Palak Chicken

A special Chicken made with Spinach and cooked with assorted spices

Ingredients

For Marination:

10 chicken leg piece (drumsticks)

2 tsp. red chili powder

1/2 tsp. turmeric powder

1 tsp. coriander powder

1 tsp. cumin powder

1/2 cup plain yogurt/curd

For Gravy:
1 bunch palak ( spincah), washed and chopped

10 green chilies

2 medium onions

4 tomatoes, chopped

1 tsp. ginger, minced

5-6 cloves garlic

1 stick cinnamon

2-3 cloves

2-3 cardamoms

2 tsp. dhania-jeera (coriander -cumin powder) powder

1 tsp. red chili powder

Salt according to taste

4-5 tbsp. Oil

Advice

        You can even bakethe chicken in this recipe.

Method

1.Clean and cut the chicken into sizeable pieces.
2.Marinate in the dry powders and curd for about 1 hr.
3.Shallow fry the chicken in about 1-2 tbsp. oil till it's done.
4.Chop one onion and blend the other onion with the palak (spinach), nuts, tomato,
5.ginger, garlic, green chilies, cinnamon, cloves and cardamom.
6.Heat the remaining oil and fry the chopped onion.
7.When it turns translucent, add the blended masala and fry for about 10-12 minutes till the Ghee(clarified butter) starts leaving the sides of the masala.
8.Add the salt, dhania-jeera (corriander-Cumin) powder and chili powder and cook for a minute.
9.Now add the chicken pieces and 1-2 cups of water. Bring it to a boil on low heat till the chicken is cooked.
10.Serve garnished with chopped onions.