Tandoori Chicken

Tandoori Chicken :

Tandoori chicken is a dish originating from Indian subcontinent. It is widely popular in South Asia, Middle Eastern and Western countries. It consists of roasted chicken prepared with yogurt and spices. The name comes from the type of cylindrical clay oven, a tandoor, in which the dish is traditionally prepared.
The chicken is marinated in yogurt and seasoned with the spice mixture tandoori masala and is traditionally cooked at high temperatures in a tandoor (clay oven), but can also be prepared on a traditional barbecue grill. It is heated by Charcoal or Wood which also add the smoky flavour to it. Tandoori chicken originated in the Punjab before the independence of India and Pakistan.

Tandoori Chicken recipe

Recipe Cuisine: Indian |  Recipe Category: Appetizer
Prep Time:20 mins    |  Cook time: 30mins     |  Serves: 2

Ingredients

              

                                        For the first marination:

Chicken pieces  1kg

Turmeric Powder -1/4 tsp

Lemon - 1/2 piece

Chicken tandoori masala - 1/2 tsp (optional)

                                   For the second marination:

Chilly powder(dhaniya powder combined) - 1tbsp

Yoghurt - 1 cup

Salt - needed

Pepper powder - 1/4tsp

Jeera powder -1/4 tsp

Ginger Garlic paste-3/4  tsp

Turmeric powder - 1/4tsp

Oil - 1tsp

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 Method:

• First chop the chicken into leg pieces or u can use full chicken and wash them well with turmeric powder. Make slits on the flesh.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
•  Squeeze the lemon and apply all over thechicken and rub the chicken with the lemon skin.Now sprinkle the tandoori masala around the chicken and apread itaround the chicken with your hands.Apply well in the slits.This is purely optional, you can marinate with the lemon alone.
  
• Keep it aside for 30mins maximum. Now start with the second marination. Take a bowl and mix all theingredients in the second table. Mix it well with your hands into a smooth paste.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Apply the paste on all the chicken pieces evenly and inside the slits.
  
• Now to cook it we have 3 options: 

                                                                        Option 1:

Pre- heat the oven or griller in 200 degrees for 20 mins and place the chciken on the grill plate. Place a aluminium folie on the plate and place the chciken on top of it. Smear the oil on top of the chciken and cook it in 200 degrees for 30 mins. Turn the chicken pieces with a wooden stick when one side is cooked well.

Option 2:

I you dont have a griller, take a pan and heat it 1 scoop oil, place the chciken pieces on the pan and cover the pan with a lid. Turn it every 10 mins and cook with lid closed.

Option 3:

When you cook in an oven place the chciken in a tray, this will give you roasted chciken with the tandoori sauce also around it.

• Enjoy the dish with any dip if taking as a snack. Garnish with Krauter leaves(optional)