Spiced tender chicken in a coconut sauce is served with fluffy fragrant rice, creamy yoghurt dip, fruity mango salsa and homemade chapatis.

Rosemary Shrager
Over the years, icon and cooking legend Rosemary Shrager has written countless cookbooks. She currently leads cookery masterclasses, designs cook-approved kitchens and has swapped knives for pens, releasing a series of food-themed murder mysteries.
1HR 15MIN
Total time
Ingredients
Servings
4
For the paste
2 tsp
ground cinnamon
1 tsp
poppy seeds
1 tbsp
fennel seeds
2 tsp
coriander seeds
1 tsp
fenugreek
1 tsp
cumin seeds
1 tsp
mustard seeds
2 tsp
ground turmeric
1
red chilli
1 tbsp
M&S tamarind paste
4 cm
root ginger
2 tsp
coarse sea salt
2 tsp
black pepper
For the goan chicken xacuti
500 ml
chicken stock
allow for extra
2
large Spanish onions, sliced
8 cloves
M&S Remarksable Value garlic
4
large M&S Oakham Gold chicken breast fillets
chopped into 2cm pieces
200 g
coconut cream
1 dash
white wine vinegar
8
cardamom pods
seeds only
4
whole cloves
For the fragrant basmati rice
350 g
M&S basmati rice
1
cinnamon stick
6
cardamom seeds
2
bay leaves
1 tin
(400 ml)
(400 ml)
coconut milk
1 pinch
sea salt
1 handful
coriander
For the yogurt dip
1/2
cucumber, peeled, finely diced
500 g
M&S Greek style live yogurt
2 tsp
ground cumin
1 clove
M&S Remarksable Value garlic, crushed
For the chapatis
250 g
M&S Remarksable Value plain flour
200 g
plain wholemeal flour
1 tsp
M&S fine sea salt
300 ml
water, boiled
25 ml
sesame oil
mixed with sunflower oil
For the mango salsa
1
mango, peeled, finely diced
3 sprigs
mint, leaves picked, chopped
Nutrition per serving
Calories
1414kcal
Fat
39.0 g
Saturates
24.0 g
Sugars
30.1 g
Salt
1781.1 mg