much awaited Spinach chicken

I love greens - unlike so many in this world. Since i love it, i keep stuffing the same into my hubby's list of "likes" in food category. He is supposed to eat them, cos he cant cook for himself anything like what i do; or even nearer to it. No self praise here.

This time, i did not decide and pick ingredients to cook this. It just fell in place. I had stocked up a bunch of Spinach and yesterday my hubby picked a pound of chicken to make kebabs. But as i said, i love stuffing my likes on him!!!

Here is how I went about it.

Ingredients:
1. Spinach - 1 bunch
2. Chicken - 1lb
3. Onion - 1 cut into cubes
4. Tomatoes - 1 cut into big chunks (Rather use baby/Cherry tomatoes)
5. Potatoes - 1 cut into cubes
6. Green chillies - 3 slit
7. Lemon juice - 1 tsp
8. Garam masala - 1 tsp
9. Red Chilly powder - 2 tsp
10. Salt to taste
11. Caraway seeds - shahi jeera - 1tsp
12. Oil for frying
13. Ginger garlic - 2 tsp (Freshly chopped or paste)

Clean Spinach and boil it in a cup of water. Cool and blend it to smooth consistency.

Marinate the chicken with garam masala, half the total amount of salt, red chilly powder for 15 minutes.

In a pan, add 2 tsp of oil, allow the caraway seeds to splutter by adding them. Add chopped onion, ginger, garlic, potatoes and roast them to slightly brown. Add tomatoes and fry. Now add the chicken marinade and cook it for 3 minutes by turning the pieces so that they are evenly coated/roasted.

Now, heat another pan, add the spinach paste and allow it to cook for 5 minutes parallely. Turn off the chicken mixture and slowly add all that into the spinach paste. Put on the lid and allow it to cook until the chicken is soft and succulent but well cooked. This will take about 20-25 minutes. You can keep the mixture on heat for 5 more minutes to drain the excess moisture if required.

tc,
N:astro