander leaves.

The delicious Bihari dish, Aloo Parwal Dum is now ready to serve and can be had with rice, roti or paratha.

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Dahi Vada

Dahi Vada is a very delicious and popular dish of not only Bihar but all of India. It is made with slight variations in different parts of India. It is generally had as an accompaniment during lunch or dinner and a delicacy to be made on special occasions and festivals like Holi and Diwali.

You will not find any Indian who does not like them.

 

The Vada is basically made by deep frying small balls of an especially prepared batter of Urad dal (Split black lentil) and dipping them into especially prepared curd (Dahi) solution.

Ingredients:

Urad dal(split black lentil) 100gm, a pinch asafetida (hing), ginger one small pc chopped fine, green chili 2 pcs chopped, green coriander leaves chopped, Curd or Yoghurt 500gm, fried cumin seeds (jeera) powder 2 table spoon, chaat masala, sugar, salt, edible oil

Procedure:

Soak the Urad dal in water for 1-2 hours and then grind it well in a grinder. Add salt, a pinch of hing, chopped pieces of ginger, chili and coriander leaves to the ground Urad dal and mix well for about 5 minutes. Heat edible oil in a deep pan and then deep fry small flattened balls of batter on a medium flame till the Vada becomes brown. Take out the Vadas and dip them into water for about a minute. Remove the Vadas from water pressing them a little in palm to remove extra water and keep them aside.

Take the curd in a vessel, churn it well with hand grinder and add a pinch of sugar, salt, chaat masala (a mix of Indian spices and salt commonly available in any grocery store), fried jeera powder. Now dip the Vadas in this solution.

The Dahi Vadas are ready to serve.

Some people like to have it with tamarind chutney. Some people also add a tadka (fried mixture) of rai (mustard seeds) and curry leaves. Some may sprinkle chaat masala on top as per their taste.

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Kachori

Kachori is a very tasty and popular dish of Bihar and North India. It is basically a kind of Indian bread of round shape made of wheat flour and Maida (refined wheat flour) and deep fried in edible oil. Kachori can be made in different ways, with filling or without filling. Here we give a recipe of simple Kachori without filling. It is generally had in breakfast with vegetable curry or fried vegetables.

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Ingredients:

Maida 250gm (refined flour), Atta (wheat flour) 100gm, edible oil, ajwain (also known as carom, ajowan, or bishop's weed), mangrail (Nigella sativa seeds), asafetida, Salt to taste

Procedure:                                                                            

Mix well the above ingredients i.e. Maida, Atta, salt, a pinch of asafetida, a pinch of ajwain and mangrail, 2-3 spoon edible oil and knead Atta adding water into hard dough, make small ball, flatten it and roll it into a disc . Heat edible oil in a deep pan and fry the Kachori when oil is hot. Flip the Kachori and press gently with a spatula. Allow the Kachori to swell and become light brown.

Remove Kachoris from the pan and place on tissue paper to soak extra oil.

The delicious Kachoris are ready to serve hot with Vegetable curries!

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Mooli Paratha (Radish Paratha)

Mooli Paratha is a very tasty and popular dish of Bihar and North India. You can have it in any season but it is very popular dish during winters.

 

Ingredients:

 Filling:

Radish  2-3 pieces( grated), edible oil, ginger 1 small pc, green chili 1 pc and Salt to taste, black pepper powder half tea spoon, Atta (wheat flour)

Procedure:                                                                            

First make the filling as follows:

Grate the radish pcs into fine granules, add salt to taste, black pepper powder, 1 green chili chopped, grated ginger, lemon juice 1 tea spoon and mix well. The radish gives out water on pressing, which must be strained and removed.

Knead atta into soft dough, make small ball, flatten it and fill it with the Mooli filling. Roll it into a disc with filling equally distributed. Heat a tawa and place the paratha on it and cook until bubbles start to appear on the top (do not burn). Flip the paratha and press gently with a spatula. Sprinkle some oil on both sides and flip and press gently.

Remove Paratha from the tava and place in a covered/insulated container.

Serve the Mooli Parathas with Dhaniya (coriander chutney) or baingan (brinjal) bhurta or curd and pickle.

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Soya bean Chili

Soya bean Chili is a very tasty and healthy snack. Though not a traditional Indian dish, it is a very popular snack these days. As we all know Soya bean is a very good source of protein. It is also very easy to cook. It can be had as a morning or evening snack.

Ingredients:

Soya bean nuggets 100gm, onion 2 pcs chopped, capsicum 2 pcs chopped, green chili 2-3 pcs chopped, ginger paste 1 tea spoon, garlic paste 1 tea spoon, Maida or Arrowroot powder 1 table spoon, soya sauce 1 tea spoon, chili sauce 1 table spoon, tomato sauce 1 table spoon, 1 tea spoon vinegar, oil and salt to taste.

Procedure:

Put the nuggets in boiling water for about 2 minutes, remove and wash with cold water. Mix the Maida or arrowroot powder with nuggets, add and mix garlic and ginger paste, soya sauce 3-4 drops and salt to taste. Now fry the nuggets in oil till they are brown and remove from oil and keep aside. Take a table spoon of Maida or Arrowroot powder in a bowl and make a light solution with water, add half tea spoon soya sauce, 1 table spoon chili sauce and 1 table spoon tomato sauce, 1 tea spoon vinegar and mix them well. Thereafter put 2 spoons oil in a pan and heat, add chopped onion, green chili, capsicum, paste of garlic and ginger and sauté. Add the solution prepared earlier to the pan, mix well, add some water if it is getting dry, add the nuggets and mix well for 2-3 minutes. Add water if you need a gravy.

The delicious snack Soya bean Chili is now ready to serve. If you wish you may garnish it with green coriander leaves.

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Bottle Gourd Potato Stew(Lauki aloo stew)

Kaddu or Lauki Stew (Bottle gourd Stew) is a very tasty and delicious dish of Bihar. In India summer can be very hot and you wish to have something light and easy to digest in such weather. Kaddu or Lauki Stew (Bottle gourd Stew) is a perfect choice in such season. Although it is more widely available during summer, you can have it in other seasons as well because Kaddu or Lauki is available now almost throughout the year. It is best had with rice, roti or Paratha also.

Ingredients:

Kaddu 1 small pc peeled off and cut into small pcs, Potato 2-3 Pcs peeled off and cut into small pcs, Onion 2 chopped, garlic 5 pcs, ginger 1 small pc chopped, red chili 2 pcs, small cardamom 1 pc, large cardamom 1 pc, clove 4-5 pcs, cinnamon 1 small pc, black pepper 5-6 pcs, turmeric powder 1 tea spoon, Oil 2 table spoon, salt to taste.

Procedure:

Mix all the above ingredients in a pressure cooker and put on stove, add a cup of water and close the lid of pressure cooker. After 2 whistles, shut close the stove and allow the cooker to cool down. Thereafter remove the lid, add 1 tea spoon pure ghee and garnish with green coriander leaves.

The delicious Bihari dish, Kaddu or Lauki Stew (Bottle gourd Stew) is now ready to serve and can be had with rice, roti or Paratha.

Bottle Gourd Potato stew

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Mutton Curry

Mutton Curry is one of the most popular non-vegetarian dish of Bihar. It is generally cooked with Indian spices and using mustard oil. It is usually had with rice, roti or parathas.

Ingredients:

Mutton 500 gm dressed and cut in pieces, Onion 200 gm chopped in pieces, paste of onion 2 table spoon, ginger 1 table spoon and garlic 1 table spoon, , 1 tea spoon garam masala(mixed Indian spices including cardamom, clove, cinnamon etc.) powder, Dhaniya(coriander) powder 1 tea spoon, jeera (cumin) powder 1 tea spoon, black pepper powder half spoon, red chili powder 1 tea spoon, turmeric powder 1 tea spoon, Oil 6-7 table spoon, salt to taste, 1 spoon yoghurt or curd, 2 pcs red chili, 2 pcs dry bay leaves, green coriander leaves.

Procedure:

Heat oil in deep pan, put 2 pieces of tejpatta(dry bay leaves), 2 pcs red chili and chopped onion and fry till it becomes brown. Add mutton pieces and salt and cook for about 2 minutes. Now add paste of garlic, ginger and onion, 1 spoon yoghurt, haldi (turmeric)powder 1 spoon and other powders except garam masala and cook on medium flame till oil starts oozing out.

Add water to make curry and allow it to boil on medium flame. Ensure that the mutton pieces are cooked properly. Add 1 spoon garam masala and stop when the curry has reached desired thickness. Add 1 spoon pure ghee and garnish the curry with green coriander leaves.

The delicious Bihari non-vegetarian dish, Mutton Curry is now ready to serve and can be had with rice, roti or Paratha.

Mutton Curry

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Paav Bhaaji

Paav Bhaaji

Paav bhaaji is a very tasty and popular dish of Western India, especially of Mumbai but now a day it is popular all over India including Bihar. You can have it as snack in morning or evening but it is so filling that it can easily substitute your lunch or dinner. Paav is bread and Bhhaji is a combination of assorted vegetables cooked with special spices using lot of butter.

Ingredients:

Potato 5 pieces, Onion 1 chopped,5 tomato chopped, cauliflower 1 small pc chopped, Cabbage 1 small pc chopped, capsicum 1 pc chopped, cabbage 1 pc chopped, paste of garlic 1 tea spoon, ginger 1 tea spoon, Paav bhaaji masala 2-3 tablespoons (many popular brands are available in grocery shops),red chili powder 1 tea spoon, turmeric powder 1 tea spoon, Oil 4 table spoon, salt to taste and butter.

Procedure:

Boil all the vegetables except tomato and thereafter lightly grind the vegetables and keep them aside.

Put some oil in pan; heat it and sauté onion pieces adding ginger and garlic paste. Now add tomato pieces and salt to taste and sauté. As the mixture is cooked add Paav bhaaji masala, turmeric and red chili powders and sauté. Now add the vegetables, salt to taste and mix well. Cook the mixture for about 5 minutes. Add some butter and garnish with green coriander leaves.

The delicious Mumbai dish, Paav Bhaaji is now ready to serve. It is had with Paav or bread which is lightly heated with some butter in a pan. Some chopped onion pieces with lemon go along well with this dish.

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Chicken Curry

Chicken Curry is one of the most popular non-vegetarian dish of Bihar. It is generally cooked with Indian spices and using mustard oil. It is usually had with rice, roti or parathas.

Ingredients:

Chicken 500 gm dressed and cut in pieces, Onion 200 gm chopped in pieces, paste of onion 2 table spoon, ginger 1 table spoon and garlic 1 table spoon, , 1 tea spoon garam masala(mixed Indian spices including cardamom, clove, cinnamon etc.) powder, Dhaniya(coriander) powder 1 tea spoon, jeera (cumin) powder 1 tea spoon, black pepper powder half spoon, red chili powder 1 tea spoon, turmeric powder 1 tea spoon, Oil 6-7 table spoon, salt to taste, 1 spoon yoghurt or curd, 2 pcs red chili, 2 pcs dry bay leaves, green coriander leaves.

Procedure:

Heat oil in deep pan, put 2 pieces of tejpatta(dry bay leaves), 2 pcs red chili and chopped onion and fry till it becomes brown. Add chicken pieces and salt and cook for about 2 minutes. Now add paste of garlic, ginger and onion, 1 spoon yoghurt, haldi (turmeric)powder 1 spoon and other powders except garam masala and cook on medium flame till oil starts oozing out.

Add water to make curry and allow it to boil on medium flame. Add 1 spoon garam masala and stop when the curry has reached desired thickness. Add 1 spoon pure ghee and garnish the curry with green coriander leaves.

The delicious Bihari non-vegetarian dish, Chicken Curry is now ready to serve and can be had with rice, roti or Paratha.

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