Curried Chicken and Lentil Salad with Minted Yoghurt Dressing
Serves
8
Total Time
54mins
Calories
246
Lentils, curried chicken with homemade curry powder, and fresh minted yoghurt dressing equals one super-tasty salad. You'll be impressed with yourself.
- Chicken breast2fillet, cubed - 2 cm
- Mint leaves1 handfulleaves of
- Roma tomato200 ghalved lengthways
- Cucumber1diced
- Pear1thinly sliced
- Water1 Lboiling
- Fennel seeds½ teaspoon
- Coriander seeds½ teaspoon
- Cumin seeds½ teaspoon
- White peppercorns½ teaspoon
- Garlic clove1
- Ground turmeric½ teaspoon
- Chilli powder½ teaspoon
- Nutmeg1 pinch
- Pink himalayan salt flakes1 pinch
- Extra virgin olive oil50 g
- Puy lentils100 grinsed, drained
- Mangetout150 g
- Extra virgin olive oilas needed
- Lemon juiceas needed
- Pink himalayan salt flakesas needed
- Rocket120 g
- Yoghurt mint dip100 g
Ingredients
- 1. Add fennel seeds, coriander seeds, cumin seeds, white peppercorns and garlic clove to a clean frying pan
- 2. Dry roast until smoking and very fragrant, then let cool
- 3. Add ground turmeric, chili powder, nutmeg and salt flakes to the TM bowl
- 4. Blitz with MC on - 10 sec, speed 10
- 5. Add chicken breast to a clean large mixing bowl
- 6. Tip curry powder and the EVOO on top
- 7. Toss thoroughly until coated
- 8. Transfer chicken to Varoma dish and set aside
- 9. Place rinsed French lentils into basket and insert into Thermomix bowl
- 10. Add water and set Varoma into position
- 11. Cook - 20 min, Varoma, speed 4
- 12. Stir chicken
- 13. Place snow peas onto Varoma tray and insert into Varoma
- 14. Steam - 4 min, Varoma, speed 4
- 15. Set chicken and snow peas aside
- 16. Place drained lentils into separate bowl
- 17. Drizzle lentils with EVOO, lemon juice and add salt to taste
- 18. Allow to cool slightly
- 19. Assemble salad by placing rocket and mint leaves around the edges of a large salad platter
- 20. Arrange tomatoes, cucumber and pear on top of rocket
- 21. Add cooled chicken to lentils and toss together
- 22. Pile into centre of platter and drizzle entire salad with dip
Method
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