Spinach with chicken .

Spinach  the creeper spinach in konkani it is called valche bhaji. This vegetable is grown mostly in every ones backyard in the villages.It is very healthy as well as tasty. There are different kinds of preparation one can do with this vegetable. It all depends on your taste and preference. You can add prawns or chicken and if you want it the veg version you can add black eyed beans or kulith ( horse gram) and even tur dhal. In this recipe I have added chicken as my daughter and husband love it with chicken. You can try it out and see if it pleases your taste buds. It can be served with rice or even panpole which goes very well with this dish.

The ingredients for this dish are very simple and basic.

Dry roast all the below ingredients

Red chilli                 5
Coconut                   1/2 coconut
Coriander seeds       2tblsp
Jeera  (CUMIN)      1/4 tsp
Mustard                   1/4tsp
Onion                      1/2 or 1 if small
Garlic                      4cloves
Turmeric powder     a pinch
Pepper   corns           5
Cloves                       4
Cinnamon                  small piece

You can use a tender chicken weighing around 1kg.

Procedure
Clean the spinach and wash it well . Boil it in the cooker with one onion and tomato. In another vessel take some oil and fry one small onion and boil the chicken . Once the chicken is boiled add the ground masala and give it a good boil and then add the boiled spinach. Your dish is ready to be served. You can eat it with boiled rice or Panpole.