Masala-Spiced Chicken & Cucumber Raita
with Curry Roasted Cauliflower & Carrots
- Milk
Succulent seared chicken cutlets seasoned with curry powder and garam masala are served beside tender curry roasted cauliflower and carrots. Over everything you'll spoon a cooling, creamy, and crisp homemade cucumber raita made with marinated cucumber, yogurt, and lemon for a bold and flavorful Indian-inspired dinner.
Ingredients
1 teaspoon
Garam Masala
1.5 tablespoon
Sour Cream
(Contains: Milk)
6 ounce
Carrot
1 unit
Lemon
1 tablespoon
Curry Powder
2 tablespoon
Yogurt
(Contains: Milk)
1 unit
Mini Cucumber
10 ounce
Cauliflower Florets
10 ounce
Chicken Cutlets
Not included in your delivery
2 teaspoon (tsp)
Olive Oil
½ teaspoon (tsp)
Sugar
teaspoon (tsp)
Salt
2 teaspoon (tsp)
Cooking Oil
teaspoon (tsp)
Black Pepper
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
Adjust rack to top position and preheat oven to 450 degrees. Wash and dry produce.
Trim and dice cucumber into ¼-inch pieces. Cut cauliflower into bite-size pieces if necessary. Trim, peel, and cut carrots on a diagonal into ½-inch-thick pieces. Quarter lemon.
In a small bowl, combine cucumber, ½ tsp sugar (1 tsp for 4 servings), and salt. Set aside to marinate. (You'll finish the raita in Step 5.)
Toss cauliflower and carrots on a baking sheet with 2 TBSP olive oil, 2 tsp curry powder, salt, and pepper (4 TBSP olive oil and 4 tsp curry powder for 4 servings). (You'll use the rest of the curry powder in the next step.)
Roast on top rack until browned and tender, 15-20 minutes.
While veggies roast, pat chicken* dry with paper towels. Season all over with remaining curry powder, ½ tsp garam masala (1 tsp for 4 servings), salt, and pepper. (Save remaining garam masala for another use.)
Heat a large drizzle of oil in a large pan over medium heat. Add chicken and cook until browned and cooked through, 3-4 minutes per side.
Transfer to a cutting board.
Add yogurt, sour cream, and juice from half the lemon to bowl with marinated cucumber. Stir to combine.
Slice chicken crosswise.
Divide chicken and roasted veggies between plates. Top chicken with as much cucumber raita as you like. Serve with any remaining raita and remaining lemon wedges on the side.
Customer reviews
Review summary
Updated on Dec 2025- Flavor: Many loved the bold, authentic Indian-inspired flavors, especially the cucumber raita and spiced chicken 🍲.
- Ease of prep: Customers found this dish quick and simple to make, with everything coming together easily.
- Suggestions: Some recommended adding rice or naan for a more filling meal; others suggested draining cucumbers before making raita.
- Portions: A few felt the chicken portions were small; consider adding a starch like rice or couscous for a heartier meal.
- Vegetables: Many enjoyed the roasted cauliflower and carrots, though some found the curry seasoning too strong on veggies.
Reviews from our home cooks
This was pretty good too! The flavors of the raita were really nice and the spices for the chicken was good. I appreciated the double vegetables, but I also needed some carbs to go on the side, so unfortunately I had to supply rice myself, so I don't consider this meal a great value.
I love food with curry seasoning. The chicken came out roasted and tender. The perfect healthy dinner with the carrots and cauliflower.
The cucumber sauce was divine and paired so well with the chicken!!! And the curry spiced veggies were incredible
The cucumber raita was the star of the show- packed so much flavor making this delicious while also feeling very healthy.
Really tasty. One suggestion is to drain the cucumbers after marinating and before making the rest of the raita.
Great spices. Good to have the raita. Carrot supplied was ridiculously large. Would prefer thinner ones.
Delicious! I added onion and garlic to the carrots and cauliflower and cooked in the skillet until tender. We added Parker House Rolls and sweet tea!
My nine-year-old granddaughter loved this so much I had to give her part of my portion. The seasoning on the cauliflower made it even better. Wish there was a little bit more of the vegetables, they were so good!
I used less spice but it was still very tasty and easy to make. Only problem was that the smaller of the two carrots was very soft and very difficult to clean due to that.
Very good flavors, and I love trying new things. But the sauce we had to prepare without the cucumber as both of them were unusable!
