Tandoori Chicken Recipe

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Tandoori Chicken one of my favourite, i make it quite often. I have already shared a version of it in this blog. This is a updated version of it. I want to post a new post with new pictures..

Ingredients:
Chicken – 1 whole chicken cut into 10 pieces
Butter or Ghee for Brushing on top
Chat Masala for Sprinkling on top

For First Marination:
Chilli Powder – 1 tblspn
Salt to taste
Lemon Juice – 2 to 3 tblspn

For Second Marination:
Thick Unsour Curd / Yogurt – 1 cup
Chilli Powder – 1 tblspn
Coriander Powder / Malli Podi – 2 tblspn
Cumin Powder – 2 tsp
Chat Masala Powder – 1 tblspn
Black Pepper Powder – 1 tsp
Garam Masala Powder – 1 tblspn
Turmeric Powder / Manjal Podi – 1 tsp
Red Food Colouring a pinch
Ginger Garlic Paste – 2 tblspn
Kasuri Methi Leaves – 1 tblspn

Method:
Take chicken in a bowl, make deep slits on them. Add salt, chilli powder and lemon juice to them and mix well. Leave this aside for 30 mins.
Now take second marination ingredients in a bowl and mix well. Pour this over the marinated chicken and mix well.
Leave this to marinate for 6 hours or over night.
Next day, remove it and let it come to room temp.
Preheat oven to 250 Degree C.
Now place the chicken over a foil lined baking tray and pop it in oven for 5 mins, remove it and flip over, apply leftover marination over it if you have any and bake it for 5 more mins.Remove the tray from oven, apply ghee all over it.

Now reduce the oven temp to 160 degree C and bake it for 10 more mins.
Remove it and flip over and apply ghee all over it and bake it for 10 more mins.
Remove it and flip over and apply ghee all over it and bake it for 10 more mins.



Now remove it and set aside. Mean time, increase the oven temp to 250 degree C and set the mode to grill.
Place the tray near to the grill and cook it for 5 mins till you see some black spots over the chicken.
Remove it from oven, give a final glaze with ghee and sprinkle some chat masala over it.
Serve.

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