But last night for dinner we brought a little bit of summer into our living room (whilst also having to turn the heating on for an hour to take the nip out of the air!) in the form of beautiful, spicy, fresh, tasty chicken tikka wraps, yum!
I used a sachet of Chilli Papas 2 in 1 Tikka spice mix. You can either use it to make a tikka masala that has a nice little nip to it, or add it to natural yoghurt along with some garlic, ginger, onion, lemon juice and your choice of meat, veg, fish etc to make a marinade. The spice packet for this mix is so pretty, the beetroot powder gives the dish a lovely flavour and a stunning colour without the need for any nasty chemical additives...
I used a couple of free range chicken breasts. The lemon and yoghurt makes the meat lovely and tender and juicy and you can taste every spice in the mix, rather than it just being a flat spice flavour, absolutely delicious. I marinaded the meat for about 4 hours, but if you need it in a hurry, 30 mins would do. Then, as it was hardly barbecue weather, I just popped the chunks of chicken under a medium hot grill for about 15 mins or so.
The picture above is one I made a couple of months back using Warburtons square wraps, but last night I used some nice multigrain wraps. I smother some more natural yoghurt over the wrap, put some nice fresh salad leaves on (I like a mix of baby spinach, rocket and watercress), put the grilled chicken on and top with another dollop of yoghurt and a wee squeeze of lemon juice. It's a firm favourite in our house! If you are particularly hungry you could serve with rice and salad, that would be lovely :)
Chilli Papas now also make their mild Mandalay mix as a 2 in 1 so you can use that as a marinade aswell. Not tried that yet but it's on the list! (www.chillipapas.com)
Happy munching! xx
