Skip to content
Open menu Close menu

Feed your appetite for cooking with Penguin’s expert authors

penguin logo

Dinner with Rukmini

Browse all of the recipes in Rukmini Iyer’s cookbooks by ingredient.

This recipe is a preview

The Roasting Tin Around the World

Buy The Roasting Tin Around The World for the full recipe, and more great recipes from Rukmini Iyer

Preview

Whole Butter Chicken with Sweet Potatoes and Red Onion

Introduction

This is a really celebratory roast chicken, with a completely addictive tomato sauce which cooks away happily underneath the tandoori-spiced bird. You may want to save it for a special occasion on account of the butter and cream – I think it’s nice enough to have for a family dinner every few weeks or so.

Read more Read less

Ingredients

butter
cinnamon stick
green cardamom pods, bashed
cloves
ginger, grated
garlic, grated
sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into large 5cm chunks
red onions, quartered
cherry tomatoes, with their vines
free-range chicken
lime, zest and juice
smoked paprika
ground turmeric
ground cumin
yogurt
sunflower or olive oil
sea salt flakes
double cream
To serve:
lime juice and sea salt flakes, to taste
fresh coriander, roughly chopped

Preview

This recipe is a preview

Buy The Roasting Tin Around The World for the full recipe, and more great recipes from Rukmini Iyer

From the book

Follow Rukmini on Instagram

For the latest announcements and everyday cooking tips

Follow
newsletter

Subscribe to Rukmini's newsletter

Get the latest recipes and cookbook news from Rukmini straight to your inbox.

From the book: The Roasting Tin Around The World

Close menu