Palak Chicken

Hi All,

Today am sharing a North Indian Chicken recipe-" Palak Chicken". It's healthy,tasty,full of goodness and doesnot need too much of your time.Plus I have tried to make it simpler.So scroll down full the full recipe .:)

Ingredients:

1. Chicken (washed and cleaned) - 1kg
2. Onions 2-3 diced
3. Palak -500gms
4. Dried Kasuri methi 2tbps
5. ginger and garlic paste 2tbps
6. red chilli powder 1tbps
7. green chillies 2-3 nos
8. refined oil 
9. Garam Masala powder 1/2 tbps
10. Curd 100gms
11. Dhaniya powder 1tbps
12. turmeric powder 1tbps
13. salt to taste

Prep time: 10 mins

Cooking time: 30 mins

Direction:

Take palak leaves(without the stem), wash it properly and pressure cook it in 2 cup water for 15 minutes along with the kasuri methi leaves.

Drain the water and keep it aside.

 Cool the cooked palak leaves and grind it along with the 2 chilies into a fine paste.Add some drained water if needed.

In a bowl put the chicken and add this palak paste,curd,red chilli powder,ginger garlic paste,salt,dhaniya powder,turmeric powder and mix well.Keep aside for 1hr.

 Heat oil in a kadai and saute chopped onions by adding salt.

When the onion becomes soft, add chopped tomato and saute till it mashes.

Add the marinated chicken pieces along with garam masala powder. 

Stir well and cover it and let it simmer in medium flame for 20 mins.

 Open the lid and stir in between.

The chicken will cook in the water in the palak.

If you feel it is sticking to the bottom then you can add the drained water.

Cook till the chicken is done and the gravy reaches a thick consistency.

Keep it in a low flame for 5 minutes and remove from fire.

 Serve hot with roti or paratha.