James Martin spatchcocked roast Indian chicken with pilaf rice and a tomato, butter and cream sauce recipe on James Martin’s Saturday Morning

James Martin served up a tasty spatchcocked roast Indian chicken with pilaf rice and a tomato, butter and cream sauce on James Martin’s Saturday Morning.

The ingredients are: 1 1.5k chicken spatchcocked and slashed, 200g thick natural yoghurt, 1 tsp ground cumin, 1 tsp ground coriander, 1 tsp chilli powder, 1 tbs curry powder, 1 tsp easy ginger paste and 2 tsp easy garlic paste.

for the sauce: 2 onions, peeled and sliced, 25ml butter, 2 cloves garlic, peeled and crushed, 1 tbs ginger paste, 400g tinned crushed tomatoes, 5 fresh tomatoes, chopped, 50ml water, 1 bay leaf, 1 green and red chilli sliced, 100ml double cream, 100g butter, Salt and pepper.

For the rice: 200g basmati rice, 1 onion, peeled and sliced, 1 cinnamon stick and 3 cloves.

To serve: fresh coriander if desired.




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