Recipe courtesy of Clonakilty Irish Yoghurts.
Ingredients
This is a gorgeous, good food mood dish, the chicken, courgette yogurt and tomato chutney are delicious served with rice or pitta bread.
- 2 part boned chicken filets, skin removed
- ½ teaspoon of salt
- 1 tablespoon of lemon juice
- 1 clove of garlic peeled and chopped
- Small piece of root ginger, roughly chopped
- Large pinch of flaked chilli
- 1 level teaspoon of Garam masala
- 1 teaspoon of ground cumin
- 150ml Irish yogurt Clonakilty kefir natural yogurt
Courgette Yogurt Relish
- I small courgette coarsely grated
- 250ml of Irish Yogurt Clonakilty Kefir Natural yogurt
- A scant teaspoon of salt
- 1 teaspoon of caster sugar
- Freshly ground black pepper
- A pinch of cayenne pepper
- 2 teaspoons of olive oil ½ of mustard seeds
- I Jalapeno pepper, sliced
- 4 basil leaves, torn
Fresh Tomato Chutney
- 225g Fresh Tomatoes
- 1 onion red
- 1 green chilli
- 2 Tablespoon of fresh coriander chopped
- I tablespoon white wine vinegar
- Salt and pepper
Method
- Cut two deep diagonal slits into the fleshy parts of each chicken breast.
- Put the rest of the ingredients into a blender and blitz for a minute then cover the chicken in the yoghurt marinade for a few hours or even better overnight.
- Turn on the air fryer for 3 minutes at 190 to preheat then reduce the temperature to 180c and cook for 25 minutes.
Courgette Yogurt Relish
- Put the courgette into a small saucepan along with 150ml of water. Bring to the boil and simmer for 2 minutes, drain then refresh under cold water, then pat dry.
- Put the yogurt, salt, sugar, black pepper and cayenne pepper in a bowl and stir with a fork until smooth. Add the drained courgette and mix well.
- Pour the oil into a small frying pan and set over a medium heat. When hot add the mustard seeds, as soon as they pot, in a matter of seconds add the Jalapeno and basil leaves then take the pan off the heat and pour over the yogurt.
Fresh Tomato Chutney
- Half the tomatoes, remove the seeds and dice, finely chop the onion, deseed and chop the green chilli, mix all the ingredients together, stir well season and chill.