Palak chicken

The hubby and kids wanted a regular chicken curry, but I craved something different. Since there was a luscious looking bunch of spinach leaves in the fridge, I whipped up some palak chicken for myself, with minimum extra effort. Something tells me my meal was nicer than their's was!

1/2 kg chicken cut into regular pieces

2 tbsp curds

1 tbsp garam masala powder

salt to taste

1 tsp haldi powder

2 bay leaves

1 inch piece cinnamon

2-3 cloves

1 medium onion 

1 tbsp ginger garlic paste

1 green chilli

1 medium tomato chopped

1 bunch spinach leaves

Cooking oil

Method:

Marinate the chicken in a mixture of curds, garam masala powder, haldi powder and salt.

Grind onions and green chilli to a coarse paste

Meanwhile, temper oil with the whole spices, add onion-green chilli paste, ginger garlic paste and cook on a low flame till the raw smell goes completely.

Meanwhile, saute chopped tomatoes and spinach, till the raw smell goes, grind, and add to the main masala.

Add chicken, stir it around for a few minutes, and pressure cook for 20 minutes.

Tastes great with rice.