Saagwala Murg Recipe | Spinach-Palak Chicken CurryRecipe |Spinach Chicken Recipe
Ingredients :
Chicken : 1/2 kg/1.1 lb (Cut into medium sized pieces)
Spinach : 1 bunch
Ginger : 1 big piece
Garlic : 4-5 cloves
Green Chillies : 4-6 nos
Yogurt : 1/2 cup
Roasted Cumin Powder : 1 tsp (Dry roast the cumin seeds and powder it)
Bay Leaves : 1
Cinnamon : 1″ stick
Cloves : 4
Green Cardamom : 4 pods
Onion : 2 (finely,chopped)
Tomato : 2 (finely,chopped)
Coriander Powder : 1 tsp
Cooking Oil : 2 tbsp
Nutmeg Powder : 1/2 tsp (optional)
Butter: 1/2 tsp (optional)
Fresh Cream : 1/4 cup (optional)
Salt to taste
How to make Saagwala Murg – Spinach – Palak Chicken Curry :
1. Clean the chicken with pinch of turmeric powder and marinate the cleaned chicken with curds,1/2 tsp roasted cumin powder for 1 hour & keep aside.
2. Cook the spinach leaves (discard hard stems) in boiling salted water for 1 minutes.
3. Drain and refresh in cold water (Note : This is done to retain the color of leaves) and puree them in a blender.
4. Mince green chillies,ginger and garlic together and keep it aside.
5. Heat oil in a heavy-bottomed pan and fry the bay leaves,cardamoms,cloves and cinnamon for a few seconds till aromatic.
6. Add the minced green chilli-ginger-garlic pastes and saute till the raw smell goes.
7. Add the chopped onions and saute until they are lightly browned.
8. Add the coriander powder,1/2 tsp roasted cumin powder and saute well.
9. Add the tomatoes and fry for about 3 minutes, now add the marinated chicken and salt; mix well and cook on low heat for about 5-8 minutes.
10. Add the spinach puree and cook on low heat for about 5-8 minutes or till the chicken is tender.
11. Add the nutmeg powder,fresh cream and butter and mix well.(Note:This step is purely optional,We do this just to make the dish more tasty).Serve with any Indian Breads or rice.
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Happy Cooking!
Sangeetha
It was very tasty and i could make my husband happy 🙂
Sangi, tried the palak chicken..loved it with chapathi..
Deepa
What a great resource!
Ethu adipoli!!!njan ethuvare try cheythittilla!Will give a try.. Thanks for sharing 🙂
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Seriously good…
Ash…
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Diff try of palak with chicken….sounds interesting
Love spinach and this sounds really excellent!
Awesome…yet to try this combo..adutha chicken curry ithu thanne 🙂
Sangeetha, Love ur Palak Chicken. It looks so inviting and with the spinach- love the color it imparts. I always enjoy reading ur preparation as its so easy to follow and just to the point. This will go so well with ur butter Naan recipe..
Nalla curry….I just love spinach & chicken combo…adipoli serving dish :).
delicious and healthy chicken dear……….
Thanks for the wishes sangee.What a classic dish with inviting clicks.Such a healthy too,wish i could taste it.
Nice so if I just eat that spinach in the curry it will be even more healthy 🙂 Very nice and a good mix of ingredients.
Love that green colour, delicous with roties.
Never tried adding chicken & spinach, looks fantastic Sangeetha..
looks so delicious!!koode 2 nan kittyal adipoli!
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Wow! This curry looks and sounds so interesting. I believe I can make it with firm tofu instead and it would be yummy with roti or hot steamed rice, Mmm Mmm!!!
Mmmm looks great, bookmarked for after my soup diet haha
This is looking awesome..one of my hubby's fav dish
Palak chicken super.. Kalakuringa… Very delicious…
Palak chicken looks tempting & delicious
palak chicken supera irrukku with all those spices! I am ready with roti…:)
looks yummy, would be perfect with roti …nice combo sangeetha…
Never tried this dish…looks perfect and nice combo with roti..
looks adipoli dear…Lovely clicks..the pics are tempting me to cook it right now.
oh I bet this has a great flavor with the nutmeg!
wow…never tried this combo of chicken with spinach…sounds awesome and looks delicious dear 🙂
Great recipe for making my kids eat spinach!!!
Ithu kollam,ithakkan vendi chicken eduthu purathu vachatheyullu,i make spinach gravy and Mahi will do the rest,he said today he is gonna try in diff way,lets c…loooks really good,enichu pooriyude koode mati…
Looks great! Will go perfectly with Roti and Rice.
looks very rich….yummy with roti/naan.Adding nutmeg iam sure will have good flavour