Shisa Nyama - Astral Chicken

Ingredients

• 1 lemon, juiced
• 2 tsp (10ml) salt
• ½ tsp (3ml) chilli powder
• ½ tsp (3ml) ground cumin
• 1 tsp (5ml) black pepper
• 1 tsp (5ml) cayenne pepper
• 1 tsp (5ml) dried oreganum
• 1 whole chicken, flattened
• For the chakalaka sauce:
• 3 Tbsp (45ml) sunflower oil
• 1 onion, diced
• 1 Tbsp (15ml) ginger and garlic paste/crushed ginger and garlic mix
• 1-2 Tbsp (30ml) curry powder
• 1 large green/yellow or red pepper, diced
• 2 carrots, grated
• 1 can (410g) diced tomatoes
• 2 tsp (10ml) sugar
• 1 tsp (5ml) chopped fresh thyme *optional
• Fresh chilli or chilli flakes, to taste
• Salt and pepper, to taste