Yogurt chicken with garlic-mint dipping sauce

4 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1½ cup Plain yogurt
1 cup Bread crumbs
1 x Salt & pepper to taste
4 eaches Chicken thighs, skinned
4 eaches Chicken legs, skinned
1 x Dipping sauce
1 x Garlic puree from 1 head
½ each Small onion, coarsely cho
1 each Thin slice ginger root, p
2 tablespoons Chopped green chilies, (c
1 teaspoon Sugar
1 x Salt to taste
¾ cup Fresh mint leaves
¼ cup Fresh coriander (chinese
¼ cup Fresh parsley leaves

Directions

Preheat oven to 400 Degrees F. Pour yogurt into wide shallow bowl and set it on your work surface. Season the bread crumbs with salt and freshly ground pepper. Spread crumbs out on a platter and place next to the yogurt. Place a wire rack over a baking sheet and set it aside. Dry chicken pieces. Dip each piece into the yougurt untl throughtly coated on both sides. Then roll each piece in the crumbs, pressing the piece in so that the crumbs adhere. Each piece should be evenly coated. Place chicken on the wire rack. Bake for 40 to 45 minutes. To serve, place a piece of chicken on each of 4 small plates.

Pour some sauce in a crecent on the bottom edge of each plate around the chicken but not on it. Place the remaining chicken on a platter and pass the remaining souce in a clear pitcher. Serve hot or at room temperature. DIPPING SAUCE: 1 C Plain Yogurt ~--- Place all the ingredients in a blender or food processor. Flick the motor on and off unti a thin flecked green sauce is achieved.

Serve at once.

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