Passage through India Pita

By playing with spices you can jazz up the ordinary meal such as a simple chicken salad. This can be done from scratch by marinating a chicken breast with the various spices or for the easy way you can use leftover chicken and toss it with this yoghurt mixture.

Passage through India Pita

Chicken breast
4 tbs yoghurt
1 tsp ground cayenne
1 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp ground coriander
Lemon juice from half a lemon
2 garlic cloves minced
1/4 red onion in thin slices
1/4 red pepper in thin slices
1 tsp olive oil
Chopped cilantro to garnish
Whole wheat pita bread cut in half

Add the cayenne, cumin, coriander, lemon juice, and garlic to the yoghurt and mix well. Trim the fat and skin off of the chicken and pour half of the yoghurt mixture on it to marinate for 30mins or more. Reserve the rest of the mixture for later.

Once the chicken has been marinated sear it in a hot pan on high heat and transfer to a baking dish and bake at 175C for 20mins. In the pan where the chicken was seared add the olive oil to the pan and sauté the onion and red pepper slices. Keep aside.

Take the chicken out of the oven and cool. Dice the chicken pieces and toss with the reserved yoghurt mixture, onion and red pepper slices, and the chopped cilantro. Pack the chicken mixture in a container separate from the pita bread and stuff the pita ready to eat.