Sunday, 16 September 2012

Curried Chicken and Sweet Pepper Roll

This dish, I  had to make it in a rush as me and my flat mate were starving and wanted something easy and delicious. All we had was some Chicken, Spinach , Sweet Peppers, Onions, Ginger, Garlic , Spices and Tortilla wraps. I thought of Chicken Curry to begin with but then i wanted to use all that fresh veggies and herbs in the fridge and empty it out. So, i decided to go for tortilla wraps instead of rice and curry and have a bit of Mexican influence but chapatis or parathas work great too. To this i added some mint yogurt as a cooling agent. Without wasting any more time let's get the party started.

What do we need.....
Chicken Thighs -4
Red Onion sliced-1
Tomato sliced-2
Red Chili chopped-1
Red,yellow and green peppers-200g
Baby Spinach leaves- 20
Coriander leaves-2 stalks
Mint leaves- 2 stalks
Yogurt- 100 ml
salt -to taste

Chicken Rub....
Coriander Powder-1tsp
Cumin Powder- 1 tsp
Turmeric Powder-a pinch
Ginger and Garlic Paste-15gm
Mix these ingredients well and rub the chicken with the marinade.
Chop some mint, add it to yogurt and mix well.Keep it in the fridge.
What do we do..
Get a frying pan on the stove.Get some oil.
When the oil is hot add red chilies and onions.(save a few slices for garnish)
Cook till onions become soft and transparent.
Add the peppers and half cook them.
Add tomato slices( save some for garnish).
Now, what we do is something different than normal. Push all the veggies in the pan to a side so that you have a half empty pan and then drop the chicken in that empty half, just like in the photo.

Get some Coriander leaves on the pepper-onion mix.
The chicken cooks in the juices that came out of the pepper and onion mix and take in all that flavors.
Turn the chicken from time to time ensuring that all the pieces are in contact with heat and they are not sticking to the pan.
It will take not more than 5-6 mins to cook the chicken.
During this 5 minutes get the tortilla wrap and heat it up on a pan for about a minute.You can use Chapatis too.Left over chapatis and curry can be used to make these amazing rolls too.Then, we start building the roll.
In the center, we spread spinach leaves first (any lettuce can be used as substitute) and then we lay some tomato and onion slices on spinach. Think of colors when you build this roll. Green, red, white and then some mixed peppers that have been cooked in then pan. It's a riot of colors on the tortilla.Then ,cut the chicken thighs in half and rest them on the pepper mix.

The final ingredients to go on them will be a nice spoonful of mint yogurt and coriander leaves.
That will be the lovely filling and all we have to do now is roll it.Make sure you fold the sides in when you are rolling so that nothing of that good stuff runs out of the roll.
Get the roll on a cutting board and then cut it in half on an angle.Get the rolls on the plate and just one last thing that's left to do and that is 'EAT'. There will be a burst of different colors and flavors all in one single roll and you just cant beat it.It had meat, veggies, yogurt, herbs, salad and a whole wheat tortilla. Everything that your tummy needs , just in 20 minutes.






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