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[S.bint.Ahmed]

Fenugreek / Methi (leaves) and Chicken Recipe
(My mother rahimah ullah’s recipe.)

(alternative can be made with mince meat)

1 onion (big) or 2 medium sized onions
250 g chicken
1 / 2 bunches of leaved methi / fenugreek leaves
I potato (diced)
fresh / frozen green peas
1 fresh tomato chopped (omit if suffer allergy).
1 tsp ginger/ garlic
1 and half tsp coriander (dhunia) powder
1 tsp tumeric (arad)
1 tsp ground green chillies
1 tsp sea salt
half tsp pepper
1 tsp fennel seeds (optional to taste) or jeero

Prepare chicken wash and clean, slice onions, prepare fenugreek leaves wash well and drain (as you would pasley/ coriander leaves)

1. Braise onions until golden brown.
2. Add chicken with all spices. Braise until dry.
3. Add tomato and vegetables until well cooked with chicken.
4. Add fenugreek leaves when no moisture left. Do not add any water after this other wise you will get a bitter taste from the fenugreek leaves.
5. Cook slowly until moisture from fenugreek leaves has evaporated.
6. Stir a few times while cooking.

Serve with roti / rice / pickles for taste.