Thursday 23 February 2012

lazy cooks palak chicken(chicken in spinach sauce)

Hi folks.......how are you?Its been kind a' crazy out here....i had a class(on desserts)on wednesday...i had to prepare for that,.....then my daughter insisted that we go watch" ek main aur ek tu",......I have someone coming home for lunch and we have to step out in the evening.when I write it down it doesn't seem like much.......but I'm feeling it!
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Winter means the freshest possible greens..we get really good spinach..and fenugreek and some leaves i can't identify(which are unique to this region)but they taste good!
I've done palak chicken,but the chicken can be replaced by paneer,tofu,mushrooms or baby corn.
INGRDS
1.600 gms chicken(marinated for at least half an hour in 1tablespoon of ginger,garlic and green chilli paste)
2.1 bunch of spinach leaves(approx 350 gms)
3.2medium onions chopped fine
4.1 big tomato chopped fine
5.2 tablespoons of cilantro chopped fine
6.1 inch pc of cinnamon,2 moti elachi.4 green cardamom.5-6 cloves
7.salt to taste,1 tablespoon of corriander powder,1tsp of red chilli pwder.1/2 tsp of turmeric pdr and 1/2 tsp of garam masala pdr


METHOD
1.Wash the spinach thoroughly,chop it up roughly,put it into a steamer and in the microwave for 5 mins.Let it cool,then grind it..the palak puree is ready to be used.Alternately,simply put the roughly chopped spinach leaves in a pressure cooker(with no extra water)..give it one whistle..let it cool...then puree in a blender.
2.In a heavy bottomed pan(kadhai/wok),put 2 tsp of veg oil..once it heats up..add the whole spices..saute...then add the onions....and cook till the onions are a light golden brown.
3.Add the tomatoes..and all the spices.....cook till the masala comes together...add the marinated chicken and the chopped cilantro,keep the heat to medium,cover and go do something else for 10 mins.
4.After 10 mins,add the spinach puree...now cover and cook till done.
5.Serve hot with some piping hot paranthas...........or rotis.

12 comments:

  1. Chicken in palak, that sounds amazing dear....great recipe...

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  2. Yeah enjoy it till it lasts...spinach I mean...come summer and its gone in this place atleast.
    I make this too and use mushrooms.it tastes great.

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  3. i have tasted it in a restaurant before, but never tried at home...

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  4. without the cilantro i do something similar for palak paneer. Love that you have used that for chicken. Should try that sometime since i 've just got my family to like palak paneer. And we love cilantro in everything, why didn't i think of it in this? :)

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  5. so inviting and delicious one !!

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  6. Love the greeny chicken,looks yummy n appetizing!!

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  7. Great recipe! You have a very nice blog. Will follow you!

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  8. Yummy recipe! Thanks a lot for sharing this on my space Simran :)



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