Mama’s Chicken Roast With Peppers

Shimla Mirch Chicken

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Preparation info
  • Serves:

    2–4

    • Difficulty

      Easy

    • Ready in

      40 min

Appears in
No Worries, Just Chicken Curries: 70 Incredible Indian Chicken Recipes

By Suki Pantal

Published 2025

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Not all my mum’s recipes were curries; some were simply coated in a sticky, spicy sauce and a quick fix when you wanted chicken on the dining table in a hurry! It is a common misconception that if it’s an Indian curry then it must be saucy. Instead, it can be a sticky layer of deliciousness that delicately clings to the chicken. My mum’s chicken roast is such a dish – semi-dry, spicy and crunchy. I think my mum was a trendsetter in many ways, and perhaps her experimenting with different ing