Palak chicken is a delicious curry made by sautéing chicken, onions, spices and spinach together. It tastes great when served with a nice hot paratha. It is quick and no fuss recipe.

Ingredients 

1 bunch spinach chopped
1 pound chicken

Oil

8 black peppercorns

2 bay leaves

8 cloves

5 green cardamom

2 onions chopped

4 green chillies chopped

8 garlic pods chopped

1 inch ginger chopped

2 tbsp cumin coriander powder

1 tbsp red chilli powder

1 tsp turmeric powder

1 tsp garam masala

5 tbsp yoghurt

salt as per taste

Method

Wash and finely shread spinach, chop onion, ginger and garlic and keep aside.
Heat oil in a thick bottomed vessel, add peppercorns, bay leaves, cloves, cardamoms and sauté for a minute. Add finely chopped onions, green chillies, ginger and garlic and sauté till onions turn light brown.

Add chicken pieces, cumin powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder red chilli powder and a little salt.

Stir-fry for a minute, add one tablespoon of yogurt. Stir-fry for a minute, add one more tablespoon of yogurt. Repeat this till all the yogurt has been used up and the chicken turns light brown.

Add spinach and a little more salt to taste.

Mix well and stir-fry till the spinach gets well mashed. Cover and cook till the chicken is tender. Remove the cover, add garam masala powder and cook till the gravy is thick.

Serve hot.