Hungry Man
Senior Member
Stove top Tandoori Chicken
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Ingredients:
Instructions:
Ingredients:
- 1/2 kg chicken drumsticks or thighs
- ½ cup thick yogurt / curd
- 3 cloves of garlic (grated)
- 1 thumb of ginger (grated)
- 1 tsp garam masala
- 1 tsp tandoori masala
- 4 tsp kasmiri chili powder (for extra heat and color)
- 1 tsp kasoori methi (fenugreek)
- ½ lemon (juice)
- 2 tbsp mustard oil
- 1 tbsp ghee / clarified butter
- 2 tsp salt
Instructions:
- Remove the skins of the chicken and cut deep slits into each chicken piece.
- Grate ginger and garlic and mix to paste
- In a mixing bowl, add half of the ginger & garlic paste, 2 tsp red (kashmiri) chili powder, ½ tsp salt and juice of a lemon.
- Whisk to mix well. Add the chicken, coat with the marinade.
- Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour.
- In a separate bowl, and 2 tsp red chili powder, 1 tbsp mustard oil and 1 tsp salt and whisk to combine
- Add yogurt, 1 tsp tandoori and garam masala, 1 tsp kasoori methi and rest of the ginger and garlic and mix
- Whisk and transfer the chicken into the 2nd marinade after the 1st marination is done
- Rub and make sure the chicken is fully coated with the mariade including the slits
- Cover and refrigerate overnight to finish the 2nd marinade
- Remove the chicken out to room temperature 30 minutes before cooking
- Optional step (smoking):
- Transfer the chicken in a pot leave a space in the middle
- Burn a small piece of smoking wood or food safe charcoal on the stove top
- Place the smoking wood in a small metal or clay cup and place in the middle of the pot
- Drizzle couple of drops of oil and cover the lid
- Let the chicken smoke there at least 15 minutes for a nice smoky flavor
- In a hot pan, heat up drizzle of mustard oil and 1 tbsp ghee
- Sear the chicken pieces until nicely charred on each side on high heat
- Cover and cook on medium heat for few more minutes, flip the pieces occassionally
- Serve with red onions, lemon slices, naan or rice