Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, tandoori chicken. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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 is an Indian dish that's traditionally marinated in yogurt and spices then roasted in a hot tandoor oven (a cylindrical shaped clay oven).
Tandoori chicken is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. Tandoori chicken is something that I have loved my whole life. They are nice and they look wonderful.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook tandoori chicken using 16 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Tandoori chicken:
- Prepare 8 chicken breast
- Prepare 1 1/2 piece ginger
- Prepare Small pod of garlic (whole bulb)
- Make ready 1 large onion
- Prepare 285 ml plain yoghurt
- Prepare 140 ml lemon juice
- Get 1 tsp chili powder
- Get 1 tsp cumin seeds
- Get Salt
- Prepare 2 sticks cinnamon
- Get 1 bay leaf
- Make ready 10 cloves
- Prepare 8 black peppercorns
- Take 3 cardamon seeds
- Make ready Red food colouring (optional)
- Take Butter
The dish originated from the Indian subcontinent and is popular in many other parts of the world. Dishes similar to tandoori chicken may have existed. 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?.
Instructions to make Tandoori chicken:
- Liquidise the ginger, garlic, onion and yoghurt to a paste.
- Apply to the chicken breasts and should you wish, add a couple of drops of red colouring to bring a pink colour. Marinade over night
- The next day, grind your cinnamon, bay leaf, cloves, peppercorns, cardamon seeds.
- Next add chili powder, cumin seeds, lemon juice into the ground spices
- Make some shallow slits in the breast if you want to keep as whole breasts. If you don't, for say kebabs then instead of small slices, cut chicken into large pieces
- Add your spice mix into the slits and cover with salt and butter. Or if kebabs, place chicken pieces into bowl and add spices and mix
- Place under grill until only clear juice to ensure its fully cooked. If not, grill for longer.
- If kebabs, 200C/400F and grill again till juices are clear. Coat the chicken pieces with left over spice mix when you rotate.
- Enjoy with some chili sauce or raita etc.
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. Looking for a tasty chicken marinade recipe? Tandoori spice always hits the spot. Discover our traditional and updated versions of this classic Indian curried chicken recipe. Mix all of the marinade ingredients together and pour over the chicken.
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