Tandoor Chicken Recipe

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Tandoor Chicken Recipe:

Ingredients:

Chicken - 1 whole
Green Chillies - 20 gms
Ginger - 10 gms
Garlic - 10 gms
Papaya (green) - 5 gms
Juice of 1/2 lime
Salt - to taste

Batter:

Curds - 390 ml
Red Chilli Powder - 5 gms
Kashmiri Chilli Powder - 10 gms
Salad Oil - 15 ml
Orange Colour (Erythrocyn) - 5-7 drops

Method:

• Prepare the chicken (pluck, singe and skin).
• Cut slits lengthwise over the breast portion and breathwise over the leg portion carefully.
• Apply salt and sprinkle lime juice all over and keep aside.
• Grind green chillies, ginger and garlic to a paste.
• Beat curds thoroughly. Add ground spices.
• Grind papaya and add. Beat well again.
• Add the chilli powder and beat well.
• Add salad oil and colour and strain through fine sieve.
• Rub the batter all over the body of the chicken and well inside the slits.
• Let it soak in the batter for at least 12 hours.
• Thread chicken on to a thin iron rod and place it well inside the tandoor.
• Remove when well done.
• Serve hot with onion rings and pieces of lime.