Tandoori Chicken. This is an authentic recipe for Tandoori chicken. Serve with long grain Basmati rice, cucumber salad, grilled veggies, roasted corn on the cob and finish off the meal with Kulfi (Indian ice cream). Tandoori chicken gets its name from the bell-shaped tandoor clay oven which is also used to make naan, or Indian flatbread.
It's just as good as what you'd get at an Indian restaurant and it's so easy to make!
Chicken thighs are soaked in a creamy, well spiced, yogurt based marinade and then cooked on the grill to get that traditional char.
Tandoori chicken originated from the Mughlai cuisine & is one of the most popular chicken appetizers that stole the hearts of many across the globe.
You can have Tandoori Chicken using 10 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Tandoori Chicken
- You need 8 of medium Chicken pieces.
- Prepare 1 1/4 cup of hung curd.
- It's 2-3 tbsp of tandoori masala.
- Prepare As required of Red colour.
- Prepare 1/2 tsp of garam masala.
- Prepare 1 tsp of cumin powder.
- It's 2 tsp of lemon juice.
- You need 2 tsp of kasturi methi powder.
- You need As per taste of Red chilli powder.
- It's as needed of Oil.
This recipe will give you the soft, juicy, flavorful and delicious grilled chicken with bursting flavors of spices & a unique smoky aroma. You can make this tandoori chicken in an oven & on stovetop. Mix all of the marinade ingredients together and pour over the chicken. This can be done up to a day in advance.
Tandoori Chicken instructions
- Wash chicken and discard all it's water properly..
- In a small bowl take 1/4 cup of red chilli powder add lemon juice(2 tsp) and oil(2 tbsp) and mix well to form a paste.Apply the marination on chicken pieces and keep in refrigerator for 30 mins..
- Prepare second marination take hangcurd + salt + tandoori masala + red colour + cumin powder + garam masala + kasturi methi powder and mix it well and apply on chicken pieces..
- Keep in refrigerator again for 1 hour..
- Then bake them in preheat oven @ 180° for 20 mins..
- Then take gas rack and place on a gas and cook the chicken pieces on it for that perfect grill effect..
- Serve tandoori chicken with onion lemon and Schezwan.
Lift the chicken pieces onto a rack over a baking tray. Tandoori chicken is my favorite item at Indian buffets. How can anyone resist an all-you-can-eat spread of Indian food of Tandoori chicken, chicken tikka masala, butter chicken, naan, samosa and more?. In this post, I will teach you a homemade Tandoori chicken recipe which I learned from my friend Simply Reem who is a master Indian chef. This is an easy baked Tandoori Chicken recipe for everyone who happens not to have a tandoor sitting in the middle of your kitchen!