Tandoori Chicken With Black Lentil Sauce And Herb Pulao, Served With Rocket And Mango Salad

Ingredients

Ingredients For the first marinade
  • 1 tbsp ginger-garlic paste, from a jar (or cursh together fresh garlic and ginger to form a paste)

  • 1 tsp red chilli powder

  • 2 tbsp lemon juice

  • 1 tsp salt

For the chicken
  • 4 chicken breasts on the bone, skin removed, scored with 3 or 4 incisions

  • melted butter and oil, for basting

  • 1½ tsp lime juice

  • 1 tsp chaat masala (a mixture of dried spices and chillies, available from Asian grocers)

  • salt

  • 4 Peshawari naan, to serve

For the second marinade
  • 250g/9oz thick plain yoghurt

  • 1 tsp garam masala

  • 100ml/3½fl oz vegetable oil

  • ½ tsp ground cinnamon

  • ½ tsp red chilli powder

  • pinch of edible red colouring (optional)

  • 1 tsp salt

For the black lentil sauce
  • 200g/7oz black lentils

  • 4 tbsp vegetable oil

  • 1 tbsp finely chopped fresh ginger

  • 2 cloves garlic, peeled

  • 2 whole green chillies

  • 1 tsp cumin seeds

  • 1 tbsp ginger-garlic paste (see above)

  • ½ green chilli, chopped

  • 2 tbsp tomato paste

  • ½ tsp each red chilli powder, ground coriander, ground turmeric, garam masala and fenugreek leaf powder

  • 30g/1oz butter

  • 2 tbsp single cream

  • 1 tbsp chopped coriander leaves

  • salt

For the herb pulao
  • 15g/½oz butter

  • 2 tsp vegetable oil

  • 100g/3½oz onion, sliced

  • 2.5cm/1in cinnamon stick

  • 2 black cardamoms, crushed

  • 1 blade mace

  • 500g/1lb 2oz basmati rice, washed and soaked for 10-20 minutes

  • 1 tsp salt

  • 3-4 tbsp puréed spinach, coriander and mint

  • 2 tbsp mascarpone or double cream

For the rocket and mango salad
  • 25g/1oz baby rocket leaves

  • 1 Granny Smith apple, cut into julienne

  • 1 green (unripe) mango, cut into julienne

  • vinaigrette made with oil and lime juice

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Recipe Uses 1 Tbsp Ginger-garlic Paste, From A Jar (or Cursh Together Fresh Garlic And Ginger To Form A Paste) , 1 Tsp Red Chilli Powder, 2 Tbsp Lemon...

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