Khana- Indian Recipes and Cuisine

Method

Step 1: Clean the chicken pieces and make small incisions.
Step 2: Then mix chilli powder, lemon juice and ginger-garlic paste and rub it on the chicken pieces and allow it to marinate for about 2 hours.
Step 3: Then mix the yogurt, dhania powder, garam masala, red color and salt and rub it on the pieces again and allow it to stand for another few hours.
Step 4: Preheat the oven at 200. Oil the grill and put the chicken pieces onto it.
Step 5: Cook on combination mode at 200 for 16 minutes and then on convection mode for 12 minutes at 200.
Step 6: Towards the end of the cycle baste with the butter on both the sides.
Step 7: Serve with onion rings, lemon wedges and sprinkled with chaat masala.

Other Named As

Tandoori Chicken is also spelled as Tanduri chicken or Tandori Chicken.

What's a tandoor or Tandoori

Tandoori or Tandoor is an earthen oven used in India. It usually gets very hot, around 800 F, inside it. Tandoor barrel-shaped and run by using coal which burns at the bottom and heats clay interior.The best substitute for Tandoor will be a closed charcoal grill. You can also use oven, but it should be your last resort

Optional Spices

few pods of cardamom
pinch of saffron Salt to taste
Note: You can also buy readymade Tandoori Chicken Spice mixture or paste in any South Asian store or ethnic sections of big grocery store.

Ingredients

10 pieces of chicken (drumsticks and/or breast with skin removed)

1 cup plain yoghurtSpices:

1 tablespoon melted butter

1 tablespoon lemon juice

1 tablespoon red chilli powder (adjust according to preference)

1 tablespoon coriander powder

1 tablespoon garlic paste

1 tablespoon ginger paste

1 tablespoon cumin powder

1/2 tablespoon mustard

1/2 tablespoon Garam Masala powder

Hung curd - 1 cup

Dhania powder - 1 tablespoon (coriander)

Garam masala - 1 tablespoon

Salt - To taste