Tandoori Chicken
Tandoori Chicken is one of the most famous dishes in Indian Cuisine. It is a chicken dish that originated in Punjab region of India. The chicken is marinated in yogurt, and seasoned with tandoori masala. What makes Tandoori Chicken so special is in the way it is cooked. It is traditionally cooked at high temperatures in an earthen oven called a Tandoor.
Recipe Details:
Servings: 2-3 People
Cooking recipe time in minutes: 60
Difficulty level: medium
Cooking Recipe Ingredients
1 Kg chicken
1 tsp of Kashmiri red chilli powder
1 table spoon lemon juice
Salt to taste
1 tspn of chaat masala
For Marinating
200 gms of yogurt
1 tspn of Kashmiri red chilli powder
Salt to taste
2 tblspns of ginger paste
2 tblspns of garlic paste
2 tblspns of lemon juice
2 tspn of garam masala powder
2 tblspns of mustard oil
Cooking recipe preparation instructions:
1. Skin, wash and clean the chicken. Make incisions with a sharp knife on breast and leg pieces.
2. Apply a mixture of Kashmiri red chilli powder, lemon juice and salt to the chicken and keep it aside for half an hour for marinating.
3. Remove whey of yogurt by hanging it in a muslin cloth for fifteen to twenty minutes. Now mix Kashmiri red chilli powder, salt, ginger-garlic paste, lemon juice, garam masala powder and mustard oil to the yogurt.
4. Apply this marinade onto the chicken pieces and refrigerate for three to four hours.
5. Put the chicken onto the skewers and cook in a moderately hot tandoor or a pre-heated oven (200 degrees Celsius) for ten to twelve minutes or until almost done. Baste it with butter and cook for another four minutes.
6. Sprinkle chaat masala powder and serve with four onion rings and lemon wedges.
