I’ve been connected a quest for nan cleanable tandoori marinade (without nan E numbers aliases reddish nutrient colouring) for years, and tweak my look connected each repeat. This 1 is easy my favourite truthful far: nan cloves lend a awesome smokiness, and if you tin popular nan chickenhearted successful nan marinade successful nan morning, it will person taken connected an astonishing extent of flavour by nan evening. This would activity conscionable arsenic good connected a barbecue – conscionable standard up nan magnitude of chickenhearted and nan marinade ingredients arsenic needed.
Tandoori chickenhearted skewers pinch coriander chutney
You will request 4 ample metallic aliases bamboo skewers (if utilizing nan latter, soak them successful h2o for half an hr first). Serve pinch flatbreads aliases naan, and shredded lettuce, if you wish.
Prep 15 min
Marinate 1 hr
Cook 10 min
Serves 2
275g chicken bosom chunks, aliases 2 chickenhearted breasts trim into 2½cm cubes
Flatbreads aliases naan, to service (optional)
Shredded lettuce, to service (optional)
For nan marinade
2 garlic cloves, peeled and grated
2½cm portion caller ginger, peeled and grated
Juice and finely grated zest of ½ lemon
1 generous tsp crushed cumin
½ tsp crushed turmeric
1 generous tsp smoked paprika
¼ tsp crushed cloves
1 tsp chilli flakes
1 tsp flaky oversea salt
40g greek yoghurt
1 tbsp neutral aliases oliva oilFor nan coriander chutney
30g coriander, leaves and stalks
10g mint leaves
1 ample greenish chilli, stalk discarded, seeds and pith removed if you want little heat
25ml neutral aliases oliva oil
Juice of ½ lime
1 tsp flaky oversea salt
50g yoghurt
Mix each nan marinade ingredients successful a ample bowl. Add nan chickenhearted pieces, operation good to coat, past screen and refrigerate for astatine slightest an hour.
Meanwhile, blitz each nan ingredients for nan chutney isolated from nan yoghurt successful a nutrient processor, until astir chopped. Add nan yoghurt and quickly blitz again to a soft sauce. Taste and set nan brackish arsenic needed, and group aside.

When you’re fresh to cook, put a griddle cookware connected a precocious heat. Thread nan chickenhearted pieces connected to 4 skewers, past navigator connected a very precocious power for 3 minutes connected each side, until cooked through. To check, trim into a portion of chicken: if request be, navigator nan skewers for different infinitesimal connected each side. If you don’t person skewers, navigator nan chickenhearted successful a azygous furniture successful a searingly basking frying cookware for nan aforesaid magnitude of time, flipping nan pieces complete arsenic required – this is simply a spot much fiddly than turning skewers, though.
Leave nan cooked chickenhearted to remainder for 3 aliases 4 minutes, past service basking pinch nan chutney alongside, aliases wrap successful flatbreads pinch shredded lettuce, if you wish.