PALAK CHICKEN || SPINACH CHICKEN

My love for Chicken is never ending and this delicious Palak Chicken is all that I need to make my Sunday better. When it comes to easy and healthy chicken recipes, palak chicken or spinach chicken is one of them. This is a semi thick Indian curry of chicken and spinach that is cooked together along with spices. You can grind the spinach and cook this, I have not grinded the spinach and left them in the curry into pieces.

Ingredients:  

1. Chicken - 500 gram
2. Spinach - 500 gram (finely chopped or puree, whichever you are using) 
3. Tomato - 1 (finely chopped)
4. Onion - 2 (finely chopped)
5. Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
6. Green chilli - 3-4 (as per taste - slit)
7. Salt to taste
8. Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
9. Cumin powder - 1/2 tsp
10. Coriander powder - 1/2 tsp
11. Red chilli powder - 1/2 tsp
12. Garam masala powder - 1/2 tsp
13. Bay leaf -1
14. Dry red chilli - 1
15. Cinnamon stick - 1 inch
16. Cloves - 3-4
17. Mustard oil - 3 tsp (for cooking)
18. Butter - 1 cube / 1 tsp

Process:  

1. To start with, marinate the chicken pieces with ginger garlic paste, turmeric and keep aside for 30 minutes.

2. Heat butter and oil together in a pan and add cinnamon stick, cloves, bay leaf and dry red chilli and allow them to crackle. Add onion and fry them till soften and then add tomatoes and green chillies, saute for 5-7 minutes and then add all the powder spices and salt. Mix well. Cover with a lid and let it cook for 2-3 minutes. 

3. Add marinated chicken pieces and saute on high flame for 5-6 minutes. Stir in between. Add half cup of water, cover and simmer for 10-15 minutes. Once the chicken pieces half done, add the chopped spinach / or spinach puree (whichever you are using) and garam masala, mix well. Adjust the consistency if required and cook on medium flame for another 5-6 minutes or till done. Serve hot with steamed rice or chapati.