Home Style MicroovenTandoori Chicken

From the time immemorial Tandoori Chicken has held a firm position in my list of favorite comfort food. Innumerable days have seen me indulging in Tandoori Chicken and a glass of red wine with a movie for dinner. I even judge most North Indian restaurants by the quality of the Tandoori Chicken they are able to dish out.

The juicy chicken with the aroma of several spices and slight burnt flavour will never go out of fashion for me...

Last weekend out of the blue my "not so enthused about Tandoori Chicken " husband had a craving for the same. And he made himself very handy around in the kitchen ( Lucky Me !!!!). Thank fully he let me handle the marination and I let him do the grilling. And I must say that a successful joint venture it was .... 

You need :-

1. Skinless Chicken :- 600 grms ( I have used only the breast peices )
2. Yogurt :- 3 tb sp
3. Lemon Juice :- 2 tb sp
4. Kashmiri Chilli Pd :- 1 tbsp
5. Garlic Paste :- 1 tsp
6. Ginger Paster :- 2 tsp
7. Cumin Seeds :- 1 tbsp. Dry fried and coarsely ground
8. Coriander Powder :- 1 tsp
9. Garam Masala :- 1 tbsp
10. Ghee ( Clarified butter ) :- 1tbsp
11. Kasuri Methi ( Dried Fenugreek leaves ) :- 1 tbsp
12. Chilli Pd :- 2 tsp
13. Salt :- As per taste
14. Chat Masala :- 1 tsp

Method :-

• Throughly wash and chicken and trim the fat.
• Using a sharp knife cut slashes across the chicken

1st Marinade

• Apply and mixture of yogurt, Kashmiri chilli pd and lemon juice to the chicken and marinade the same for 15 to 30 minutes.

 2nd Marinade

• Add the ingredites 5 to 13 one by one to the chicken peices. Smear it well and marinade from atleast an hour. Over night marinations works best.

   

Marinated Chicken



Cooking Method :-

• Place the marinaded tandoori chicken on the the grill tray ( normally given with the microoven startup kit ).
• Choose the combination of Convection+grill and cook for 10 minutes. Turn once after 5 minutes.
• Cook in grill for 20 minutes. Turn after every five minutes. Brush oil and sprinkle a pinch of chat  masala while turning the food.
• Serve hot with green chutney, sliced cucumber & onions and lime wedges.

Tit Bits :-

• You can use food color for the restruant like look. I prefer the Kashmiri Mirch which lends a nice red color.