Palak Chicken

Name: Palak Chicken
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 700g chicken thighs, diced; 500g fresh spinach, blanched; 1 large onion, diced; 3 cloves garlic; 1 tbsp ginger paste; 2 tomatoes, diced; 1 tsp cumin seeds; 1 tsp garam masala; 1 tsp coriander powder; 1/2 tsp turmeric; 200g Greek yoghurt; 3 tbsp oil; fresh cream to drizzle

Tender chicken thighs simmered in a smooth, fragrant spinach sauce. Cooking the onion, garlic, ginger and tomatoes until the oil visibly separates from the mixture is what signals the base is properly cooked down, the step that gives the sauce its deep flavour.

Total time

50 min

Prep

20 min

Cook

30 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

Indian

gluten-free

Ingredients

700gchicken thighs, diced

500gfresh spinach, blanched

1large onion, diced

3 clovesgarlic

1 tbspginger paste

2tomatoes, diced

1 tspcumin seeds

1 tspgaram masala

1 tspcoriander powder

1/2 tspturmeric

200gGreek yoghurt

3 tbspoil

fresh creamto drizzle

Instructions

Blend blanched spinach to a smooth purée.

Fry cumin in oil. Add onion until golden.

Add garlic, ginger and tomatoes with spices. Cook until oil separates.

Add chicken. Seal and stir 5 minutes.

Add spinach purée.

Stir in yoghurt.

Simmer covered 20 minutes.

Add garam masala. Drizzle with cream.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

489

Protein

63.7g

Fat

20g

Carbs

13.1g

Fiber

4.5g

Sodium

253mg

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