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Tandoori Chicken

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Tandoori Chicken

Chicken is eaten all over the world and there are countless ways to make dishes from this humble bird. My personal favourite is Tandoori chicken. This is a north Indian dish and is very famous in Punjab State of India.

Basically you need an earthen grill called Tandoor to make this chicken.

                                                    Indian Tandoor

Recipe

A classic Tandoori Chicken has to be marinated over night or at least 7 to 8 hours.

Ingredients:

1. 1 whole chicken , cut in to several pieces, remove all fat.

2. 3 tsp fresh lemon juice.

3. 1 cup yogurt plain.

4. 1 tsp garlic minced.

5. 1 tsp crushed ginger.

6. 1/2 tsp grounded cardamon.

7. 1/2 tsp pepper

8. 1 tsp grounded coriander.

9. 1/2 tsp cloves

10. salt to taste

11. Oil for brushing

12. fresh coriander for garnishing , finely cut.

13. slices of onions, cucumber and lemon to garnish.

 Preparations:

First of all take chicken pieces and prick the flesh randomly and then with a very sharp knife make deep cuts in the flesh so as the marinade would go deep inside. Now put this chicken in a shallow dish.

now in a bowl put yogurt, lemon juice, garlic, cumin, ginger, ground coriander, pepper and salt. Mix them well and mix them till it is uniform. Now pour this over the chicken and rub it over the chicken many a times, turning chicken too. Cover and put it in refrigerator over night. It must be removed about 30 to 40 minutes before cooking.

Now prepare Tandoor and make it hot by burning charcoal or wood. Then pass iron rods through the chicken pieces. and when Tandoor is fully hot, put the chicken inside the tandoor. Keep a check on chicken and keep applying little bit of oil every few minutes. It should be ready in about 45 minutes.

Serve it with slices of onion, tomato, cucumber and lemon.

                      Tandoori Chicken

Tandoori chicken

Tandoori Chicken
Tandoori Chicken

Comments

aqib00 2 years ago

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm nice my fav one.. love to eat tandori chicken...

The Rope 2 years ago

Sounds wonderful. Bookmarking this so I can try it, thanks for sharing.

sweetie1 2 years ago

Thanks Rope, i hope you would like the dish..believe me it is very tasty

DeBorrah K. Ogans 2 years ago

Sweetie 1 Sounds tasty! Must try, thank you for sharing, Blessings!

Cheeky Girl 2 years ago

This is a tasty dish and I have had Tandoori Chicken before! This is the first time I saw a recipe for it! Thanks for this! Just a question, where does the cardamon get put in to this? Is it with the main spices, cumin coriander etc? Just wondering! Thanks!

sweetie1 2 years ago

hi denorrah..thanks for the comment and yes it is very tasty , you should try it once atleast.

sweetie1 2 years ago

hi cheeky girl,

Thanks for the comment and how can i miss that..thanks for reminding me.. you can put it at time of marination so its powder can give it aroma and taste.

suresh 2 years ago

tandoor looks yummy....add few more dishes...

Cheeky Girl 2 years ago

Ok, thanks for this! Will add it at marination! Yummy! Who needs Gordon Ramsay when you have You!: )

Dolores Monet 2 years ago

This sounds absolutely fabulous. I love to read recipes on the hubs, so wonderful to just stumble on a good one. Thanks!

saahil 2 years ago

hi sweetie

sweetie1 2 years ago

Hi cheeky girl thanks for comment and yes pls try it. it is very good and tasty

sweetie1 2 years ago

hi dolores monet,

thanks for the comment and it is delicious and that is why it is so famous in India..esp north India.

arun Shetty 2 years ago

Hi sweety,

u written very will

thks,

arun shetty

Sahil 2 years ago

Ya i love tandoori chicken...

i had it last saturday...

delicious yummy..............

pmccray 2 years ago

This sounds scrumpious, bookmarking - delicious great looking hub.

sweetie1 2 years ago

Thanks pmccray

Raju 2 years ago

Yummy!

I just love it.

It is one of my favourite dishes.

Thanks for sharing Recipe.

vasanth 23 months ago

Its a delicious dish

thanks for the recipe

im gonna try it and see how it tastes

VivekSri 23 months ago

good time reading. happy to know you share same passion as me. thank you for the time invested. three cheers to this hub!

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