Name: Chicken with spinach (Saag murgh)
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 kg/2¼ lb chicken morsels on the bone or 500 g/1 lb 2 oz chicken morsels, boned; 1 kg/2¼ lb spinach leaves, well washed and drained; 1 tablespoon ginger purée; ghee; 4 tomatoes, finely chopped; 1 tablespoon garlic purée; 1 teaspoon ground fenugreek; 1 cinnamon stick; 2 teaspoons red chilli powder; salt and pepper; 2 bay leaves; 1 large red onion, puréed; oil

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Floyd's India

By Keith Floyd

Published 2001

About

Pieces of chicken on the bone are cooked in a spicy spinach and tomato mixture to make a delicious curry.

Ingredients

ghee
1 kg/2¼ lb spinach leaves, well washed and drained
1

Method

Grind together the masala ingredients with a little water to form a paste.
Heat some ghee in a pan and stir-fry the spinach until it is soft and cooked. Pop it into a blender and process to a purée.
In another pan, heat some more ghee and sauté the chicken pieces until they are golden. Season with salt and pepper and put to one side.
Heat so

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