Chicken with black spices and a saffron and cardamom yogurt

Ingredients

  • 4 chicken breasts
For the tamarind chutney

  • 200 g tamarind, (see cooks note below)
  • 100 g jaggery, (see cook's note below)
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • whole green cardamom
  • 1 tsp coriander seeds
  • 1 tsp black peppercorns
  • 1 green chilli
  • 2 cm piece of ginger, peeled and sliced
  • 1 litres water
  • pinches of ground ginger
  • pinches of black salt, (see cooks note below)
For the black spice masala

  • 6 black peppercorns
  • 2-3 cloves
  • 1 tsp cumin seeds
  • 2-3 whole star anise
  • 3-4 black cardamom
For marinade 1

  • 10 g peeled ginger
  • 10 g peeledcloves garlic
  • 2 green chillies
  • 6 tsp olive oil
  • 1/2 lemon, juice only
  • 5 g black spice masala, (see above)
For marinade 2

  • 100 g thick yogurt
  • 1 medium green chilli, finely chopped
  • 30 g squid ink
  • 5 g black spice masala, (see above)
  • 30 g tamarind chutney, (see above)
For the saffron and green cardamom yoghurt

  • pinches strands saffron
  • green cardamom
  • 100 g yogurt
  • 100 g mayonnaise
To serve

  • green salad
  • dressing made with olive oil, white wine vinegar and a little tamarind chutney
  • sesame seeds, toasted

Description

Sanjay Dwivedi Cooks His Spicy Alternative To The Infamous Indian High Street Offering Of Bright Red Chicken Tikka

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