Spinach & Chicken Curry

This time, it is chicken with spinach…and I assure you it would be yummy….if you could believe in the goodness of Greens & Pack of proteins …I mean Chicken :-)…Try this..here is the recipe for you..

Spinach & Chicken Curry

Ingredients :

Chicken - 2 lbs

spinach - 1 bag / 1 full bunch

chopped onions - 1/2 cup

red dry chillies - 2
Curry Leaves - 2 to 3

coriander powder - 1 t/l spoon

edible oil - 1 to 2 table spoons
Red chili powder - 1 table spoon

ginger / garlic paste - 1 t/l spoon

tamarind juice - 1 teaspoon

salt - as per the taste

chopped coriander leaves - 1/2 cup

Method :

part 1:

Wash spinach thoroughly, add to pan and cover with lid and let it cook on steam for sometime. No need to add any extra water as greens have water content. it takes 5 to 10 minutes max to get the nice steamed spinach. Turnoff the heat. Let the spinach come to room temperature and the blend / grind it to make spinach paste. The fineness of spinach paste..depends on your choice, actually mom never used blender / grinder to make this paste..she used a wooden spatula to mash the steamed spinach. Now your  spinach is ready.

Part 2:

Wash the Chicken thoroughly in the running water & add 1 tea spoon turmeric powder and mix well and keep it aside.

Part 3:

heat oil in the sauce pan, add dry red chillies & ginger garlic paste fry for 1 minute then add chopped onions, curry leaves and let them fry for 1 to 2 minutes.

Now add chicken and coriander powder & salt and cover with lid and let it cook for 5 minutes.

Now add the spinach paste to the chicken, red chili powder & tamarind juice and let it cook for 10 minutes.

At this point you can add water as per your preference how thick you want the gravy to be..let it cook well, and you can adjust, salt & thickness as per preference. Make sure, chicken is well cooked. Once the chicken is ready turnoff the heat and add the chopped coriander leaves.

Enjoy this spinach chicken curry with rice, roti or dosa. We enjoyed it with dosa…and it was delicious. Hope you like this recipe…enjoy the cooking & food !

Spinach Chicken curry with Dosa

Gongura Chicken curry

Hi, Gongura is very famous in Andhra Pradesh. Gongura pachadi, pulihora gongura, gongura pappu, gongura endu royyalu, gongura chicken, gongura muton....like this so many varities we can cook.


The tase of this leafy vegetable is sour. The other names are Puntikura or Hibiscus Sabdariffa.
 Not only for the taste, Gongura is a very good source of Iron to the body.


Today, I cooked Chicken Gongura, but, I must confess… Gongura Chicken prepared by mom is the BEST ! 
Those who love little sour taste they would deffinetly love this. Here are the ingredients;

Gongura Chicken Curry

1. Chicken - 1 lb / 500gm
2. Gongura - 4 bunches 
3. Tomato - 1 (small)
4. Onion (chopped) - 1/4 cup (small)
5. Green chilli - 1
6. Curry Leaves - ( 3 to 4 leaves)
7. Red chilli powder - 1 to 2 tbl spoons
8. Turmeric Powder - 1 tea spoon
9. Oil - 3 tbl spoons
10. Salt - to taste

Preparation:

Part 1:


Clean the chicken in running water & add turmeric powder & a pinches of salt to chicken. Keep it on the low flame , covering with a lid.
Note: no need to add water to the chicken.

Gongura chicken

Part 2: 


Seperate Gongura leaves from the strands & wash them thoroughly in the running water.
Make sure no sand or mud is there. So, the gongura leaves are cleaned neatly.


1. Cut the tomato in to medium pieces
2. Chop the onions & green chili
3. Take a shallow & thick bottomed pan & heat the oil.

Chicken Gongura

4. Add curry leaves, chopped onion& green chillies and fry for few minutes & then add the chopped tomato to the pan and let the tomato to cook until softer.

Gongura chicken

5. Now add the washed gongura leaves & close the pan with a lid and cook under a low to medium heat.

Gongura chicken

6. Meanwhile, check whether the chicken is steam cooked- if itz cooked switch of the flame keep it aside.
7. after 5 to 7 minutes, see whether the gongura is cooked. 
8. Just to make sure gongura is cooked, try to mash the gngura with a sppon ..if the leaves are easily mashed then the gogura is cooked, if you see the gravy is too dry add little water.

Guntur Chicken Gongura

9.Now add the steamed chicken to the gongura , then add red chilli powder & salt.

Andhra style Gongura Chicken

10. Now you can add water as per the thickness you want the gravy to be. But, don't make too thin gravy.
11. Cover the lid againg & cook for, about 10 minutes on a low heat till the chicken is cooked well.

Gongura Chicken

12. Taste the curry and adjust the salt.
13. Average time takes for cooking this is 30 minutes.

Hope you try this at home & drop your opinion awa suggestions !