Recipe: Juicy Roast Chicken

Food blogger Kathryn Kannampuzha makes Roast Chicken with chicken breast, Indian spices and yogurt.

Perfect for a special Sunday lunch, it's roasted on the stovetop with butter and can be served with a big bowl of herb rice, mashed potatoes and stir-fried veggies.

Roast Chicken

Serves: 2

Ingredients

• 2 chicken breasts, cleaned and slit
• 2 tsp lemon juice
• 2 tsp chilly powder
• 1 tsp black pepper powder
• 1 tsp chicken masala
• ¼ tsp haldi or turmeric
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp ginger-garlic paste
• ½ cup yoghurt
• 2 tbsp butter
• Chopped green dhania or coriander or cilantro leaves, to garnish
• Squeeze of 1 lemon, to garnish
• Mashed potatoes, to serve

Method

• Marinate the chicken with the lemon juice, chilly powder, pepper powder, chicken masala, turmeric, ginger-garlic paste, yoghurt and salt.
  Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
• In a kadhai, heat the butter.
  Roast the chicken over high heat for 5 minutes.
  Flip and let it cook for 3 more minutes.
  Lower the heat and roast till chicken is well-cooked on both sides.
  Garnish with coriander and juice of lemon.
  Serve warm with mashed potatoes and/or herb rice and stir-fried vegetables.

Note: Have vegetarians at your dinner table? Serve them a sumptuous pasta like Kshamaya Daniel's Gigi Hadid-Inspired Spicy Vodka Pasta.

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