Romy Gill Baked Chicken Thighs with Flatbread and Pakoras recipe on James Martin’s Saturday Morning

Romy Gill served up tasty baked chicken thighs (murg lasan) with flatbread and pakoras on James Martin’s Saturday Morning.

The ingredients are: 6-8 chicken thighs, skin removed, 12 large cloves of garlic, peeled and grated, 15 fresh coriander, roughly chopped plus extra chopped to sprinkle, 2-3 green chillies (bird’s eye or similar), 150g white onion, peeled and roughly chopped, 1 juice of lime and ½ zest of lime, 1tsp sea-salt, 2tsp ground coriander, 1tsp ground turmeric, 400ml coconut milk, 50ml water, 40ml rapeseed oil and 1tsp toasted cumin seeds.

For the flatbread: 300g self-raising flour, ½ tsp salt, ½ tsp sugar, ½ tsp baking powder, 1tsp Nigella seeds, 50g Greek yoghurt, 4tsp oil extra to apply once cooked (ghee can be applied too) and 275-300ml semi-skimmed milk.

For the pakoras: 150g potatoes, peeled and diced into small tiny chunks, Handful of fresh coriander chopped small, 1 large red onion, sliced thinly, 2 green chillies, seeds in chopped, 175g gram flour, sieved, 1tsp cumin seeds, 1tsp salt, 2tsp ground coriander, 130-140ml water and Sunflower oil to fry.




See recipes by James in his book titled: Complete Home Comforts: Over 150 delicious comfort-food classics available from Amazon now.