Murgi palang paturi/Chicken palak paturi

murgi palang paturi

Delicious Bengali dish of chicken in banana leaves. It is very tasty and easy to cook. Best match with hot rice. Cooking time is 10-15 minutes, serving for 4. Try it, and enjoy the taste.

Ingredients

Boneless chicken                     150 gm

Palang blanched                       50 gm

Yogurt                                      40 gm

Ginger paste                             45 gm

Green chilli paste                      25 gm

Mustard oil                               20 ml

Lemon juice                              50 ml

Mustard seed paste                   20 gm

Green papaya paste                  10 gm

Coconut paste                           40 gm

Banana leaves                           4

Salt                                          to taste

Sugar                                       to taste

Method

First cut the boneless chicken in slice.

Take a bowl add sliced chicken, papaya paste, lemon juice, ginger paste and salt, mix well and keep for 20 minutes.

Now take another bowl and add yogurt, coconut paste, blanched spinach chopped, mustard paste, mustard oil, salt and sugar, mix it nicely.

coconut paste musturd oil yogurt

Add marinated chicken in it and mix.

add spinach and marinated chicken

Now cut banana leave in shape of 4inch square. Roast from both sides direct in low flame for a second to make it soft. Now put some mixture on each banana leave, then fold them and bind with a string.

put chicken mixture on banana leave

Now heat little oil in nonstick pan, add chicken in folded banana leave and fry from both sides for 8 minutes in low flame.

fry folded banana leaves

Now open the string and serve chicken with the leaves, with hot rice.