Roast Cardamom Chicken - cooking recipe

Ingredients

4 pieces chicken (breasts are my favourite)
250 ml plain yogurt
for the spice paste
2 tablespoons water
2 teaspoons salt
1 inch gingerroot, chopped
3 garlic cloves, chopped
1 teaspoon black peppercorns
6 cardamom pods, the seeds of
1 teaspoon cumin seed
3 teaspoons coriander
1 cinnamon stick
1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
2 tablespoons white wine vinegar
1/4 cup mint leaf

Preparation

Put the whole peppercorns, cardamom seeds and cumin in a spice mill and grind them into a fine powder. You can also do this with a mortar and pestle.
Put the water in a blender along with the salt, ginger, garlic, cayenne, vinegar and ground spices.
Blend to a smooth paste.
Put the yogurt in a bowl large enough to hold the chicken.
Stir in the spice paste.
Add the chicken and make sure all pieces are covered in the marinade.
Break the cinnamon stick in two and tuck it in with the chicken.
Cover and marinate for at least two hours and as much as overnight.
Set the oven to 220 C or 425\u00b0F.
Bake the chicken in a shallow dish for 30 minutes or until cooked through.
The yogurt should have formed a dark brown crust.
Sprinkle with mint leaves.