Recipes

Balti Roast Chicken

Name: Balti Roast Chicken
Cook time: 120 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Kashmir
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Whole chicken marinated in yoghurt and spices then roasted in a fragrant Balti sauce.

Flavour Region

Serves 4

120 minutes mins

Spice Level: Medium

Ingredients

Serves 4

120 minutes mins

Kohinoor Balti sauce – 1 pack
Whole chicken for roasting - 1
Cooking oil – 2 tbsp
Yoghurt – 50g
Ginger and garlic paste - 25g
Salt - 10g
Chilli powder - ½ tsp
Turmeric powder - ¼ tsp
Garam masala – 1 tsp
Lemon juice – 2 tbsp
Chopped Coriander Leaves – 2 tbsp
Water - 250ml

Method

Make a marinade by mixing the yoghurt with lemon juice, salt, ginger and garlic paste, turmeric, chilli powder and garam masala.
Marinate the whole chicken with this mix and keep for 20-30 minutes at room temperature.
Preheat the oven to 200 degrees centigrade.
Arrange the marinated chicken on a roasting pan, cook for 20 minutes to give colour to the chicken.
Make a mixture of Kohinoor Balti sauce and 250ml of water.
Remove the chicken from the oven, pour the sauce mixture on the chicken, cover the pan with aluminium foil and further cook the chicken for 40-45 minutes at 180 degrees centigrade.
Check that the chicken is cooked, serve whole or cut into four pieces with the sauce in the pan, garnished with chopped coriander leaves.