Grilled Green Chicken with Veggies 

When you come home after a long hard day, no one has the energy to cook something that would take hours in the kitchen to prepare. If you are looking for a recipe that would be delicious, healthy and above all less time consuming, then you my friend have come to the right place. Who doesn't want a mouth watering, succulent piece of chicken for their dinner?! All you need is to get hold of some ingredients from your kitchen, and you'll have a complete meal in no time. Just follow the easy steps and you would end up with grilled chicken and some side vegetables that you can prepare for yourself and your entire family. 

INGREDIENTS:

Chicken pieces (thighs and drumsticks)     4 pieces    
Coriander                                                           Half a bunch
Mint leaves                                                         Half a bunch
Green chilies                                                      6 to 7
Yogurt                                                                  Half a cup
Potatoes                                                              2 large
Carrots                                                                1 large
Capsicum                                                            2 medium sized
Red chili powder                                                1 teaspoon       
Olive oil / vegetable oil                                      6 to 7 tablespoons
Black pepper                                                       As per taste
Salt                                                                        As per taste

(This recipe can serve two persons)

METHOD:

1. Clean, wash and grind your coriander leaves, mint leaves and green chilies. Take a separate bowl and beat half a cup of yogurt until smooth. Add salt, red chili powder and two table spoons of olive oil into the yogurt and mix well. Now add the green mixture into the yogurt and mix well.
2. Using a brush, rub all the yogurt mixture on the chicken pieces individually. Be careful, don't use bare hands in marinating the chicken as the green chilies can burn your hands.
3. For even better results leave the chicken pieces to marinate in the mixture by putting them in a zip lock bag or a by covering it with cling wrap.
4. If you do not have enough time to marinate, you can cook the chicken right away. Take a non stick griddle pan (or any ordinary pan) and heat it up. Place all the chicken pieces on the grill pan on medium heat. 
5. Turn the pieces after 4 - 5 minutes. Once both the sides get a light brown color lower the heat and cover the griddle pan with aluminium foil or a lid so that the heat cannot escape. 
6. After 15 minutes  turn the chicken pieces and cover it again with a lid or foil. Once the chicken is cooked remove it from the pan.
7. In the same grill pan, add in the sliced capsicum and carrots and saute them with a table spoon of oil. Don't add a lot of additional oil as there will already be a lot of chicken flavors in the pan. Season the veggies with salt and black pepper. Don't overcook the vegetables and remove them from heat.
8. Slice the potatoes in circular shapes and put them in boiling salted water until they are half done. Drain them. Now in the same griddle pan add a couple of table spoons of oil and saute the potato slices. Keep them on heat until they get the grill texture on each side. Remember not to add in all the potato slices together, or else they won't get the golden brown color and will tend to break. 
9. Serve the mouth watering grilled chicken pieces and vegetables with plain white rice or naan and raita.