METHI MURG / METHI CHICKEN

Methi Murg or Methi Chicken is a delicious and very simple dish cooked with chicken and fresh methi/ fenugreek leaves, a win win combo for sure. It is certainly not the most popular green leafy vegetable out there, but its strong flavour and aroma will definitely make you love this recipe. If you are looking for something different then this is the perfect heart winning dish. Methi  Murg is quite a popular dish in India. There are several versions and ultimately, I found mine. Picking the leaves is a boring task but other than that, the curry gets ready effortlessly. Typically, for chicken curry, I like to add a lot of spices but with this one, I avoid. Chicken and methi complement each other really well. The unique twist of methi leaves cooked with chicken pieces will definitely leave you salivating.  Here chunks of chicken cooked in spices, herbs, tomato, yogurt and methi leaves. It is very easy and quick recipe so I personally insist you all to give a try once. Enjoy it with any Indian flat bread like naan, tandoori roti, chapatti or with steamed rice, it’s quite a delicious treat.

INGREDIENTS:

½ kg Chicken pieces

2 Cups or 1 Bunch Methi Leaves / Fenugreek Leaves, chopped

2 Onions, sliced finely

2 Tomato, pureed

2 tablespoon Curd

1 tablespoon Ginger-Garlic Paste

2-3 Green Chillies, slit vertically

½ teaspoon Turmeric Powder

1 teaspoon Red Chilli Powder

1 teaspoon Garam-Masala Powder

½ teaspoon Cumin Seeds

½ teaspoon Chaat Powder

Salt as needed

2-3 tablespoon Oil

Water as Needed

METHOD:

STEP 1 – Wash and pat dry the chicken pieces. Keep aside.

STEP 2 – Wash Methi leaves and blend them in mixer pot

and make a paste with it.

STEP 3- Heat oil in  a kadai, lets crackle cumin seeds in it.

STEP 4 – Add chopped onion in it and sauté well till the raw smell goes off.

STEP 5 – Then add slit chillies and ginger-garlic paste in it and cook well.

STEP 6 – Now add tomato puree in it and cook well for few more minutes.

STEP 7 – Here we are going to add methi puree in it

and mix well and cook it for 3-4 minutes.

STEP 8 – Add turmeric powder, red chilli powder, garam masala and chaat masala

and mix and add curd in it.

Give a nice mix so that everything get mixed well. Cook for 3-4 minutes.

STEP 9 – Add chicken pieces in the gravy

and stir it well so that chicken pieces get coated well with the green masala in the pan.

STEP 10 – At this stage, add 1 cup water in it,

mix well and cover it with lid

and cook for 10-15 minutes. You should cook the chicken in the methi  gravy till the chicken get cooked completely.

STEP 11 – Lastly add some chopped coriander

and switch off the flame and methi chicken is ready to serve.

Serve it with tandoori roti, chapatti, jowar bhakri or rice.Here I served it with sukka chicken and homemade tandoori roti.

NOTES: *You can make the consistency of the gravy thick or thin as per your liking.