Tandoori chicken sticks with lentil and blueberry sauce

AUTHOR
Cassandra Brock
DIFFICULTY
RATING
3 3
COOK TIME
45 mins
TOTAL TIME
45 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 4
  • 7-10 Tbsp Blueberry fig jam
  • 600 g wild blueberries from North America (deep-frozen)
  • 500 g Gelling sugar 2:1
  • 3 (approx. 400 g) fresh figs
  • 7-10 Tbsp grated peel of 1 organic orange
  • 7-10 Tbsp Tandoori Chicken Sticks
  • 600 g Chicken breast fillet
  • 1 Bag Tandoori Tikka (Indian spice marinade)
  • 50 g low-fat yoghurt
  • 1 TABLESPOON Oil
  • 7-10 Tbsp Salt
  • 7-10 Tbsp wooden skewers
  • 7-10 Tbsp For the sauce
  • 25 g red lentils
  • 100 ml Water
  • 4 TABLESPOONS Blueberry fig jam
  • 1 pinch Salt
  • 1 pinch Pepper
  • 1-2 stem(s) Coriander

Directions

  1. 1

    Mix deep-frozen blueberries with jam sugar in a pot. Rinse the figs, chop them finely and add them to the blueberries with the orange peel. Cook a jam according to the instructions on the packet and pour into glasses.

  2. 2

    Cut the chicken breast into bite-sized cubes. Mix Tandoori Tikka with yoghurt and mix with the meat. Marinate covered for at least 1 hour.

  3. 3

    Heat the oil in a coated pan. Remove the chicken cubes from the marinade, drain well and fry in the hot oil all around for about 5-6 minutes. Salt and put on wooden skewers.

  4. 4

    Add lentils with water and cook covered for 3-4 minutes until soft. Stir in jam. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Rinse off the coriander, pluck leaves from the stalks and chop finely. Stir into the sauce.

  5. 5

    Arrange the chicken sticks together with the lentil and blueberry sauce.

Categories & Tags

Appetizerexoticvery easy