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Succulent chicken tikka wraps
Photo: Lily Banse

Succulent chicken tikka wraps

21 ingredients 10 min Serves 5 openrecipes

Don't let the cheese in the marinade throw you - this is an authentic tandoori recipe. Chefs first introduced cheese to quieten the flavours of the original chicken tikka for the tourists and replaced the strong flavours with more delicate spices.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

1294
Calories
66g
Protein
49g
Fat
149g
Carbs

Counts 16 of 17 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 16 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Chicken 100g cooked 165
Tortilla 1 medium flour (45g) 140
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Cheddar Cheese 1 oz (28g) 113
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Fennel 1/2 bulb (87g) 27
Tomato 1 medium (123g) 22
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Cardamom 1 tsp ground (2g) 6
Lettuce 1 cup shredded (36g) 5
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Ginger 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) 2
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Seed not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 150ml/5fl oz Greek-style yoghurt
  • 1 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 2.5cm/1in piece fresh ginger
  • 1 garlic
  • ¼-½ tsp red chilli powder
  • 1 tsp garam masala
  • Generous pinch green and black cardamom seeds and fennel seeds
  • ¾-1 tsp salt
  • 30g/1oz cheddar
  • 1½ tbsp lemon juice
  • 1 free-range egg
  • 2 rounded tbsp gram flour
  • 400g/14oz chicken breasts
  • , for brushing oil
  • 2 tbsp melted butter
  • ¾ tsp chaat masala (optional), available from Asian stores and some supermarkets
  • 5 ready-made flour tortillas
  • ½ onion
  • 2 tomatoes
  • 1 Little Gem lettuce
  • 150ml/5fl oz chutney

Directions

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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