Tandoori Chicken | तंदूरी चिकन | Restaurant Style | Popular Recipes | Sanjeev Kapoor Khazana

yogurt

🥗Healthier: Greek yogurt

💰Cheaper: buttermilk

Greek yogurt is higher in protein, while buttermilk is often less expensive.

chicken

🥗Healthier: skinless chicken

💰Cheaper: chicken thighs

Skinless chicken is lower in fat, while thighs are usually cheaper than breasts.

Give slits on the chicken legs. Add salt and rub well. Set aside for 10-15 minutes.

Take yogurt in a parat. Add hung yogurt, gram flour, ginger-garlic paste, lemon juice, garam masala powder, red chilli powder, coriander powder, cumin powder, turmeric powder, fenugreek leaves powder, red chilli paste, mustard oil and whisk well.

Add the chicken legs and mix well. Make sure that the chicken legs are coated well with the marinade. Set aside for an hour.

Place a steel katori with the piece of hot coal in the centre. Pour some mustard oil and cover immediately. Set aside for 5 minutes. Remove the katori.

Preheat the oven to 200°C. Place the chicken legs on oven tray and bake for 15-20 minutes basting with butter occasionally.

Baste with some more butter once it is taken out of the oven.

Arrange mint sprigs, onion roundels and lemon wedges on the serving plate.

Spread some green chutney in the centre and place the cooked chicken pieces on top.

Sprinkle chaat masala and serve hot.

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