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Viewed: 25 - Published at: 2 years agoIngredients
- 2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
- 2 cups Aarti's Tandoori Marinade, recipe follows, divided
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1 teaspoon honey
- 4 cups mixed salad greens
- Olive oil, to taste
- Lemon juice, to taste
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- 2 chiles de arbol
- 3 tablespoons fenugreek seeds
- 1 tablespoon coriander seeds
- 5 cloves
- Seeds from 4 green cardamom pods
- Seeds from 1 black cardamom pod
- 3 tablespoons paprika
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 8 cloves garlic
- 1 (2-inch) piece fresh ginger, peeled
- 4 cups plain yogurt (recommended: full fat)
- 1/2 cup peanut oil
- Juice of 2 limes
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
Method
- Toss the chicken breasts in 1 cup tandoori marinade.
- Cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours, or up to overnight.
- In a saute pan, heat the vegetable oil, and cook the chicken for about 7 minutes per side, until cooked through.
- Alternately, you can also grill the chicken.
- Remove the chicken from the pan and pour the remaining 1 cup of marinade into the pan and bring to a gentle simmer.
- Stir in the honey and turn off the heat.
- Toss the salad greens with some olive oil, a squirt of lemon juice and salt, and pepper, to taste.
- Serve each chicken breast over a bed of greens and top with the heated tandoori sauce.
- To make the Marinade:
- Put the chiles, fenugreek seeds, coriander seeds, cloves, seeds from cardamom pods (Cook's Note: Crush the pods to open, remove the seeds and throw away the hulls.
- ), paprika, and cinnamon in a saute pan over medium heat until fragrant and toasty, about 5 minutes.
- Stir to avoid burning.
- Pour the mixture into a coffee or spice grinder and grind to a fine powder.
- Throw the garlic and ginger into a food processor or blender and pulse until finely minced, then add the yogurt, oil, and lime juice.
- Process the mixture until as smooth as possible.
- Add the spice powder and process again.
- Season the mixture with salt, and pepper, to taste.
- Keep the marinade in the refrigerator until ready to use.
- Cook's Note: If you are going to use the marinade immediately include the lime juice.
- If you are using the marinade at a later time, use lime zest instead so that the yogurt doesn't curdle.
