Ingredients
For Roast Chicken
1 whole Chicken
Salt to taste
2 tsp Paprika
For Aoili
½ cup Olive Oil
2 Red Peppers, roasted & deskinned
5 Garlic cloves
2 Red Chillies roasted
3 tsp Lime juice
1 whole Egg
1 tsp Tahini
½ cup hung Yoghurt
Salt to taste
Preserved Lime
200 gms Lime – gashed/ scored
2 tsp Sugar Caster
Salt to taste
2 tbsp Fennel seeds
1 tsp Coriander seeds
4 pieces broken dry Red Chillies
2 Bay leaves, chopped
1 cup Lime Juice
Process
For Preserved Lime
- Score Lime in criss cross
- Mix sugar, salt, fennel seeds, coriander seeds, bay leaf and red chillies.
- Fill the score of lime with the mix & arrange in a earthenware or glass jar
- Top it up with lime juice
- Allow it to preserve for 20 days
For Roast Chicken
- Rub Chicken with Salt & Paprika. Rest for 20 minutes.
- In a grinding jar, add olive oil, red peppers, garlic, red chillies, lime juice, egg, tahini, yogurt and salt. Grind it into smooth paste.
- Marinate the chicken with aoili inside out and keep for 2 hours.
- Roast the chicken for 1 hour at 145*C.
- Let it rest for 30 minutes and roast for 30 minutes at 190*C.
- Garnish with coriander sprig.
- Serve hot with preserved lime.
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