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Sal Chicken Gaining Popularity in Jangalmahal: Jangalmahal is a beautiful place situated in the valleys of Chhota Nagpur. This area comes in West Bengal. Ghaghra Jangalmahal remains a wonderful picturesque place due to its natural beauty. Tourists come here from far and wide to enjoy the rustling sound of water falling from the rocks on the hills and the supernatural natural scene. This area is also very close to Belpahari. There is a crowd of tourists here between December and January. Apart from natural beauty, you can also enjoy different types of flavors in these areas. In these, the flavor of villages remains the center of attraction. If you enjoy tasting different flavours, then this place is very suitable for you, because the very special village dish “Sal Chicken” is available here.
Sal Chicken
Tourists come from far and wide
Ghaghra Jangalmahal is located in Jhargram, West Bengal. Although tourists keep coming here throughout the year, their number increases in winter. At a short distance from here is Belpahari, where the sound of a very beautiful but quiet waterfall keeps gurgling. When you come here, this is where you will get Sal Chicken. Just as there is newness in the name, similarly tourists also eat it considering it new. But as soon as people eat it, they get lost in its taste. You would hardly have eaten this kind of chicken anywhere. Local youth prepare chicken this year. Sukhlal Mandi says that tourists are liking Saal Chicken very much this year. People have started getting drenched in the fragrance of Sal Chicken.
Sal Chicken
Chicken is made in sal leaves
Most of the people who are fond of different tastes would not know about Sal Chicken. The taste of Sal chicken is completely different. For this, let us know about the method of making this recipe. To make this, chicken is first marinated. Now it is tied in a sal leaf. The tied sal leaves are cooked for some time in wood fire. After this it is taken off. Due to this, the oil remaining in the chicken gets absorbed into the sal leaves. That means you will see hardly any oil in the chicken. Now the chicken is taken out and served on sal leaves. At some places, rice is soaked in water and mixed with chicken and both are cooked together tied in a sal leaf. When it is taken out, its taste becomes amazing. It has a pleasant smell of sal leaves and wood. This chicken is served with salt, lemon, coriander leaves, chilli, tomato etc. Its taste is slightly sour-sweet and it also has the aroma of burnt wood.
Sal Chicken
Taste like this nowhere else
The price of Sal chicken is only Rs 100. Tourist Priyanka Chakraborty said, “I have eaten bamboo chicken but Sal chicken is a completely new recipe for me. Its taste is amazing. If you want to taste it, you must come to this Ghaghra.” Sal Chikan is the center of attraction for tourists visiting Ghaghra. Tourists definitely try this new food recipe once. Aratrika Chakraborty, a resident of Hooghly, said that it really had a wonderful taste. This type of meat taste is not available anywhere else. Certainly not in urban areas. The taste of sal in this meat is amazing. Its taste becomes unique because of the year. Those who are fond of taste will be familiar with varieties like Chicken Kasa and Chicken Kabob, but Sal Chicken prepared in Sal leaves will give a different taste.
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FIRST PUBLISHED: January 4, 2024, 22:39 IST