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Vegetable Dhansak

Chicken Tikka Traybake Recipe

Big flavour. Minimal effort. One tray. This easy Chicken Tikka Traybake is perfect for busy days in the run-up to Christmas - everything goes into one roasting tray.

Prep Time

10 min

Cook Time

45 min

Serves

4-6

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Shemin’s Indian Curry Paste

Our multi-award winning paste will be your new secret when it comes to Indian cooking. 

Ingredients

  • 2 peppers, cut into wedges
  • 2 potatoes, peeled and diced
  • 700g chicken thigh fillets
  • 1 pot (100g) Shemin’s Tikka Paste
  • 150g natural yoghurt or 400g coconut milk (alternative option)
  • 100g broccoli
  • A handful of cherry tomatoes
  • 1 red chilli, sliced (optional)
  • 1–2 tbsp oil (olive or vegetable)
  • Pinch of salt (optional)
  • Knob of butter (to finish)

How to make Chicken Tikka Traybake

Prepare the tray

Preheat the oven to 200°C. Place the peppers, potatoes and cherry tomatoes into a large, shallow roasting tray.

Make the marinade

In a small bowl, mix the Shemin’s Tikka Paste with the yoghurt (or coconut milk if using). Pour half of the marinade over the vegetables, add the oil and a pinch of salt (if using), then toss to coat.

Step 3

Coat the chicken thighs in the remaining marinade. Do the same with the broccoli, then set the broccoli aside.

Step 4

Lay the marinated chicken on top of the vegetables, making sure everything is in a single layer. Roast for 30 minutes.

Step 5

Add the broccoli to the tray and return to the oven for a further 15 minutes. Check the chicken is cooked through — it should be piping hot with no pink in the centre.

Step 6

Remove the tray from the oven and add a knob of butter, allowing it to melt into the sauce for extra richness. Scatter over the sliced red chilli (if using) and serve straight from the tray.

Tips

  • Don’t overcrowd the tray – Make sure everything sits in a single layer so the vegetables roast rather than steam.
  • Chicken thighs work best – They stay juicy at high heat and take on the marinade beautifully.
  • More flavour? You can marinate the chicken up to 24 hours ahead for even deeper flavour.
  • Use what you’ve got – Courgettes, red onion, cauliflower or leftover roast potatoes all work well in this traybake.

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Vegetable Dhansak

Dhansak is a traditional Parsi curry of lentils, vegetables and meat. This vegetarian version removes the meat, but is still bursting with flavour.

The perfect recipe for all those doing veganuary and is just a delicious alternative to a meat curry in general. If you can’t do without though, see our meat versions of this curry here.

Ingredients

  • 1 tbsp cooking oil or ghee
  • 1 medium onion, peeled and finely chopped
  • 100g Shemin’s Indian, Goan or Massaman Curry Paste
  • 550g sweet potatoes, peeled and cut in to 3cm chunks
  • 2 medium carrots, peeled and cut in to 5mm slices
  • 1 green chilli, finely chopped (optional)
  • 200g dry split red lentils, well rinsed and drained (see tips below)
  • 700ml vegetable stock (made with one vegetable stock cube)
  • 250g chopped tomatoes
  • ½ tsp fine sea salt, plus extra to season
  • 1 small cauliflower, broken into florets
  • 180g fine green beans, trimmed and halved
  • ground black pepper
  • juice of half a lemon
  • 1½ tsp Shemin’s Garam Masala
  • natural yogurt, to serve
  • freshly cooked basmati rice, to serve

Method

  1. Heat the oil or ghee in a large non-stick saucepan and place over a medium-high heat. Fry the onion for about 2 minutes or until pale golden brown, stirring continously. Add Shemins Curry Paste and 100ml of water and cook for ½ mimute. Add the sweet potatoes, carrots and green chilli, then cook together for 30 seconds, stirring continously.
  2. Tip the lentils into the pan, add the chopped tomatoes and pour over the stock. Stir well and bring to the boil. Skim off any foam that rises to the surface with a spoon and discard. Add the salt, stir well and reduce the heat to low.
  3. Simmer gently for 10 minutes. Add the cauliflower and cook for 10 minutes more or until the lentils are just tender and breaking apart. Add in the beans and cook for a further 8-10 minutes.
  4. Finally, add Shemin’s Garam Masala, lemon juice and season to taste with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
  5. Serve with fat free yogurt and freshly cooked basmati rice and Indian breads.

Tips:
1. You can an use any vegetables in this recipe.
2. Before cooking the lentils, bring them to the boil in a separate pan then rinse. This will clean them and stop so much foam rising to the top.
3. As we often say, a pro tip is to use our Seafood Curry Paste with vegetable and lentil curries. It has no seafood in it, and works perfect with these sorts of curries.

Serves 4-6

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