Saag Chicken
INGREDIENTS
- 750 gm chicken cut into curry pieces
- 1/2 kg palak washed well
- 2 large onions chopped
- 2 tomatoes chopped
- 2 tsp ginger garlic paste
- 1 tsp haldi
- 2 tsp coriander powder
- 1 tsp cumin powder
- 1 tsp deghi mirch
- 1 tsp kitchen king
- 1 1/2 tsp chilly powder
- 2 tblsp kasoori methi
- 1 tsp garam masala
- 1/2 cup curd beaten
- 2 bay leaves
- 1-2 Cinnamon sticks 2 big cardamoms
- 3 tblsp Oil
- 1 tsp small cardamoms powder
METHOD
- Wash palak well and pressure cook it with 1 cup of milk, when little cool blend it, do not discard the liquid, keep aside in a large wok heat oil, add bay leaves and Cinnamon.
- Add onions and saute till it turns golden brown.
- Add ginger garlic paste, all the spices, haldi, coriander powder, jeera powder, chilly powder, kitchen king and kasoori methi, saute by adding a little water, when the spices come together add chopped tomatoes and garam masala, cook till tomatoes become mushy.
- Now add the chicken pieces and blend well, add salt and cook covered for a while, open lid then let the water released dry up, now add beaten curd and give a good mix, then add the palak paste and little of its water, let the water dry up on high heat.
- Once the gravy dries up a little lower the flame and let the chicken and saag cook slowly, keep bhunoing till the chicken pieces are well coated with saag.
- At this point add the remaining little water and bring it to a boil, the gravy should look latpata, at this point heat 2 tsp ghee with cardamoms powder, pour this on the gravy and its done.
Yummylicious is what it is.
