Tandoori Chicken | Taste The Best
What is Tandoori Chicken?
Tandoori Chicken is a traditional Indian recipe made with a mix of masalas, spices and yoghurt. With exotic flavours, the recipe will provide you with soft, succulent, and awesome juicy poultry every time tasted—traditionally baked in a tandoor, this oven-baked dish tastes as good if no longer better.
This is an authentic tandoori chicken recipe which can be served with mint chutney/sauce, rice, tandoori bread or salads of your own choice.
Ingredients:
Chicken thighs – 4 (approx. 800 grams)
For First Marination:
Salt- 1.5 tsp
Lemon Juice- 3 tsp
Ginger Garlic Paste- 1.5 tbsp
For Second Marination:
Hung Curd- 6 tbsp
Kashmiri Chilli Powder- 5 tsp
Turmeric Powder- 1/4 tsp
Garam Masala Powder- 1/2 tsp
Cumin Powder- 1/2 tsp
Mace (Javitri) powder- 1/4 tsp
Cardamom Powder- 1/2 tsp
Roasted Kasuri methi leaves (dry fenugreek leaves) – 1 tsp
A pinch of salt
Red Food Colour (optional)- a pinch or drop
Oil- 3 tbsp
For Basting:
Butter – 4-5 tbsp
Preparation:
Wash and dry the chicken thighs
Now make slits on them as shown in the image
To make the Hung Curd, add around 300 gm of curd or plain yoghurt in a strainer kept on a bowl and allow the water to drain completely. This should take around 1 hr.
1st marination:
Take the chicken thighs into a bowl and add all the ingredients from 1st marinade.
Gently massage the chicken
Cover the bowl with a wrap and keep it in the fridge for an hour
2nd marination:
Take a separate bowl and add all the ingredients from the 2nd marinade
Mix all the ingredients until a smooth paste is formed.
Add the marinated chicken to the paste and mix very well with the paste for the chicken to absorb all the flavours from the masala and spice mix.
Cover the bowl with a wrap for a minimum of 5 hours or overnight for better flavours.
The process to make Tandoori Chicken in the oven/OTG
Preheat the oven/OTG to 482 degrees Fahrenheit.
Put the marinated chicken thighs in an oven/OTG griller
Roast the chicken thighs for 10 minutes at 482 degrees Fahrenheit
Roast for another 10 mins at 482 degrees Fahrenheit on the other side.
After 10 minutes flip the chicken again to baste with melted butter
Now reduce the oven temperature to 392 degrees Fahrenheit............read more
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