Grilled Chicken with Tomato Jam

Ingredients list for Grilled Chicken with Tomato Jam

• 2 Chicken breasts
• 3 tablespoons Red chilli sauce
• 1 tablespoon Soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon Ginger-garlic paste
• 1 tablespoon Lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon Sugar
• to taste Salt
• 2 tablespoons Oil
• a few Iceberg lettuce leaves
• A small sprig fresh coriander leaves
• Tomato jam
• 2-3 medium Tomatoes chopped
• 2 tablespoons Oil
• 1 teaspoons Cumin seeds
• ½ teaspoon Onion seeds (kalonji)
• 5-6 Garlic cloves finely chopped
• 1 inch Ginger cut into thin slices
• to taste Salt
• ½ teaspoon Black pepper powder
• 3 tablespoons Sugar
• 1½ tablespoons Vinegar

Method

1. Put red chilli sauce into a bowl, add soy sauce, ginger-garlic paste, lemon juice and sugar and mix well. Add a little salt and mix again.
2. Make criss-cross deep gashes on both the chicken breasts, apply the marinade well over them and set aside for 20 minutes to marinate.
3. To make tomato jam, heat 2 tbsps oil in a non-stick pan, add cumin seeds and onion seeds and saute till fragrant. Add garlic and saute. Add ginger and continue to saute till garlic browns.
4. Add tomatoes and mix and cook.
5. Heat 2 tbsps oil in a non-stick grill pan.
6. Add salt to the tomatoes and cook till tomatoes are pulpy. Add black pepper powder and sugar and mix well. Cook on low heat.
7. Put the chicken breasts in the grill pan and grill. When the underside is done, turn them over and cook the other side similarly.
8. Add vinegar to the tomato jam and mix well. Add the remaining marinade to the tomato jam and mix well.
9. Tear a few iceberg lettuce leaves and spread on a serving plate. Drizzle a little tomato jam all around the leaves. Place the grilled chicken over the lettuce leaves, put some of the tomato jam over them, garnish with a small sprig of coriander leaves and serve hot.

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