Methi Chicken
Methi leaves are also known as Fenugreek leaves in English. This green leafy vegetable has many health benefits such as these leaves are high in protein content, and a good source of dietary fiber, and also rich in iron. When I added chicken it was very tasty and more nutritious.
Ingredients
- 3 pound Chicken
- 2 bunch Methi leaves(fenugreek leaves)
- 1 tsp Ginger Garlic Paste
- 2 no. Onions Crushed
- 3 no. Tomatoes Crushed
- 2 tsp Red chili powder
- 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
- 2 tbsp Coriander powder
- 4 no. Green Chilies
- 1/2 cups Lactose free yogurt
- 1/2 tsp Cumin seeds for tadaka
- 1/2 tsp Mustered seeds for tadaka
- 2 tsp Dried Kasuri methi(dried fenugreek leaves)
- 1 tsp Brown sugar
- 2 tsp Salt
- 1/4 cups Canola oil for methi chicken
- 2 tbsp Canola oil for boiled chicken
Instructions
- Wash chicken 3 times with water.
- Boil washed chicken with 2 tablespoon of crushed onion, turmeric powder and salt. Boil for 15 minutes until tender.
- Wash methi leaves(fenugreek leaves) 4 times with water and crush it in the food processor. Crush onions separately and crush tomatoes separately in the food processor and keep aside.
- Take a wok or nonstick pot, put it on the stovetop on medium heat. Add canola oil and let it heat. Once oil is hot enough, add cumin seeds and mustered seeds, let it sputter the seeds, now add crushed onion and let it cook until golden brown. Add green chilies, let it cook for 2 minutes.
- Add ginger garlic paste to golden brown onion, let it cook for 2 minutes. Add red chili powder, turmeric powder, coriander powder, cook for 1 minute, add crushed tomatoes immediately and cook for 3 minutes.
- Now add lactose free yogurt, cover and cook on low heat for 3 minutes.
- Add crushed methi, mix well, cook for 5 minutes. Now add boiled chicken and cook it for 7 minutes. Add 2 teaspoons of crushed dried Kasuri methi and 1 teaspoon of sugar, cook uncovered for another 3 minutes until a good amount of consistency. Now methi chicken is ready to try with chappatis, roties, naans and steamed basmati rice.
Notes
Notes: Crush 2 onions in food processor. Use 2 tablespoon for boiled chicken and keep rest for methi chicken masala.