Palak Chicken

Palak Chicken / Green Chicken -

Lightly spiced chicken cooked with spinach. Also know as Green Chicken.

Ingredients:

Fresh spinach leaves (palak),finely chopped - 2 large bunches
Chicken,cut into 12 pieces - 800 grams
Oil - 2 tablespoons
Cumin seeds - 1/2 teaspoon
Ginger,chopped - 1 inch piece
Split Bengal gram (chana dal),soaked - 2 tablespoons
Salt - to taste
Turmeric powder - 1/4 teaspoon
Onions,cubed - 2 medium
Bottle gourd (lauki/doodhi),cut into small cubes - 1 small
Green chillies,finely chopped - 5-6
Fresh fenugreek leaves (methi),finely chopped - 1 small bunch
Tomatoes,roughly chopped - 2 medium
Red chilli powder - 1/2 teaspoon
Garam masala powder - 1/2 teaspoon

Method:

Heat oil in a deep non stick pan. Add cumin seeds, ginger and chana dal and mix. Add one cup water, salt and turmeric powder and mix. Cover and cook for two minutes. Add onions, bottle gourd and green chillies. Mix and add fenugreek leaves and spinach leaves and mix well. Cook for two to three minutes. Add tomatoes and mix. Cover and cook till the vegetables are cooked and soft. Meanwhile add salt, red chilli power and garam masala powder to the chicken and set aside to marinate for ten to fifteen minutes. Once the vegetables are cooked, mash them with a hand blender. Add chicken and mix. Cover and cook till the chicken is done. Serve hot.