Wednesday 12 February 2014

Palak,Methi Chicken Curry

Ingrdients:
Chicken: 1 kg
Onions: 2 large chopped into juliennes or fine
Green chillies: 5 slit
Garlic ginger paste: 1 tbsp
Turmeric:1.5 tsp
Red Chilli Powder: 2 to 2.5 tsps'
Pepper corns:4-5
Salt:As per your taste
Palak(Spinach) : 1 bunch washed 
Methi: 1 bunch washed
Tomato:1 large chopped  finely
Garam Masala:1 tsp
Dhania powder: 1.5 tsp
Bay leaf : 1
Cloves:4
Cardamom:4
Cinnamon: 1/2 inch stick
Coriander:1bunch
Lime:1
Curd:2 tbsp
Oil:to cook

Method:
Wash the chicken properly.Marinate the chicken with salt,turmeric,red chilli powder,garam masala,dhaniya powder,garlic ginger paste,lime and curd.Set it aside for 30 mins to 1 hour.

In a kadhai heat 2 tbsps oil and saute the onions,tomatoes and green chillies.Cool it under the fan after you take it off from fire.
In a blender or a mixie jar put the sauted onions ,tomatoes and green chillies along with palak,methi,coriander.Make it into a fine paste.

In the same kadhai add a little oil.Now add the bay,leaf,cinnamon,cloves,peppercorns,cardamom.To this add the ground paste.Cook till the oil separates.Now add the marinated chicken.Fry the chicken till it browns.Now add some water and cook  it till the chicken is cooked completly from inside.To check if the chicken has cooked completly from inside- use a knife/toothpick or a fork and pierce it into a piece of chicken and it should come out clean - nothing should stick on the knife/toothpick /fork.
Take it out in a serving bowl and garnish it with a dollop of fresh cream.

Serve hot with rotis or zeera pulao.

Note:
You can add potatoes cut in quarters.I add them as I have a 18 month old daughter who loves them that way.Same recipie can be made substituting chicken with mutton.

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