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BBQ Tandoori Chicken Skewers

This is a marinade you have to have on your roster for bbq season. It tastes authentic, especially from the smoky char you can achieve on the BBQ OR under your oven grill, but the real flavour comes from the spice mix, which I believe I have absolutely nailed.

Prep

20m

Cook

25m

Total

45m

Ingredients

Method

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1.

Toast the cumin and coriander seeds in a dry pan for 1–2 minutes until fragrant. Tip into a blender or pestle and mortar and crush. Add the ginger and garlic and bash or blend together to a paste. Add the yoghurt, chilli powder, fenugreek, garam masala, turmeric, salt, vegetable oil, lime juice, and food colouring if using. Mix well.

1 tbsp Cumin seeds

1 tbsp Coriander seeds

1 thumb Ginger

4 Garlic cloves

250 g Yoghurt

2 tbsp Chilli powder

2 tbsp Fenugreek powder

2 tbsp Garam masala

1 tbsp Turmeric powder

Salt

2 tbsp Vegetable oil

1 Lime

1/2 tsp Red food colouring

2.

Slice the chicken thighs into bite-sized chunks and coat in the marinade. Cover and refrigerate for 24 hours if possible.

1 kg Chicken thighs

For the sauce

1.

Blend the mint, coriander, garlic, ginger, and shallot to a paste. Stir through the yoghurt, honey, lime juice, and a pinch of salt.

1 large handful Fresh mint

1 large handful Fresh coriander

1 Garlic clove

1 thumb Ginger

1 Shallot

150 g Yoghurt

1 tbsp Honey

1/2 Lime

1 pinch Salt

2.

Thread the chicken onto skewers. Grill over high heat on a bbq or cast iron griddle pan, turning occasionally, until cooked through and charred at the edges.

3.

Serve with rice, the yoghurt sauce, and a salad of cucumber and red onion.

Rice/Naan/Bombay Potatoes

Cucumber

Red onion

For

4

M

I

2

tbsp

Fenugreek powder

1

tbsp

Coriander seeds

250

g

Yoghurt

2

tbsp

Chilli powder

2

tbsp

Garam masala

1

tbsp

Turmeric powder

4

Garlic cloves, minced

1

thumb

Ginger, grated

1

tbsp

Cumin seeds

2

tbsp

Vegetable oil

1

Lime, juice of

1/2

tsp

Red food colouring, optional

Salt

For the sauce

1

kg

Chicken thighs, skinless and boneless

1

large handful

Fresh mint

1

large handful

Fresh coriander

1

Garlic clove

1

thumb

Ginger

1

Shallot

150

g

Yoghurt

1

tbsp

Honey

1/2

Lime, juice of

1

pinch

Salt

To serve

Rice/Naan/Bombay Potatoes

Cucumber, thinly sliced

Red onion, thinly sliced

Notes

The red food colouring is optional obviously! But it looks fantastic!

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BBQ Tandoori Chicken Skewers

This is a marinade you have to have on your roster for bbq season. It tastes authentic, especially from the smoky char you can achieve on the BBQ OR under your oven grill, but the real flavour comes from the spice mix, which I believe I have absolutely nailed.

Prep

20m

Cook

25m

Total

45m

Ingredients

Method

Turn cooking mode on

1.

Toast the cumin and coriander seeds in a dry pan for 1–2 minutes until fragrant. Tip into a blender or pestle and mortar and crush. Add the ginger and garlic and bash or blend together to a paste. Add the yoghurt, chilli powder, fenugreek, garam masala, turmeric, salt, vegetable oil, lime juice, and food colouring if using. Mix well.

1 tbsp Cumin seeds

1 tbsp Coriander seeds

1 thumb Ginger

4 Garlic cloves

250 g Yoghurt

2 tbsp Chilli powder

2 tbsp Fenugreek powder

2 tbsp Garam masala

1 tbsp Turmeric powder

Salt

2 tbsp Vegetable oil

1 Lime

1/2 tsp Red food colouring

2.

Slice the chicken thighs into bite-sized chunks and coat in the marinade. Cover and refrigerate for 24 hours if possible.

1 kg Chicken thighs

For the sauce

1.

Blend the mint, coriander, garlic, ginger, and shallot to a paste. Stir through the yoghurt, honey, lime juice, and a pinch of salt.

1 large handful Fresh mint

1 large handful Fresh coriander

1 Garlic clove

1 thumb Ginger

1 Shallot

150 g Yoghurt

1 tbsp Honey

1/2 Lime

1 pinch Salt

2.

Thread the chicken onto skewers. Grill over high heat on a bbq or cast iron griddle pan, turning occasionally, until cooked through and charred at the edges.

3.

Serve with rice, the yoghurt sauce, and a salad of cucumber and red onion.

Rice/Naan/Bombay Potatoes

Cucumber

Red onion

For

4

M

I

2

tbsp

Fenugreek powder

1

tbsp

Coriander seeds

250

g

Yoghurt

2

tbsp

Chilli powder

2

tbsp

Garam masala

1

tbsp

Turmeric powder

4

Garlic cloves, minced

1

thumb

Ginger, grated

1

tbsp

Cumin seeds

2

tbsp

Vegetable oil

1

Lime, juice of

1/2

tsp

Red food colouring, optional

Salt

For the sauce

1

kg

Chicken thighs, skinless and boneless

1

large handful

Fresh mint

1

large handful

Fresh coriander

1

Garlic clove

1

thumb

Ginger

1

Shallot

150

g

Yoghurt

1

tbsp

Honey

1/2

Lime, juice of

1

pinch

Salt

To serve

Rice/Naan/Bombay Potatoes

Cucumber, thinly sliced

Red onion, thinly sliced

Notes

The red food colouring is optional obviously! But it looks fantastic!

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