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The most popuar Indian starter. Chicken pieces marinated in yogurt along with spices and cooked till tender. TANDOORI CHICKEN Ingredients 750 grams whole chicken, cut into 4 pieces on the bone 2½ tablespoons lemon juice ½ teaspoon turmeric powder Salt to taste 3½ tablespoons Kashmiri red chilli paste 1½ tablespoons ginger-garlic paste ¾ cup hung yogurt ½ teaspoon garam masala powder ¼ teaspoon carom seeds (ajwain) ½ teaspoon chaat masala + for sprinkling 1½ tablespoons gram flour (besan) 1 teaspoon red chilli flakes Oil for greasing 2 medium onions ½ medium tomato ¼ medium cucumber ½ lemon A fresh mint sprig for garnishing Melted butter for brushing Method 1. Make incisions on both sides of chicken pieces and place on a plate. Add 2 tablespoons lemon juice, salt and rub well from all sides. 2. Add turmeric powder, 2 tablespoons Kashmiri red chilli paste and 1 tablespoon ginger-garlic paste and rub well again. Refrigerate to marinate for 20-25 minutes. 3. To prepare 2nd marinade, combine hung yogurt, remaining Kashmiri red chilli paste, remaining ginger-garlic paste, lemon juice, garam masala powder, carom seeds, ½ teaspoon chaat masala and gram flour in a bowl and whisk. Add salt and whisk. Add chilli flake and whisk well. 4. Put the marinated chicken pieces in another bowl, add the 2nd marinade and rub well. Set aside to marinate for 1 hour. 5. Preheat oven to 200° C. 6. Grease a baking tray with some oil, place the marinated chicken pieces and apply the marinade. 7. Put the tray into the preheated oven and bake for 30 minutes. 8. Peel the onions and cut into thin roundels. Cut the sides of tomato and further cut into a fan. 9. Diagonally cut the cucumber and further cut into a fan. 10. Halve a lemon and peel some skin using a knife and tie a knot to make a tail. Place a mint sprig on top. 11. Brush some melted butter on top. 12. Place onion roundels, tomato fans, lemon slice and cucumber fan on one side of a serving platter and tandoori chicken on another side. Sprinkle some chaat masala on top and serve hot. Click to Subscribe: http://bit.ly/1h0pGXf Cookware by : http://www.wonderchef.in Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/ChefSanjeevKapoor Twitter : https://twitter.com/sanjeevkapoor #sanjeevkapoor
