Recipes - Palak Chicken
- Smitha Mascarenhas
- Mangalore / Dubai
Ingredients :
1 Kg. chicken
1 bunch palak
Few coriander leaves
1 onion – sliced
1 tomato – sliced
2 medium potatoes quartered (you can add other vegetable like carrot, radish, etc)
2 tbsp. oil
1 tsp. garam masala powder
Salt to taste
Masala (To grind)
8 red chillies ( Short & long mixed)
6 peppercorns
½ tsp. turmeric powder
1 tsp. cumin
2 tsp. coriander
½ tsp. aniseeds {optional}
4 flakes garlic
1 " ginger
4-5 fenugreek seeds
1 cup grated coconut
1 onion
1/2 bunch coriander leaves
Small ball of tamarind
Method:
Grind the above ingredients into a fine paste. Cut chicken into medium pieces. Boil palak in little water for 2 minutes and make puree. Heat oil in a vessel, add sliced onion and fry till it turns pink. Add chicken, tomoto pieces, coriander leaves with salt and mix well. Add potato pieces and palak puree and cook on medium flame till chicken and potato pieces are half cooked. Add the ground masala and cook till the chicken is tender. Add garam masala powder, stir and switch off the flame. Serve hot.
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