Topic: Tonight's Dinner: Methi Chicken

[Naga]

I've been growing methi in a big tub in the garden for a couple of months now, and, now that the plants have grown to a reasonable size, I thought it was time to put them to use.

After seeing Bengali Bob's thread on Methi Chicken in the BIR-style using Chewy's Madras recipe as its basis, I've fancied doing a similar dish for a while now. Rather than go down the road to Madras (which is, by the way, an excellent recipe which I have made and enjoyed a good few times!), I settled on trying a recipe from Sanjay Thumma (VahChef) which seemed a bit more in the traditional style.

The ingredients



Cumin Seeds, onions and salt in



Then the G/G paste and turmeric



In with the tomatoes



Followed by the spices, chillies and yoghurt



After some cooking, in with the chicken



After some more cooking and reduction, coriander and chaat masala, it's ready!



On the plate





The photography was below par, but the Methi Chicken was excellent! I was a bit conservative with the amount of fresh methi leaves I used, but I would probably add about half again now that I've actually tasted the dish. Definitely a keeper!

[curryhell]

Great post Naga.  Looks very tasty.  Hope the pics do the dish justice    For now i'll stick to the BIR versions made as by BB, with fresh or dried meethi.  Tried them both  - very good    Obviously i'm one that likes fresh meethi 

[Gav Iscon]

That looks really really nice. On the list 

[Rob-phall-ike]

Cracking recipe (and pics) and one I will be looking forward to in the near future.
Yum.

[Secret Santa]

By coincidence I made almost exactly the same curry last night because I came about it through the vahchef youtube video. I think the only difference is that I added a tsp of English mustard and some black cumin and methi seeds.

Now I have to say, as I often do, what a let down this was. I used a full bunch of fresh methi and it had no perceptible affect on the dish other than adding green, wilted flecks to its appearance.

As I was perusing other methi threads I saw a picture of some methi which appears to have veins or ribs and I'm pretty sure mine did not, it had ovalish, veinless and smooth leaves. I'm left wondering if there are different varieties of fresh methi being sold, some better than others? The fresh leaves did have the faintest hint of the dried methi aroma to them though.

It has to be said though that saag dishes leave me equally unmoved because to me the spinach adds bulk and texture but no perceptible flavour.

An enjoyable curry but not exactly what I was expecting from others' reports.