How to Make Homemade Chicken Tandoori

Hello everybody, it is me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, chicken tandoori. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Chicken Tandoori is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions daily. They are nice and they look fantastic. Chicken Tandoori is something that I’ve loved my whole life.

To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook chicken tandoori using 19 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Chicken Tandoori:

1. Prepare 15/16 kg chicken breast, or drumsticks or thighs, cleaned and skin removed
2. Get For the tandoori marinade:
3. Take 2 cups yogurt, plain
4. Get 1 tablespoon garam masala
5. Take 2 teaspoons coriander powder
6. Make ready 2 teaspoons chili powder
7. Make ready 1 juice of 1 lemon
8. Get 4 cloves garlic, crushed
9. Prepare 3 tablespoons grated ginger
10. Prepare red food colouring
11. Get For the garam massala mixture: (makes 0.5 cup)
12. Take 2 tablespoons ground cardamom, seeds
13. Take 1 cinnamon, stick, broken up
14. Take 2 tablespoons cumin, seeds
15. Make ready 1 teaspoons whole cloves
16. Make ready 2 tablespoons black peppercorns
17. Get 1 teaspoon nutmeg, grated
18. Make ready 2 tablespoons dried coriander, seeds
19. Take Special equipment: an electric coffee/ spice grinder

Instructions to make Chicken Tandoori:

1. Use a knife to make deep cuts on the surface of the chicken pieces. Place in a deep dish and set aside.
2. To prepare the garam masala: mix, then toast all ingredients in a pan for 10 mn, transfer to a coffee/spice grinder and grind them into a powder.
3. For the tandoori marinade, combine well all marinade ingredients in a small bowl. Mix until smooth adding salt according to taste.
4. Pour the marinade over the chicken and make sure that all the chicken pieces are well coated. Refrigerate at least 2 hours (the longer the better).
5. Transfer the chicken pieces an their marinade to a baking dish. Cook in the oven while turning them every once in a while and basting with the remaining marinade. Cook for around 20 mn or until both sides are done.
6. Serve on a plate and squeeze some lemon juice over.

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