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Rosemary chicken tikka Recipe
This exciting chicken tikka dish is served with a pipette full of chilli sauce to impress your guests and let them control how much spice they want. Vineet Bhatia from Rasoi has concocted an innovative take on the classic tikka recipe.
Passive Time | 450 minutes |
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Ingredients
First marinade
- 1 tbsp of ginger paste
- 1 tbsp of garlic paste
- 1/2 lemon juiced
Second marinade
- 3 boneless and skinless chicken breasts each one cut at an angle into 4 pieces
- 3 tbsp of Greek yoghurt
- 50 ml of single cream
- 1 tbsp of vegetable oil
- 1 tsp green chilli chopped
- 40 g of mature cheddar grated
- 1 tsp fresh ginger chopped
- 1 tbsp of coriander stalks chopped
- 40 g of mozzarella cheese grated
- 1 tbsp of rosemary chopped
- 1/2 tsp ground white pepper
- 1 tsp dried rosemary powder
- 4 tbsp of chilli sauce
- Salt
Saffron and cardamom dip
- 3 saffron strands
- 2 tbsp of Greek yoghurt
- 1 tbsp of mayonnaise
- 1/2 lemon juiced
- 1 pinch of ground fennel seeds
- 1 pinch of ground cardamom
- 1/4 tsp caster sugar
- Salt
Black olive khichdi
- 1 tbsp of vegetable oil
- 1 tbsp of unsalted butter
- 1 tsp Cumin seeds
- 2 tbsp of onion finely sliced
- 1 tsp fresh ginger finely chopped
- 1 tsp green chilli finely chopped
- 80 g of basmati rice
- 300 ml of vegetable stock warmed
- 1 tbsp of Greek yoghurt lightly whisked
- 1 tsp unsalted butter
- 3 tbsp of chopped black olives
- Salt
Equipment
- 4 pipettes
Instructions
- For the rosemary chicken tikka, mix all the ingredients and 1 teaspoon of lemon juice for the first marinade. Add the chicken pieces and set aside for 20 minutes
- For the second marinade, mash the cheeses together in a bowl
- Add the ginger, chilli, coriander stalks, rosemary, white pepper and some salt and mix well, then add the cream, yoghurt and oil and mix to a smooth paste
- Add the chicken to the yoghurt marinade and leave in the fridge for 6 hours
- For the saffron and cardamom dip, dry roast the saffron in a small frying pan over a very low heat. Soak it in 2 tablespoon of hot water for half an hour
- Mix together the Greek yoghurt and mayonnaise, then stir in the saffron water. Add 1/4 teaspoon of lemon juice, fennel, cardamom, sugar and salt, mix well and pass through a very fine sieve. Store in the fridge
- To make the black olive khichdi heat the oil and butter in a pan over a medium heat and add the cumin seeds. As they splutter, add the sliced onion, ginger and green chilli
- Sauté till the onion turns light golden. Stir in the rice, pour in the vegetable stock and bring to the boil. Reduce the heat and simmer until the stock has been absorbed and the rice is almost done
- Add the yoghurt and some salt and cook until the rice is tender. Stir in the butter and chopped black olives
- To finish the chicken heat the oven to 190°C/Gas 5
- Thread the chicken on to 2 skewers, set them over a roasting tin and roast for 9 minutes. Baste once or twice with any leftover marinade
- Rest for 2 minutes. Sprinkle dried rosemary powder on the chicken before serving
- Position the chicken on the plate, and push the pipette nozzle slightly into it so it stays standing. Arrange the rest of the components around the meat and serve