Monday, February 11, 2008

Spinach Chicken Gravy


You will need:

  • 1 lb chicken (chopped into bite size pieces)
  • 2 cup spinach paste
  • 1 cup onion(finely chopped)
  • 1 tomato (finely chopped)
  • 2 tsp garam masala powder
  • 2 tsp coriander powder
  • 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste
  • 1 tsp cumin or black cumin
  • 1 cup chopped coriander
  • salt as reqd

To make spinach Paste

  • 1 bunch spinach(chopped roughly)
  • 7 green chillies
  • few curry leaves
  • 3 garlic cloves(chopped roughly)
  • 1 tsp oil
Step 1:

How to make Spinach Paste:

In a pan add oil and then add green chillies, curry leaves and garlic to it and saute for a min. Then add the roughly chopped spinach and close the lid for 4 mins. Then switch off the heat and allow it to cool. Then grind it to a fine paste using blender/ mixie.

Step 2:

To make Spinach Chicken:

Take a non stick pan and add oil to it. Then add cumin seeds and allow it to splutter. Add chopped onions to it and saute it till it turns light brown color. Now add ginger garlic paste, chopped coriander, garam masala, coriander powder and chopped chicken and saute it for 3 mins. Now add the tomato and close with a lid and allow the chicken to cook for 10 mins.

Now add the spinach paste and curd/water to get your desired consistency. Close it with a lid for 5 more mins. Spinach chicken gravy is now ready to serve!!!

Note:

You can include grated coconut also when making spinach paste. Adding water /curd is purely optional. It will taste good before adding curd itself.

2 comments:

Kristi said...

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Unknown said...

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