Palak Chicken (Chicken Saag)
Quick & easy tasty curry, lots of volume
dinnerindiancurry
Time2 hr
Yield2 portions
Energy394 kcal
Components0
Ingredients
- 5mloil, rapeseed
- 1tspspice, cumin, seed
- 1perspice, cinnamon stick
- 0.25tspspice, peppercorns
- 1wholeonion≈ 150 g onion
- 30mlwater≈ 30 g water
- 6clovegarlic
- 20gginger root
- 300gchicken breast, raw
- 1tspspice, chili powder
- 1.5tspspice, coriander, ground
- 0.5tspspice, cumin, ground
- 0.5tspspice, turmeric
- 0.125tspsalt
- 0.25tspmonosodium glutamate
- 200gchopped tomatoes
- 500gspinach, frozen
- 7.5gbutter
- 1tspspice, fenugreek, seed
- 0.5tspspice, garam masala
- 30mlherb, coriander, fresh≈ 4.32 g herb, coriander, fresh
Instructions
Palak Chicken
Active time: 40m
Total time: 40m
Process
- Preparation
- Chicken - bite-size pieces
- Fenugreek seeds - crush properly
- Blend and drain the spinach
- Heat the oil to medium
- Saute the onions with the whole spices until golden (5 minutes); deglaze as necessary if they are browning unevenly.
- Add the garlic and ginger, cook 30 seconds
- Add the chicken, saute for 3 min until it starts to sear lightly.
- Add the ground spices and salt, cook 1 minute
- Add the chopped tomatoes, saute until softened; deglaze with a little water if needed.
- Add the spinach, stir to mix.
- Allow to cook until the chicken is done and the spinach has lost its excess moisture and absorbed the spice flavours.
- Stir in the finishing ingredients and serve.
Nutrition details
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| Nutrition | Per portion | Batch total |
|---|---|---|
| Calories | 394 | 789 |
| Protein | 43.0 | 86.0 |
| Carbohydrates | 22.7 | 45.4 |
| Total Sugars | 9.6 | 19.3 |
| Free Sugars | 0.9 | 1.8 |
| Fat | 13.1 | 26.2 |
| Saturated Fat | 3.7 | 7.4 |
| Fibre | 9.9 | 19.8 |
| Alcohol | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Salt | 1.1 | 2.2 |
| Iron | 9.8 | 19.6 |
| Calcium | 411 | 821 |
| Vitamin B12 | 0.0112 | 0.0225 |
| Omega 3 | 13.2 | 26.4 |
| Magnesium | 245 | 489 |
| Potassium | 1650 | 3290 |
| Caffeine | 0 | 0 |
| Cost | £2.24 | £4.47 |