Creamed Spinach and Chicken Curry. Add spinach, in batches, until wilted. Serve creamed spinach spooned over chicken with bread, if using. Curry powder adds warmth and earthiness to this speedy version of creamed spinach.
This Indian Style Creamed Spinach is a bit like Palak Paneer, but without the paneer. …because my homemade paneer didn't turn out. 😅 But that's okay!
Chicken is simmered in a creamy spinach sauce, a delicious north Indian favorite.
A step-by-step recipe for the Instant Pot or Pressure Cooker.
You can cook Creamed Spinach and Chicken Curry using 18 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Creamed Spinach and Chicken Curry
- 🢂 1 kg of chicken cut into pieces.
- 🢂 500 grams of either tinned spinach ,or use two bunches of leaves.
- 🢂 1/2 cup of natural yogurt.
- 🢂 2 of onions ,chopped very fine.
- 🢂 2 tsp of chopped or pressed garlic.
- 🢂 4 of green chillies chopped very fine.
- 🢂 1 cup of tomato puree.
- 🢂 1 tsp of cumin powder.
- 🢂 2 tsp of coriander powder.
- 🢂 1 tsp of garam masala.
- 🢂 1 pinch of freshly grated nutmeg.
- 🢂 1 tbsp of cashew nuts.
- 🢂 1 tbsp of blanched ,peeled almonds.
- 🢂 1 tbsp of white poppy seeds.
- 🢂 1/2 cup of thick cream.
- 🢂 1 pinch of salt to taste.
- 🢂 1 tbsp of butter to fry.
- 🢂 2 cup of warm water.
In this Chicken Saag, I used spinach, but feel free to use other greens that you like. This post is sponsored by Revol, a French manufacturer of top-quality ceramic cookware. Thank you for supporting the brands that support Chocolate & Zucchini. It's Confession Tuesday and I have one to make: I don't really like spinach.
step by step Creamed Spinach and Chicken Curry
- wash chicken pieces and marinade in yogurt and a little salt.
- soak nuts,almonds and seeds on warm water for twenty minutes,ground into fine paste.If spinach tinned ground to paste, If fresh blanche for 15minutes then ground into paste,do not throw away water.
- heat butter and chilli onion a garlic for 5-6 minute on low heat,and all spice except garam masala fry for two minutes.
- and tomato puree,cook for two minutes. and spinach and seedpaste,salt mix well.and marinated chicken fold in and cook for thirty minutes until chicken is tender,add the thickened cream.Mix well. serve with rice or naan.
- to make it even greener and a litte green food colour to chicken marinade..
- thanks Namy for sharing this. :).
Fresh baby spinach is best for making creamed spinach. Make the cream sauce and add the thawed and drained spinach until. This spinach chicken curry is one pot meal which tastes great with piping hot rice or freshly made chapathis (Indian flat bread). It's super quick, low fat Chicken breasts can be used too. Some recipes call for adding dairy fat like heavy cream, or sour cream to the dish.