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Grilled Indian-Style Chicken Wings with Carrot-Cumin Yogurt Sauce

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Some advance preparation is required for these wings: The yogurt needs to drain for 2 hours and the wings need to marinate for at least 2 hours.

Recipe information

  • Yield

    Serves 6 as an hors d'oeuvre or 4 as a main course

Ingredients

For yogurt sauce

2 cups plain yogurt
2 teaspoons cumin seeds
2 carrots
1/4 cup finely chopped fresh mint leaves
3 pounds chicken wings (12 to 14)
1 cup coarse salt
2 cups water
1 1/2 tablespoons garam masala (Indian spice mix) such as Frontier brand
1 tablespoon vegetable oil

Preparation

  1. Make sauce:

    Step 1

    In a sieve set over a bowl drain yogurt, covered and chilled, 2 hours. In a dry small heavy skillet toast cumin seeds over moderate heat, shaking skillet frequently, until a shade darker, 2 to 3 minutes. Cool cumin seeds and with a mortar and pestle or in an electric coffee/spice grinder coarsely grind. Finely grate carrots into a bowl and stir in yogurt, cumin, mint, and salt and pepper to taste. Sauce may be made 8 hours ahead and chilled.

    Step 2

    Cut off wing tips, reserving for another use, and halve wings at joint. In a bowl dissolve salt in water. Marinate wings in brine, covered and chilled, stirring occasionally, at least 2 hours and up to 24.

    Step 3

    Prepare grill.

    Step 4

    In a colander drain wings and rinse well. Pat wings dry and in a bowl rub garam masala and oil onto wings. Grill wings on an oiled rack set 5 to 6 inches over glowing coals until cooked through and golden brown, 8 to 10 minutes on each side.

  2. Step 5

    Serve wings with sauce.

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