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Warm chicken tikka pita salad

  • Time to make: 30 mins, plus 30 mins marinating
  • Serving: 4 people
Ratings: 4.8
Ingredients

Ingredients

  • Chicken tikka
  • 1 tablespoon mild curry paste
  • ⅓ cup low-fat plain yoghurt
  • 1 tablespoon mango or apricot chutney
  • 400g lean chicken breast, cubed
  • Salad
  • 1 tablespoon oil
  • 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
  • 1 red chilli, chopped
  • 4 spring onions, sliced
  • 2 ripe tomatoes, chopped
  • 1 cup mushrooms, halved
  • 1 carrot, peeled
  • 1 small cucumber
  • 130g baby spinach
  • 420g can no-added-salt lentils, drained, rinsed
  • 3 tablespoons chopped fresh coriander
  • 3 (75g) wholemeal pita breads, toasted, torn
  • Minty raita
  • 4 tablespoons low-fat plain yoghurt
  • 2 tablespoons fresh mint, chopped
  • 2 cloves garlic, chopped
  • 1 lemon, juice
  • spray oil
  • Always check food labels for allergens or trace warnings before buying your ingredients.
    Ingredients

    Instructions

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    1 Mix paste, yoghurt and chutney together. Add chicken and season. Toss to coat evenly. Leave to marinate for at least 30 minutes.

    2 Meanwhile, prepare salad. Heat oil in a non-stick pan. Add cumin seeds with chilli. Cook for a few minutes. Add onions, tomatoes and mushrooms. Cook for a few more minutes. Use a vegetable peeler to make carrot and cucumber ribbons.

    3 Place all salad vegetables, except 1/4 of the cucumber ribbons, in a bowl. Add lentils and coriander. Toss lightly. Toast pita breads and tear in quarters.

    4 To make raita, mix all raita ingredients together and chop put aside cucumber ribbons then add.

    5 Heat a non-stick pan or a griddle with a little oil spray until hot. Cook chicken for 4-5 minutes, turning once until it is lightly charred.

    6 Place salad vegetables on a platter with torn pita and top with chicken pieces. Drizzle with raita. Serve with lemon wedges and mint sprigs if you prefer.

    Variations

    • The chicken can be left to marinate overnight in the fridge for a more intense flavour.
    • Make it gluten free: Check paste, yoghurt and chutney are gluten free and use gluten-free bread.

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