Palak chicken tastes so delicious and is very easy to make as well. The creamy palak puree gives a nice taste to the whole dish.
This is a simple chicken curry made using fresh spices and spinach puree. This chicken dish is so easy to make, you need basic ingredients. If you use small chicken pieces then it will be tastier.
Palak Chicken Recipe - Pasalai Keerai Chicken Curry
Prep time: 10 mins
Cook time: 30 mins
Total time: 40 mins
Recipe type: Main
Cuisine: Indian
Serves: 4 servings
Ingredients
Oil - 3 tablespoons
Ghee - 3 tablespoons
Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam - 1 tsp
Cinnamon / Pattai - 1 stick
Cardamom / Yelakai - 4
Onion - 1 large chopped very finely
Tomato - 2 large chopped very finely
Chicken - 500 grams cubed
Palak - 2 cups puree
Chilli Powder - 2 teaspoon
Coriander Powder - 1 tablespoon
Cumin powder - 1 teaspoon
Garam masala powder - 1 teaspoon
Salt to taste
Dried Fenugreek Leaves / Kasuri methi leaves - 1 tablespoon
Instructions
Heat oil in a pan. Add in whole spices and let them sizzle.
Add in onions and cook for 5 mins.
Add in tomatoes and cook till mushy.
Add in chicken and sear for few mins.
Add in spice powders, salt and mix well.
Add in palak puree and mix well.
Add little water and cover and cook for 15 mins.
Add fenugreek leaves and mix well.
Serve it.
