Palak Chicken

Palak Chicken

Ingredients:-

 •  Chicken -  1 kg

 •  Spinach (Palak) - 1 bunch

 •  Onions (medium size) - 3

 •  Garlic - 6

 •  Green Chillies - 4 - 6

 •  Cloves - 4

 •  Cinnamon  - 1 stick

 •  Bay Leaf  -1

 •  Oil for frying

 •  Salt to taste

For marinating Chicken:-

•  Ginger Garlic paste - 1tbsp

•  Turmeric powder- 1/2 tsp

•  Pepper powder - 1 tsp ( as required )

•  Plain Yogurt - 1/2  small cup

•  Salt - as required

Mix all the above ingredients and marinate the chicken. Set it for 1/2 an hr.

Preparation:-

  1.  Finely chop the onions, garlic and green chillies and set it aside.

  2.  Boil the spinach on low heat in a skillet till it is soft. Switch off and set it aside to cool.

  3.  Heat oil in a pan. Add cloves, cinnamon, bay leaf. Fry for a minute.

  4.  Add onions and saute till they turn pink.

  5.  Add finely chopped garlic and green chillies. Saute for few minutes and add spinach to it.

  6.  Fry this mixture for a couple of minutes and take the mixture off the heat.

  7.  Use the blender to grind this mixture to  a  fine paste.

 
8.  Heat some more oil in pan. Add the spinach paste from the blender.

  9.  Once the oil starts leaving the sides of the pan, add chicken and salt.( don't put too much salt.. Chicken is already marinated with salt )

 10. Cook on low heat till the chicken is done.

Spinach Chicken is now ready....

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