Tandoori Chicken Recipe



Tandoori Chicken one of my favourite, i make it quite often. I have already shared a version of it in this blog. This is a updated version of it. I want to post a new post with new pictures..Last weekend i made it and took pics of it.. You can check out the other grilled chicken recipes ..


Tandoori chicken or any tandoori foods are incomplete without the delicious mint chutney on the sides..I have few version of mint chutney in this blog, like this and this. But the chutney which is served with tandoori foods are a lots more creamy. You can check the recipe of the mint chutney here. 


I hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turned out for you..


Preparation Time : 10 mins
Marinating Time : 6 hours or Overnight
Cooking Time : 45 to 50 mins
Serves : 5

Ingredients:

Chicken - 1 whole chicken cut into 10 pieces
Butter or Ghee for Brushing on top
Chat Masala for Sprinkling on top

For First Marination:
Chilli Powder - 1 tblspn
Salt to taste
Lemon Juice - 2 to 3 tblspn

For Second Marination:
Chilli Powder - 1 tblspn
Coriander Powder / Malli Podi - 2 tblspn
Cumin Powder - 2 tsp
Chat Masala Powder - 1 tblspn
Black Pepper Powder - 1 tsp
Turmeric Powder / Manjal Podi - 1 tsp
Red Food Colouring a pinch
Kasuri Methi Leaves - 1 tblspn

Method:

Take chicken in a bowl, make deep slits on them. Add salt, chilli powder and lemon juice to them and mix well. Leave this aside for 30 mins.

Now take second marination ingredients in a bowl and mix well. Pour this over the marinated chicken and mix well.

Leave this to marinate for 6 hours or over night.

Next day, remove it and let it come to room temp.

Preheat oven to 220 Degree C. 

Now place the chicken over a foil lined baking tray and pop it in oven for 15 mins, remove it and flip over, apply leftove marination over it if you have any and bake it for 15 more mins.

Now remove it from oven, apply ghee all over it and bake it for 10 more mins. 

Remove it and flip over and apply ghee all over it and bake it for 10 more mins.

Now remove it and set aside. Mean time, increase the oven temp to 250 degree C and set the mode to grill.

Place the tray near to the grill and cook it for 5 mins till you see some black spots over the chicken.

Remove it from oven, give a final glaze with ghee and sprinkle some chat masala over it.

Serve.

Pictorial:
Take all your ingredients

Take all the spices

Take chicken in a bowl


Actually i forgot to make slashes before i added the first marination on. So make deep slashes first

like this

Add in chilli powde

sprinkle salt

add in lemon juice

mix well and leave to marinate for 30 mins

Now lets make the second marination..Take yogurt
in a bowl

Add in spice powders

add in ginger garlic paste

add a good amount of dried fenugreek leaves

season with some salt

Mix Mix

Second marination done

Pour this over the chicken

Massage it well

Take make the marination goes into the chicken and
the slits which we made

Done...Leave this to marinate for 6 hours atleast. you can
leave it overnight, like i did

Line a baking tray with foil

Place the chicken over this

Time to bake

Remove it once half baked

Flip over 

apply the remaining marination over this

Bake again

Now take some butter or ghee

Brush it over the chicken generously

Once it is all glazed with ghee

Pop it in oven and bake for few mins
Remove it and flip over, glaze it with ghee again

Bake for few mins

I finally grilled it for 5 mins...Then i glazed it finally
 with some ghee and sprinkled it with chat masala..

Remove it and serve with mint chutney

hot and delicious..

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