The Indian-spiced potatoes with chicken thighs were delicious. Though, most proud we were of the poppadoms freshly made by our new colleague Joep! Since last week we have an extra chef in the BUX kitchen, as our company is growing and growing, we have reached the amount of 60 persons! A bit to many if you ask me to cater by myself :-0 Welcome Joep, great you joined the BUX team. We wish you all a great time and above all great food 😉

-enjoy-

Ingredients (serves 6)

800 g potatoes
4 ripe tomatoes
1 aubergine
1 red pepper
1 large onion
2 cloves of garlic
5cm piece of ginger
½ a bunch of fresh coriander
olive oil
2 tablespoon mustard seeds
1 handful of curry leaves
1 heaped teaspoon turmeric
6 large free-range chicken thighs, bone in
2 fresh red or green chillies
poppadoms
YOGHURT DRESSING
½ a bunch of fresh mint
½ a lemon
1cm piece of ginger
150 g natural yoghurt
1 fresh green chilli

Method

Preheat the oven to 190ºC/375ºF/gas 5.
Cut the potatoes, tomatoes, aubergine, pepper and onion (peel it first) into 3cm cubes.
Put the spuds in a large pan of salted water over a medium heat. Bring to the boil and cook for 10 minutes, then drain in a colander and leave to steam-dry for 3 minutes.
Tip into a large bowl and mix with the tomato, aubergine, pepper and onion.
Peel and finely slice the garlic. Peel and finely grate the ginger. Pick the coriander leaves and set aside, then chop the stalks.
Heat a lug of oil in a large frying pan over a medium heat. Add the garlic, ginger, coriander stalks, mustard seeds, curry leaves and turmeric and cook for 2 minutes, or until fragrant. Leave to one side to cool slightly.
Add the spice mix to the veg and potatoes and tip onto a large roasting tray. Arrange the chicken on top and season.
Roast in the bottom of the oven for 1 hour, or until the chicken is cooked and the veggies are gnarly.
Pick the mint leaves into a blender, squeeze in the lemon juice, then peel and add the ginger with the remaining dressing ingredients and a pinch of seasoning. Blitz until smooth.
Top the chicken and potatoes with the coriander leaves. Finely slice and scatter on the chillies, then serve with poppadoms and the dressing on the side.