Tandoori chicken
Tandoori Chicken Recipe
On the occasion of lights- Diwali-people enjoy feasting on mouthwatering recipes. Since there is a practice of exchange of sweets on this occasion, it has almost become a custom in every family to prepare umpteen numbers of scrumptious traditional sweets and distribute them amongst relatives and neighbors. People generally prefer making sweets that are universally liked. One of the universally liked sweet is the Rasmalai. Made of cheese, milk, sugar and kesar, this is considered to be a ‘royal recipe’. As this royal recipe is not very difficult to make, you can also try making it as per the instructions given below.
PREPARATION TIME : 10 minutes
COOKING TIME : 25-30 minutes
SERVINGS : 4
INGREDIENTS:
- 1 chicken cut into pieces
- 3 small black cloves
- 5 red dried chilies
- 1/2 pint of natural yogurt
- 2 cloves ground crushed garlic
- 11/2 teaspoons chili powder
- 1/8 cup of butter
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 1/2 teaspoon powdered red food coloring
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
METHOD:
- The cloves and dried chilies are to be roasted, ground and set aside. Mix the yogurt, salt, food coloring, ground ginger, garlic, and chili powder and the ground ingredients are to be thoroughly mixed. Place the chicken pieces in a dish and pour the yogurt over. Leave to marinate. Smear a large piece of foil with butter. Arrange the chicken on the foil with the marinated mixture and dot the butter on top. Fold the foil around the chicken and seal and bake for about 45 minutes or until done.
- Serve immediately with lemon wedges and green chilies.
