Chicken Saagwala Recipe
Chicken Saagwala combines chicken with spinach, nutritious and healthy dish.Serve it with hot Chapatis or Parathas.
Preparation Time : 30 mins
Cooking Time : 20 mins
Total Serving : 3
Ingredients For Chicken Saagwala Recipe :
- skinless chicken pieces (legs or breasts preferable) : 1 kg
- bunches spinach : 3 large
- vegetable/ canola/sunflower cooking oil : 3 tbsps
- peppercorns : 5
- cloves : 4
- cardamom : 4 pods
- onions chopped very fine : 2 large
- garlic paste : 2 tbsps
- ginger paste : 2 tbsps
- coriander powder : 1 tsp
- cumin powder : 1 tsp
- garam masala powder : 1 tbsp
- tomatoes chopped fine : 2 medium
- Salt to taste :
- A dollop of butter :
Preparation Method for Chicken Saagwala Recipe :
- Wash the spinach well and chop. Put into a pot with half a cup of water and salt to taste and boil till cooked.
- Grind the spinach into a paste in a food processor. Keep aside.
- Heat the oil in a pan on a medium flame and fry the chicken pieces till well browned. Remove and keep aside.
- Again heat the same oil, then add the whole spices.
- As the spices turn slightly darker, add the onion, ginger and garlic pastes and fry till the onions are pale golden in colour.
- Add all the other spices - coriander, cumin and garam masala - and fry for 5 minutes.
- Add the tomatoes and fry till the oil begins to separate from the masala.
- Add the chicken to this masala, mix well and add half a cup of water. Cook till the chicken is almost done.
- Add the spinach now and mix well. Cook till most of the water dries up. Remove from the fire and garnish with a dollop of fresh butter.
- Serve with hot Chapatis (Indian flatbread) or Parathas (pan-fried Indian flatbread).
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