Chicken Dinner with Potatoes Indian style

Tonight some friends who just returned from living abroad came to dinner.

I went to buy a good quality farmhouse chicken and was not sure how to prepare it. When passing an Indian shop the idea came to me to prepare an Indian meal. The shopkeeper was from Mumbai. I asked him for advice how to prepare my chicken and he proposed me a mixture of spices which he had put together himself and the composition of which he did not disclose.

When I sarrived at home I added mustard oil, the juice of a lemon, grated ginger and garlic.

I marinated the chicken in the spices for 1 hour.

After popping the chicken into the preheated oven (180°) I first parboiled some potatoes, drained and then fried them in a pan with a little oil, adding sliced red peppers as well as a mix of spices composed of chilli pepper, coriandre, salt, fenugreek, cumin, cinnemon, ginger and garlic. I also fried some mangetout in a little mustard oil which always add some bright colour to any dinner table.

Lastly I prepared a yoghurt based sauce adding lots of fresh coriandre, some mint leaves for freshness and lime juice to go with the chicken.

Accompanied by some fried poppadoms (very thin circular Indian crisp bread made from a mixture of flour and water) and a good bottle of red wine our friends very much enjoyed this simple but delicious meal!

All Photos By @hvr

ENJOY!

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