5 from 36 votes
Instant Pot Chicken Saag
Instant Pot Chicken Saag is a flavorful curry made by pressure-cooking chicken pieces with fresh spinach, spices, and aromatics like ginger, garlic, cumin, and green chilies. The sauce is blended smooth and finished with garam masala and dried fenugreek leaves for a mildly spiced, creamy texture. This dish pairs well with basmati rice or rotis for a satisfying meal.
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Total Time
15 mins
Course:
Main Course, Dinner
Cuisine:
Indian
Ingredients
- 1 pound chicken thighs or breasts, cut into cubes
- 1 pound spinach
- 2 tablespoon ghee
- 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
- 5 cloves garlic
- 1 inch ginger piece
- 1 white onion chopped
- 3 green chilies adjust as per spice preference
- 1 tablespoon ground coriander
- ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder
- salt to taste
- 2 teaspoons garam masala powder
- 2 teaspoon dried fenugreek leaves optional, kasuri methi
- water
For garnish
- Coriander fresh leaves
- yogurt few drops, thick
Instructions
- Heat up Instant Pot in saute mode and add ghee.
- Saute cumin seeds, ginger & garlic pieces, onions and green chilies.
- Sprinkle in coriander powder, turmeric powder and salt.Pour about ½ cup water.
- Add loads of spinach and chicken pieces into the pot. Make sure to separate the chicken pieces, they will stick to each other when you pressure cook.
- Close lid and cook for 8 minutes in “pressure cook” setting.
- Once cooking time is over, manually release the pressure in the pot with a kitchen towel in your hand. Be careful, the liquids may splutter out while releasing pressure.
- Remove chicken pieces out in a bowl. Blend rest of the ingredients using stick blender into a smooth sauce.
- Add chicken pieces back.
- Sprinkle garam masala and dried fenugreek leaves (optional).
- 10. Simmer for 2-3 minutes with a glass lid to cover (curry sauce will splutter).
- 11. Serve hot with basmati rice or rotis.
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Nutrition Information
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Nutrition Facts
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* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.