This colonial recipe is said to have been prepared in Calcutta’s dak bungalows where the British officers used to stay while on hunting expeditions. The British didn’t like the thick spicy Indian curries and wanted the khansamas {cooks} to prepare their chicken in a light broth with very little spices. And this chicken curry lived on to be called the Chicken Dak-Bungalow.
Best restaurants to have Chicken Dak-Bungalow in Kolkata: Bhojohori Manna {multiple locations}, Oh! Calcutta at Elgin Road, 6 Ballygunge Place at Ballygunge.