tagline
tagline
Home --

Chicken - Red Spinach Leaves (Cheerayila) Thoran

Published on June 16, 2022
Kerala Cuisine
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....