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Bundoo Khan-style chicken boti tikka

Skewered marinaded chicken sticks on a white plate

Bundoo Khan-style chicken boti tikka

Name: Bundoo Khan-style chicken boti tikka
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: ½ tsp chilli powder; ½ tsp crushed black peppercorns; ¼ tsp ground turmeric; 1 tsp cumin seeds roasted in a dry frying pan and ground; 1 tsp coriander seeds roasted in a dry frying pan and ground; ½ tsp garam masala; ½ tsp unsmoked paprika; 3 garlic cloves crushed; 2½cm piece of ginger peeled and finely grated; 1 lemon juiced; 4 skinless chicken breast fillets cut into 2cm cubes; 2 tbsp sunflower oil; 100g dried tamarind; 4 tbsp dark brown soft sugar; 1 tsp cumin seeds roasted in a dry frying pan; ½ tsp crushed black peppercorns; ½ tsp chilli powder; basmati rice or naan

Sumayya Usmani

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Serves 4 - 6

Prep: 25 mins

Cook: 30 mins

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Sumayya's Pakistani chicken tikka is the real deal – thread marinated chicken onto bamboo skewers and serve with tamarind chutney

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Family weekend trips to our favourite open-air barbecue restaurant meant we’d get to eat boti tikka with flatbreads and tamarind chutney – as the grown-up chat bored me, that was the only reason I’d willingly go along. The chicken tikka was always spicy and made my tummy rumble the minute I saw it. I’d pull off pieces of the chicken meat, roll it up in hot naan and reach for the chutney. For this recipe, you’ll need some bamboo skewers to thread the cubes of chicken on (remember to soak them for at least half an hour so they don’t get singed in the oven).

Recipes extracted from Andaza: A Memoir of Food, Flavour and Freedom in the Pakistani Kitchen by Sumayya Usmani (£25, Murdoch Books). Photographs: Jodi Wilson. Recipes are sent by the publisher and not retested by us.

This is a recipe that Sumayya shared as part of her guide to Pakistani cuisine. Check it out to learn about the aromatic flavours of this diverse South Asian country, including Sumayya's recipe for prawn karahi and street-side kulfi.

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