Chicken – Red Spinach Leaves (Cheerayila) Thoran

Ingredients:

1/2 cup boneless chicken, cut into thin strips or small pieces
3/4 tsp + 1 1/2 tsp kashmiri chilli powder
1/4 tsp + 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
1/2 cup grated coconut
3-4 green chillies
5 garlic cloves
3 cups red spinach / cheera, chopped
1 onion, chopped
salt to taste
1 sprig curry leaves
2 tbsp oil

Preparation:

  1. In a bowl, add cleaned chicken pieces and marinate it with 3/4 tsp chilli powder, 1/4 tsp turmeric powder and salt and keep it aside.
  2. Wash and chop spinach leaves into small pieces.
  3. Crush grated coconut, green chillies, garlic, 1 1/2 tsp chilli powder, 1/4 tsp turmeric powder and salt together.
  4. Add this to the chopped spinach and mix well.
  5. Heat oil in a pan and add sliced onion and curry leaves and saute well.
  6. Add marinated chicken to this, mix well and cook till done.
  7. Add crushed coconut – spinach mixture, mix well and cook covered on low flame until cooked and gets dry, stirring occasionally.
  8. Remove from the flame and serve with rice….

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