Tuesday, 1 March 2011

Tandoori Chicken ( Spicy chicken in yogurt marinate)


After a long time i am back to writing blogs.Tandoori Chicken in spicy yogurt marinate tastes great. Just give a try ,definitely you will like the taste.

INGREDIENTS:
Chicken leg or breast piece
Chilly powder : 1 tsp
Turmeric: 1/2 tsp
Lemon juice : 3 tsp
Yogurt : 100 ml
Olive oil or cooking oil : 1 tsp
Butter : 4 tsp
Salt as required

To Grind :
Cloves : 3 Nos
Bay leaf : 2 Nos
Cumin seeds : 1/2 tsp
Garlic : 2 pods
Ginger : 1 inch
Coriander seeds : 2 tsp
Onion : 1 (finely chopped)


PREPARATION:
1. Rub the salt and lemon over the chicken and leave it for half an hour 
2. Keep the pan in the stove.Fry the cloves, bay leaf , cumin seeds, coriander seeds .
3. Grind the above ingredients with ginger, garlic,Onion an form a paste. 
4. Put the grinded ingredients in the yogurt along with chilly powder, turmeric powder ,salt and oil.
6. Apply the above paste to the chicken and marinate for at least 8 hrs.
7. Take the chicken and keep in the Oven.
8. Preheat the oven for 5 min and keep the chicken in the oven for 45 min until its done.
8. Take the chicken from oven and  mix lime juice with butter and dress it over the tandoori chicken.
9. Now its ready to serve.

                                                  TASTE IT !!!!    ENJOY IT!!!!