Title: Tandoori Chicken with Pilau Rice
Categories: Fresh, Food
Yield: 4 servings

--------------------------FOR THE TANDOORI CHICKEN--------------------------
900 g Skinless; boneless chicken
-(4
; breasts and 4 thigh
; fillets)
3 tb Lemon juice
1 ts Salt
1 ts Cayenne pepper
1 1/2 ts Cumin seeds
4 ts Fennel seeds
1 1/2 ts Coriander seeds
3 Garlic cloves; crushed
15 g Fresh ginger; finely grated
1 tb Sweet paprika
1/2 ts Turmeric powder
75 g Greek-style natural yoghurt
1 tb Sunflower oil for basting

-----------------------------FOR THE PILAU RICE-----------------------------
1 tb Sunflower oil
3 Cloves
3 Green cardamom pods
5 Cm cinnamon stick
1 Bay leaf
350 g Basmati rice
1/2 ts Salt
600 ml Boiling water

------------------------FRESH TOMATO AND CORIANDER C------------------------
6 Tomatoes; chopped into small
; dice
1 sm Red onion; finely chopped
1 Clove garlic; finely chopped
1 Medium-hot red chilli;
-seeded and
Finely chopped
2 tb Lime juice
3 tb Chopped fresh coriander

1 For the Tandoori Chicken: Toss the chicken pieces in a bowl with the
lemon juice, salt and cayenne pepper and leave for 30 minutes. Grind the
cumin, coriander and fennel seeds to a fine powder in a spice grinder.

2 Blend in a liquidiser with the other ingredients to a smooth paste. Stir
this mixture into the chicken and leave to marinate for another 2-4 hours.

3 Heat the oven to 240c/475f/Gas 9. Lift the chicken out of the marinade
and put onto a rack over a foil-lined roasting tin. Drizzle with oil and
bake for 20 minutes until cooked through.

4 For the Rice: Heat the oil in a large pan. Add the whole spices and cook
gently for a minute until they begin to smell aromatic.

5 Stir in the bay leaf, rice, salt and water, bring to the boil, cover and
cook over a low heat for 10 minutes.

6 Remove the rice from the heat and leave for another five minutes. Mix
together all the ingredients for the chutney and season to taste with salt.
Serve the tandoori chicken with the rice and chutney.

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Recipe by: Fresh Food

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