The Tandoori chicken is a popular Indian and Pakistani dish that takes its name from the oven used to bake it, called a tandoor. It consists of chicken baked in a mixture of yogurt and brightly colored condiments, most often served with white rice and fresh tomatoes.
It's a light, spicy (but not hot) and very flavored meal. One of our go-to's. Enjoy.
P.S: Sometimes people dilute the tandoori paste with yogurt (1:1) for a milder taste. We'd rather not :). But if you don't really enjoy strong flavors or spices, go ahead. We won't judge :)
P.P.S: For a fresher, more spring-like version of this dish, try putting the meat on skewers and serving it with fresh salad, raita and flatbread, as we did here. :)
Last year: Chicken and broccoli stir-fry with oyster sauce, Gougeres (French cheese puffs with caraway), Hazelnut and coffee chip cookies and Surimi noodle salad with asparagus.
Ingredients (serves 2):
- 500 g chicken breast (2 pieces)
- 3 tablespoons tandoori curry paste (easy to find in bigger supermarkets, or easy to make using the recipe here)
- salt and pepper to taste
- 200 g basmati rice
- 100-125 g cherry tomatoes
Marinate the meat in the tandoori paste in the fridge for a couple of hours (or even better overnight):
Boil the rice, arrange it on serving plates, cut the cherry tomatoes in slices or halves and arrange them on the edges of the rice:
Preheat the oven to 220 degrees C and place the whole bowl with the chicken in it. Bake for 30-35 minutes and take out. Allow to cool a bit, then put a piece in the center of each plate, on the rice bed:
It's done, dig in!
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