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Palak Saag Murgh (Spinach Chicken) Recipe
Chicken in a mild creamy smooth spinach sauce. This is dish is from Punjab. You may also add fresh Makhan, Butter, or Sour cream before serving
We will need a food processor or a grinder to 1. Grind Spinach, and 2. Onions, Ginger Garlic and Serrano.
We will need one pot to boil spinach, and a heavy duty sauce pan for frying and actually making the main dish.
Ingredients
1. Frozen chopped Spinach: 10 oz
2. Water: ½ Cup
3. Ghee: ½ cup
4. Skinless chicken cut into about 1" pieces: 2 Pounds
5. Large onions, Peeled coarse cut: 2
6. Garlic, Peeled : 6 cloves
7. Fresh Ginger, Coarse chopped: 2"x1"
8. Serrano, Remove white pith to reduce heat: 2
9. Coriander powder: 1 teaspoon
10.. Cumin Powder: 1 teaspoon
11. Garam Masala: 1 Tablespoon
12. Cayenne pepper: ½ teaspoon
13. Fine-grain sea salt: ½ teaspoon
14. Roma tomatoes, finely chopped: 3
15. Water for sauce: ½ cup
16. Heavy whipping cream: ¼ cup
Method
1. Defrost spinach. Boil water, add spinach. Cook spinach for 15 minutes. Shut off heat. Transfer to food processor. Process spinach to a smooth paste. Set 'spinach paste' aside
2. Heat ¼ cup Ghee in a sauce pan. Add Chicken. Fry chicken till it starts to turn brown. Use a slotted spoon to remove chicken and set 'browned chicken' aside.
3. Process onion, garlic, ginger, and Serrano in a the food processor with minimum water to make paste
4. Add remaining ¼ cup Ghee to pan and heat. Add onion/garlic/ginger/Serrano paste to hot Ghee. Fry till onions start to turn brown. About 7 minutes
5. Add Coriander Cumin Garam Masala Cayenne and salt. Fry about 2 minutes
6. Add tomatoes. Fry till tomatoes turn into a paste, moisture is almost gone and Ghee starts to separate.
7. Add chicken and half cup of water. Bring to a boil. Cover. Turn down heat. Simmer for 25 minutes till chicken is done
8. Add spinach. Cook un-covered till almost all the moisture is gone. Turn off heat. Stir in cream