Recipe from Dine Bangla in Beverley

We managed to persuade Chef Mahboob Rahman of Dine Bangla in Beverley, East Yorkshire to share one of his secret recipes with us – it’s one of the restaurant's most popular dishes. 

SHAM’S SPECIAL

Dine Bangla Restaurant, 9-10 Wednesday Market, Beverley, East Yorkshire  HU17 0DG

Tandoori chicken cooked off the bone in finely chopped onions, capsicum, garlic, ginger, tomato and cinnamon. Moist and well flavoured to please the most delicate of palates.

Serves 4

Ingredients:

For the marinade:

4 chicken legs

1tsp tamarind paste

1tsp ginger/garlic

1tsp coriander

1tsp cumin

Strand of Saffron

1tsp mixed garam masala powder

1tsp paprika

Salt to taste

500g tub of yoghurt

Mix ingredients together.  Add chicken legs and leave in fridge overnight to marinate.

Ingredients for sauce:

4 medium sized onions, thinly sliced.

1 medium onion finely sliced and chopped.

2 tsp garlic and ginger (blended together to make a paste)

4 bay leaves

4 pieces cinnamon stick

8 cloves garlic

8 cardamoms

1 tbsp Madras curry powder (Dine Bangla use their own special mix)

To garnish:

1 large red onion

1 large green capsicum

Fresh coriander

Method:

• Roast marinaded chicken in the oven for 40 minutes at 220° C/gas mark 7 (do not cover with foil).

• Deep fry the four thinly sliced onions in 2 tbsp vegetable oil until golden brown. Remove from heat and leave aside.

• After chicken is cooked, allow to cool and then strip chicken meat off bone.

• Slowly stir fry garlic/ginger, garlic cloves and onion together. Add bay leaf.

• Add cinnamon stick, cardamoms and stir.

• Add tomato puree, then Madras curry powder. Season with salt to taste.

• Add pre-fried onions.

• Stir until well mixed, then add Methi (fenugreek) and chicken meat.

• Bring up to temperature, then simmer for a couple of minutes.

• Add enough hot water to cover meat.

• Simmer but do not allow to become too dry (around five minutes).

• Garnish with fresh coriander, red onion and capsicum and serve with pillau rice.

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