Palak Chicken – Tender Chicken in Spinach Gravy

This Palak Chicken is deliciously cooked chicken in a creamy, spinach based gravy. Adding the spinach makes it a healthy dish thats finger licking good to boost! Perfect to eat with steamed rice or roti.  Scroll down for video.

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Palak Chicken – Tender Chicken in Spinach Gravy

Ingredients:

• 500 gms chicken, cut into small pieces (You can use bone-in or boneless)
• 250-300 gms palak (indian green spinach)
• ½- ¾ tsp salt (according to taste)
• 5 Tbsp oil
• 1-2 Tbsp fresh pouring cream (to taste)

To marinate the chicken:

• 2 tsp lime juice
• ¼ tsp turmeric
• ½ tsp  garam masala
• ½ ts salt

For ground paste:

• 1 large onion

  

• 1 large tomato
• 6 cloves garlic
• 1 generous Tbsp ginger

Spices:

•  ½ Tbsp cumin powder
•  ½ Tbsp chili powder
•  ½ Tbsp coriander powder
•  ½ tsp pepper
•  ½ tsp garam masala
• ¹/8 tsp turmeric powder

Method:

• Rinse the chicken and pat dry.
• Marinate with lime juice, turmeric, garam masala and salt. Set aside while you prepare remaining ingredients.
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• Rinse the palak well. Chop.
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• Bring water to boil in a saucepan. Add the  palak and boil for 5 minutes.
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• Drain the palak.
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• Blend to a puree without water.
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• Add the chopped onion, tomato, ginger and garlic to a small blender/ mixer and blend to a paste without water.

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• Heat oil in a pan. Add the marinated chicken.
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• Fry for just a minute or two till the chicken turns white all over.
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• Remove from the oil and set aside.Cover tightly with foil paper to prevent drying out.
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• To the oil left in the pan, add the ground onion-tomato paste.
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• Stir and cook for 5 minutes on low heat, stirring occasionally.
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• The mixture should become thick.
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• Next add the spice powders, and stir for 1 minute till aromatic.
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• Now add the spinach puree.
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• Stir into the mixture.
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• Wash out the blender with some water (½ cup).  Add salt now.
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• Cook for 2 minutes on low heat. Then add the chicken. Also add any liquid that has accumulated in the plate in which we set aside our chicken.
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• Stir and cook, covered on low for 10 minutes.
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• Lastly, stir in the cream and remove from heat.
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• Serve hot with rice or roti! 🙂 Enjoy!
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Palak Chicken – Tender Chicken in Spinach Gravy

• You could also pop the dish in the oven. Cook down the tomato onion paste. Add the spice powders and cook briefly Then add the spinach pure and water , cook for a while. Add the chicken, and move to a preheated 200 °c oven and bake for 10 minutes. Remove and stir in the cream. This gives the top of the curry a lovely finish.
• For an easier version, skip the marinade and the frying of chicken. Add the rinsed chicken directly to the spinach puree. Cook a few extra minutes.
• Add a little more of each of the spices for a spicier version.

Key Ingredients: Chicken, Spinach(Palak), Onion, Tomato, Garlic, Ginger, Spices, Salt, Oil, Cream, Lime.

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