Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Methi Chicken

Sharing with you a very healthy and tasty recipe 'Methi Chicken'. It is a simple recipe with very few ingredients. The rich green gravy made with fresh methi leaves is full of flavors. This delightful dish can easily satisfy your taste buds. You will be absolutely amazed by this delicious recipe!





Ingredients:

  1. Chicken - 1/2 kg.
  2. Fresh methi leaves - 2 bunches
  3. Garlic - 6 big garlic cloves
  4. Ginger - 2 inch long ginger piece
  5. Green chili - 5
  6. Onion - 1 small size onion
  7. Refined oil - 2 tablespoons
  8. Salt to taste


Okay, let's start!

  • Wash chicken, sprinkle salt and add a tablespoon of refined oil to it, set aside for 5 minutes
  • Wash methi leaves (do not use the stem)
  • Blanch the methi leaves by adding the methi leaves into boiling water for 30 seconds, then draining and pouring into ice water, when it is cool, drain the water and set aside
  • Now, grind the blanched methi leaves along with ginger, garlic and green chilies, make a thick paste
  • Heat 1 tablespoon of refined oil in a cookware, add sliced onion and saute for 2 minutes
  • Add chicken to it and saute for another 2 minutes
  • In goes the thick methi paste, mix it well with the chicken pieces
  • Adjust the salt and cover it with a lid
  • Cook for 15 minutes on low flame


Tasty, healthy and mouth watering 'Methi Chicken' is ready to serve! Serve it hot with jeera rice or kasoori methi paratha! You will love it!

Last but not the least, avoid adding water to the gravy to enjoy the full flavor of fresh methi leaves, you can always add more bunches of methi leaves to get the adequate amount of gravy.

Good luck and enjoy the recipe!






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