Tandoori Chicken

Total Time: 24 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 24 hrs Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 8 chicken thighs or 8 chicken breasts, cut into pieces and skewered
• 250 ml yoghurt
• 4 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 6 garlic cloves, crushed
• 1 (2 inch) grated gingerroot
• 3 tablespoons lemon juice
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1 tablespoon tomato paste, for colour (optional)
• 1 pinch saffron, for colour (optional)
• 1 tablespoon ground coriander
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1 teaspoon ground turmeric
• 1 teaspoon garam masala
• 1/4 teaspoon ground mace
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper

Recipe

• 1 place the yoghurt, oil, onions, garlic, ginger and lemon juice and all the spices in a bowl and mix well.
• 2 spread over and around the skewers and marinate chicken for 24 hours turning a couple of times.
• 3 cook chicken skewers suspended over the coals in a hot kettle bbq (or bbq with a lid).
• 4 after around 5 minutes when the chicken is well browned, turn the chicken over to cook on the other side.
• 5 this may depend on the your oven heat.
• 6 replace the lid and cook for another 5 minutes or so until the chicken flesh is just set.