Woke up this morning with a tremendous urge to remain cuddled up in the comfy couch all day and just...... Read. Then looked out the window at the gloomy gray sky, the raindrops still dripping down from the eaves and the lush green ground enveloped in the morning mist. And gave over….

However, the morning mist has lifted by now but the sun is still playing bo beep behind the blanket of clouds. I potter around my kitchen, what should be for lunch today... A soothing, comfort food like khichdi or tear-jerking spicy chicken curry with piping hot rice. And the latter won the debate. Hariyali chicken or saag wala chicken in spinach gravy…whatever I may call is a rustic chicken curry from Punjab, now savored worldwide. Here is my version of hariyali chicken, slightly tweaked from the original recipe to fit into the dietary guidelines of SCD. Succulent, juicy chicken pieces cooked in spinach gravy, a generous throw of green chilies to kick up the spice, homemade garam masala powder, lemon juice and a generous drizzle of ghee at the end…divine!!