chicken (or Paneer, or Tofu) palak
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  • Number of Servings: 1
Ingredients
chicken 1 to 2 lb, cut in to big chunksspinach 2 bunches (or 2 bags of baby spinach leaves), only the top partolive oil, 6 Tbonions 3, dicedgarlic 10 cloveschilis 6 (red or green)turmeric powder 2 tscorriander 2 TBcurry powder 2 tsbay leaf 1cinamon stick 1yogurt 1/2 Cupraisins 2/3 C (optional)
Directions
step 1: boil a big pot of water and blanch the spinach, drain well
step 2: fry in 3 TB of oil all the spices and onions and garlic, chili, for 3 minutes, then add spinach, fry 3 more minutes
step 3: put the mixture from step 2 into a food processor, and blend till a thick sauce consistency
step 4: fry in 3 TB of oil the mixture from step 3 for another 3 minutes, add yogurt and raisins, then add chicken, cover and cook in median heat for about 20 minutes till chicken is done.
step 5: add salt to your taste, and serve with long grain rice . ENjoy!!

Serves 6 people. Use tofu or Paneer cheese to substitute for chicken to make vegetarain or vegan version, just cook for less time.

Number of Servings: 1

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user SECOXIAO.
Servings Per Recipe: 1
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 570.4
  • Total Fat: 7.2 g
  • Cholesterol: 89.7 mg
  • Sodium: 733.2 mg
  • Total Carbs: 74.0 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 22.5 g
  • Protein: 64.7 g

Member Reviews
  • EOWYNMAIDEN
     A great dish though the nutritional info is a little confusing. We left out the rasins and used tofu instead of chicken. It tasted fantastic! - 5/9/11
  • CD12659829
     Really delicious! Left out raisins and used tofu. Really awesome recipe and pretty easy!! - 6/25/12
  • BBIGGS65
     I do a lot of Indian cooking, and I thought this was very good, and quick to make up. I did remove the whole spices before the food processor, and added the yogurt, a little at a time, to the chicken-spinach combo to prevent curdling. Next time I will try with paneer... - 6/8/12
  • DAIZYSTARLITE
     yum - 7/7/19
  • MRSKARADAS
     Looks very interesting, the nutritional info is confusing though. Look like the nutritional info is for the entire recipe as though 1 person would eat the entire dish? - 2/27/10
  • KARYNALICIA12
     This recipe was excellent, but remember to take the cinnamon stick out before you blend everything. I accidently left it in and there were chunks of cinnamon stick throughout. Still tasted very good. We served it on Basmati Rice. - 1/30/10
  • DUCKFACE
     The recipe looked intimidated, but it was actually simpler than I thought, and the results were AMAZING! Great dish for a croud - 8/14/07
  • BEAR14GSB
     I halved the recipe for my small family. DH, DS and I loved it. DD (2 y.o.) ate only the raisins. I highly recommend this dish to anyone who enjoys Indian food. - 6/12/07
  • GOBLYNQUEENE
     I left out the raisins... and added a bit of splenda. Served with brown rice... made about four smaller servings. - 5/3/07
  • TESTYCATLADYP
     It is ok. I admit I am not a fan of raisins. It was a bit different in taste which is good. - 4/16/07
  • PALOTT
     This dish is delicious. Its a great hit for large groups of people. I've had many complements on it. Thanks secoxiao! - 4/6/07



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