Jalfrezi

Jalfrezi
	Chicken jalfrezi
Alternative names	Jhal frezi
Type	Curry
Course	Main
Place of origin	South Asia
Region or state	Indian subcontinent
Associated national cuisine	Bangladeshi, India, Pakistan
Serving temperature	Hot
Main ingredients	Green chillies; meat, seafood, vegetables or paneer

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Jalfrezi (Bengali: জলফ্রেজি; also jhal frezi, jaffrazi, and many other alternative spellings) is a curry dish originating in Bengal and popular throughout the Indian subcontinent and beyond. It consists of a main ingredient such as meat, fish, paneer or vegetables, stir-fried and served in a thick spicy sauce that includes green chilli peppers. Common further ingredients include bell peppers, onions and tomatoes.

History of the dish[edit]

Jalfrezi recipes appeared in cookbooks of British India as a way of using up leftovers by frying them with chilli and onion.^[1] This English-language usage derived from the colloquial Bengali term jhāl porhezī: jhāl means spicy food; porhezī means suitable for a diet.^[2]^[3] Jalfrezi is usually prepared by stir-frying ingredients, a technique introduced to the region by Chinese cuisine.