Atul Kochhar cooks a delicious south Indian spice fried chicken nuggets with tomato chutney on Saturday Kitchen.

Atul is one of the most critically acclaimed chefs in Britain for his take on modern Indian cuisine and says about his dish:

“This dish brings together the aromatic spices of South India. The crisp chicken is perfect paired with homemade tomato chutney.”

The ingredients For the spiced fried chicken are: 600g chicken thighs, boned, skinned and cut into 2.5cm cubes, 1 tsp salt, 2 tsp ginger and garlic paste, 2 lemons, juice only, 1 tbsp red chili paste or red chilli powder, 20 curry leaves, chopped, 75g gram flour, 150g rice flour, 50g refined plain flour, 1 tsp red chili powder, 1 tsp salt, vegetable oil, for deep frying and 2 tsp South Indian garam masala.

For the tomato chutney, 8 curry leaves, 3 garlic cloves, chopped, 2 tbsp chopped coriander, 1 banana shallot, chopped, 1 tsp salt, ½ tsp chilli powder, 1 tsp cumin seeds, 2 large tomatoes, cut into wedges and 1 lemon, juice only.