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Pakora chicken with a green chutney recipe

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A dish with a sense of place: our pakora chicken pieces are inspired by the street food in India and are tossed with a fragrant spice mix then shallow-fried until golden and crunchy. A good dollop of sticky coriander chutney makes for a moreish dip. See method

Serves 6-8 as a starter or side
20 mins to prepare and 30 mins to cook
216 calories / serving

Ingredients

500g chicken breasts, cut into bite-sized pieces
2 tbsp cornflour
5 tbsp gram flour
25g rice flour
¼ tsp ground turmeric
½ tsp mild chilli powder
1½ tsp garam masala
1 tsp ground cumin
½ tsp fine sea salt
1 red onion, finely chopped
vegetable or sunflower oil, for deep frying
juice of 1 lemon
2 tsp caster sugar
1 green chilli, finely chopped
15g coriander
15g mint, leaves picked
Lime wedges and sliced red chilli, to serve (optional)

If you don't have red onions, try using white, brown or spring onions

Each serving contains

Energy
905kj
216kcal 11%
Fat
11g 16%
Saturates
1g 5%
Sugars
2g 2%
Salt
0.4g 6%

of the reference intake
Carbohydrate 10.9g Protein 17.1g Fibre 1.4g

Method

Put the chicken in a large mixing bowl and add the cornflour. Toss to coat the pieces. Add the gram and rice flours, turmeric, chilli powder, garam masala, cumin, salt and half the red onion. Gradually stir in 75-100ml water, until the chicken is coated in a damp batter – you don’t want it to be too wet, or it will slide off the chicken.
Fill a large saucepan no higher than 3⁄4 full with oil and heat to 180°c. Add a few pieces of chicken to the pan and fry for 6-8 minutes, turning at regular intervals, until the pakoras are crisp, golden and the chicken is cooked through. Drain in kitchen paper and repeat with the remaining mixture.
To make the chutney , in a food processor blitz the remaining red onion with the lemon juice, sugar, chilli and herbs. Season to taste and serve with the pakoras. If the chutney is a little thick, loosen with a tbsp or so of water, until of a spoonable consistency.
Season to taste and serve the pakoras with lime wedges and sliced red chilli, if you like.

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