Tandoori Chicken

Total Time: 5 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 5 hrs Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 800 g chicken drumsticks
• 2 teaspoons red chili powder
• 3 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 cup yogurt
• 2 teaspoons coriander powder
• 2 tablespoons ginger paste
• 2 tablespoons garlic paste
• 1/2 teaspoon garam masala powder
• 1/2 teaspoon cardamom powder, 1tsp elaichi powder
• 2 tablespoons mustard oil
• butter, for basting
• salt
• chart masala

Recipe

• 1 1. clean chicken. cut 2 or 3 slits on each drumstick.
• 2 2. take a bowl make a mixture of 1 tsp red chili powder, 1 tbsp of lemon juice and salt.
• 3 3. apply this mixture to chicken, fill it in the slits of meat. set aside for 1 hour.
• 4 4. remove extra water from yogurt with help of muslin cloth.
• 5 5. to make second marinate, add remaining red chilli powder, coriander powder, cardamom powder, ginger paste, garlic paste, remaining lemon juice, salt, garam masala powder and mustard oil. mix well.
• 6 6. apply this marinate to chicken. keep aside for 4 hours.
• 7 7. preheat oven at 425 degree.
• 8 8. cook chicken for 15 minutes. baste with butter and cook for another 5 minutes.
• 9 serve hot. sprink pinch of chart masala while serving the tandoori chicken.