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Saucy Charred Chicken with Veggie

Sometimes I think the food from our part of the world (Bangladesh) is really complex.   Jokingly, my grandmother used to say - It takes two hours to prepare, two hours to cook, ten minutes to eat and then two hours of dish-washing. But sometimes the brain needs some rest while the heart doesn't want to compromise the taste. But we compromise at the end - one way or another. Either we eat something we don't like that much, or we order, or even we  Sometimes, we really want to try hard to work less and eat home food (without ordering). This was one of those dishes. I wanted something chicken-based, saucy, maybe a little charred!  A little sweet, a little spicy, and with enough vegetables inside so that I could pretend the whole thing was a balanced life choice. 😃  The plan was not to make a traditional curry, not to make grilled chicken either, but something in between - chicken pieces sitting inside a thick, sticky, spicy-sweet vegetable gravy.  So I am naming...