TANDOORI LEG PIECES WITHOUT OVEN

TANDOORI CHICKEN is a very famous five star hotel recipe.It's origin is from PUNJAB.The main

ingredient of tandoori chicken ishung curd.Hung curd is nothing but yogurt drained of all its water. It can be made very easily at home. Tie some curd in a muslin cloth and leave it hanging for at least 3-4 hours or till all the water drains out. After this time period, pressure is applied to the bundle to squeeze out all the water and the hung curd is ready.Now getting into preparation of tandoori chicken...

INGREDIENTS

       1.Chicken -1/2 kg

2.Salt

3. Chilli powder-1 ½ tsp

4. Garam masal-1/2 tsp

5. Chat masala-1/2 tsp

6.Kasuri methi-pinch

7.Ginger garlic paste-1 ½ tsp

8.Hung curd-1cup

9.Food colour-red

10.Oil

11.Butter-2tsp

PROCESS

·         Take the chicken leg pieces in a big bowl

·         To the chicken add salt, chilli powder, garam masala, chat masala,kasuri methi, ginger garlic paste,hungcurd,food colour and butter

·         Mix all the items well so that the masala gets applied to the pieces

·         Leave the chicken for 2 hours for marination

·         We can fry the marinated pieces in oven for 40 minutes in grill mode

·         Donot worry if you don’t have a oven at home

·         You can shallow fry the chicken on a pan with little oil

·         If you want to deep fry the pieces,while marinating the chiecken add 1 tsp basin so that the masala gets binded well