Delicious Fenugreek Chicken

This dish is quick, easy, delicious and good for you….

Ingredients

• 1.5 lb chicken thighs or legs

• 1 tbsp Mam'Ghee

• 2 tbsp grated Ginger

• 2 teaspoon Turmeric powder

• 4 Cloves

• 1 tsp fenugreek seeds crushed

• 1 Cinnamon Stick

• 4 Cardamom

• 1 Bay leaf

• 1 small lemon

• 1/2 cup cashew nuts soaked

  overnight and ground into a paste

• 2 teaspoons Garam masala powder ,

  adjustable

• 2 teaspoons Coriander Powder (Dhania)

• 1 tsp cumin seed powder

• 1 tbsp Kasuri Methi (Dried Fenugreek Leaves)

• 1 cup Methi Leaves or spinach

• (Fenugreek Leaves) , roughly chopped

• 1/2 cup cilantro chopped

• salt and pepper

Season the chicken with 1 tbsp ginger, 1 tsp turmeric, 1 tsp salt, juice of one small lemon and 1 tsp oil, and let it marinate anywhere from four hours to overnight. To start the stew, add a tbsp of ghee and saute the whole spices: 1 tbsp ginger, cloves, cinnamon, bay leaf, crushed fenugreek seeds and cardamom until fragrant. Add the chicken and cook on medium heat until the skin is lightly browned about 4-6 minutes.

Add the cumin powder, coriander seed powder, garam masala and saute for another minute. Add the cashew paste and cook till it smells sweet and not raw, about 2-3 minutes. Add the spinach, cilantro and kasoori methi (or spinach) just enough water to cover the chicken and any veggies, add salt to taste and pressure cook for 20 minutes or cook on low simmer for 40 minutes to an hour until chicken is well cooked.

Fenugreek…

Fenugreek is a wonderful (and delicious) herb, with so many health benefits. There are so many to mention in full, so i’ve added a great site with lots of juicy details about the myriad of benefits of the herb, here; https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/fenugreek#what-it-is

I have had fenugreek many times over the years, but it wasn’t until I studied Ayurvedic postpartum care, that I really understood the amazing qualities of this herb. Fenugreek is the perfect herb during the postpartum period, and I got so blown away by it I decided to take a deep dive…. it truly is a wonder herb. You will love it!