Romy Gill served up tasty chicken thighs with coconut, poppy seeds and rice on James Martin’s Saturday Morning.

The ingredients to marinate the chicken are: 500g skinless, boneless chicken thighs, 3 teaspoon oil, 1tsp garam masala, ½ tsp chilli powder, Good pinch of salt and 75ml of coconut milk.

For the masala: 4 tablespoon white poppy seeds (not black), 3 tablespoon desiccated coconut, 2 teaspoon ground black pepper, ½ teaspoon ground turmeric, ½ teaspoon sea salt, 1 teaspoon of chilli powder, 2 teaspoon garam masala, 6 large garlic cloves, 2 medium size banana shallots, ½ juice of small lemon and 150ml coconut milk.

Ingredients to cook the masala: 30ml sunflower or rapeseed oil, 10 fresh curry leaves and 200ml hot water.

See recipes by James in his book titled: James Martin’s Saturday Morning Cookbook available from Amazon now.