Tandoori chicken is a popular South Asian (also very popular in UK) dish consisting 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.
Ingredients:
- Chicken leg pieces - 12 no , clean & skinned out
- Ginger garlic paste - 4 tsp
- Curd - As required for marinating
- Lemon juice - 2 tsp
- Chilli powder - Add as per spice
- Paprika powder - 1 tsp( Gives the red color naturally )
- Salt - As required
- Turmeric powder - 2 tsp
- 1. Take the skinned out chicken, add turmeric powder to it and soak for an hour .The turmeric removes the raw Smell from Chicken.
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- 2. Then Prick / slit the chicken legs with knife on both sides.
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- 3. After it is done, add ginger garlic paste, curd, lemon juice, chilli powder, paprika powder and salt .
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- 4. Mix thoroughly and leave the marinated chicken for at least an hour or so.
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- 5. Then turn on the convection oven and put it in broil and set the temperature to 375F and preheat it.
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- 6. Arrange the chicken legs in the oven.
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- 7. Turn around all the sides allowing it to be cooked evenly so that all the fat and water from chicken trips down
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- 8. The cooking generally takes about 45 min to an hour . After it is cooked well turn off .
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- 9. Now the tasty Spicy tandoori chicken is ready.
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- 10. Sprinkle little lemon juice and enjoy this with Cilantro chutney .
