Palak Chicken
Chicken in spinach purée, finished with cream and lime.
Also made as
Rogan Gosh — Put one cup of curds instead of cream and lime juice and without Palak.
01 Scalepeople ×1
Start to eat—
Actually you—
Pans3
Bowls3
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Ingredients
For 4½ kgchickenचिकन · चिकन
1 bunchpalakपालक · पालक
—gheeतूप · घी
½ tspsaltमीठ · नमक
3 to 4medium onionsकांदा · प्याज़
1 tspgarlicलसूण · लहसुन
1 tspgingerआले · अदरक
3large tomatoes, blanched and cutटोमॅटो · टमाटर
1 tspgaram masalaगरम मसाला · गरम मसाला
1 ½ tspchilly powderतिखट · लाल मिर्च पाउडर
¼ tsphaldi powderहळद · हल्दी
½lemon juiceलिंबू · नींबू
100 gmscreamसाय · मलाई
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Pots & pans
Sized for 41pan
1mixerमिक्सर · मिक्सर
1pressure cookerकुकर · कुकर
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Mise en place
All of this before the heat goes on1The chicken
½ kgchickenचिकन · चिकन
1 bunchpalakपालक · पालक
—gheeतूप · घी
½ tspsaltमीठ · नमक
2Tomato masala
3 to 4medium onionsकांदा · प्याज़
1 tspgarlicलसूण · लहसुन
1 tspgingerआले · अदरक
3large tomatoes, blanched and cutटोमॅटो · टमाटर
3Spices and finish
1 tspgaram masalaगरम मसाला · गरम मसाला
1 ½ tspchilly powderतिखट · लाल मिर्च पाउडर
¼ tsphaldi powderहळद · हल्दी
½lemon juiceलिंबू · नींबू
100 gmscreamसाय · मलाई
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The order
In order01PrepChop the washed palak and add little water if necessary, as I cook without water as I feel it's not needed.
02PrepWen it cools gring fine in the mixer.
03PrepIn a pan heat ghee, fry garlic and ginger to a brown colour, then add onions and fry to a brown colour (do not burn).
04PrepAdd chilly powder, haldi and garam masala.
05PrepAdd blanched tomatoes and fry till the ghee separates.
06PrepAdd chicken pieces and fry till the water dries up.
07HeatAdd one cup of water and salt and cook under pressure for 19 minutes.19m
08PrepSee that the gravy is not watery — when dry add the spinach purée and fry on high fire till ghee separates.
09PrepAdd thick cream and lime juice before serving.
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Notes
Transcribed as written. Her spelling is kept — "Wen it cools gring fine", "chilly powder" — because it is the record of how she wrote it.
Written as one paragraph; split at her own sentence boundaries so it can be cooked from. No words changed, none added.
She wrote the chilli as "11/2 tsp", meaning 1 ½. Stored as 1 ½ so it scales — written literally it would parse as eleven halves.
19 minutes under pressure is her number, not a rounding.
See also Rogan Gosh, which she gives as a variation of this one.
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