1Marinate chicken thighs in spices, garlic, ginger and lemon juice.
2Sear the chicken until about 70% cooked.
3In the same pan, cook the onions until translucent.
4Add garlic and ginger paste and the same spices used for the chicken to the onions.
5Add rice and stir until the rice is slightly toasted.
6Pour in the coconut milk and let simmer.
7Nestle the chicken in the creamy rice mixture and finish cooking.
8While the rice simmers, prepare the green chutney: dice cucumbers, combine with cilantro, mint, lemon juice, ginger, olive oil, salt and pepper, and blend using an immersion blender.
9Serve the chicken and rice with the green chutney.
Ingredients
4 chicken thighs
1 spoon cinnamon
1 spoon turmeric
1 spoon paprika
1 spoon cumin
1 spoon coriander
1 spoon salt
2 spoons garlic
2 spoons ginger
1 lemon lemon juice
2 spoons oil
1 cup red onions
2 spoons tomato paste
2 cups basmati rice
1 cup coconut milk
2 cucumbers
1 cup cilantro
1 cup mint
1 lemon lemon juice
1 spoon ginger
1 cup olive oil
1 pinch salt
1 pinch pepper
Equipment
large bowlgraterlemon juicerlarge frying pantongsspatulameasuring cupimmersion blender