Chicken Saagwala

l Chicken Saagwala

Serves: 05

Preparation Time: 75 minutes

Level: Moderate

Ingredients

• Chicken - 1 Kg
• Spinach (Palak) - 1 regular sized bunch
• Cooking soda - 1/2 teaspoon
• Cooking oil - 4 tablespoon
• Cumin - 1 teaspoon
• Cinnamon - 1/2" sized piece
• Cardamon - 1 no.
• Clove - 3 no.
• Ginger garlic paste - 1 tablespoon
• Onion - 1 large sized
• Tomato - 2 medium sized
• Chili powder - 2 teaspoon
• Coriander powder - 4 teaspoon
• Garam masala powder - 2 teaspoon
• Curd - 2 tablespoon
• Fresh cream - 1 tablespoon
• Salt - for taste
• Ginger - small piece

Preparation

• Spinach puree:
• Boil water, put cooking soda and spinach
• Remove, strain and grind to fine paste
• Chop onion and tomato
• Cut chicken into even sized pieces

Cooking

• Heat oil and temper spices
• Add ginger-garlic paste and fry
• Add onion and saute until it starts to turn brown
• Add tomatoes and saute well
• Add chili powder, coriander powder, garam masala powder, salt and fry
• Add chicken and stir well
• Add little water, cover and cook chicken until tender
• Add Spinach puree and just bring it to boil
• Add whisked curd and fresh cream, heat for 2 minutes & remove
• Garnish with thin strips of ginger

Note:

• Over cooking spinach may result in de-colouring them to blackish green, which should be avoided