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• Tandoori Chicken is very easy to prepare at home, with a very smoky taste.
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• Let’s note its step by step recipe.

Tandoori chicken means a red and smoky piece of hotel chicken stands in front of the eyes. Many people think that making tandoori chicken requires a special tandoor, but it is not. With the right spices, proper marination and a bit of smartness, one can prepare a hotel-like tandoori chicken at home even without a tandoor.

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The biggest advantage of making tandoori chicken at home is cleanliness, quality ingredients and the freedom to add spices to your liking. Outsourced tandoori chicken is feared to contain too much color or oil, but we can easily make a healthy and tasty alternative in our home recipes. This chicken can be prepared using oven, tawa or cooker. This dish is perfect for a party, weekend special meal or for guests. So, why to make chicken tandoori at home even if you don’t have a tandoor Recipe Let’s find out.

Materials:

• Chicken (leg piece/thigh piece) – 500 gms
• Curd – 1 cup (thick)
• Ginger-garlic paste – 2 tbsp
• Red Chilli – 2 tsp
• Kashmiri Red Chillies – 1 tsp
• Turmeric – ½ tsp
• Coriander cumin powder – 1 tsp
• Garam masala – 1 tsp
• Lemon juice – 2 tbsp
• Salt – as per taste
• Oil – 3–4 tbsp
• Chaat Masala – A pinch (for serving)

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Action:

• For this, first wash the chicken and make deep cuts on it with a knife. This infuses the marination and makes the chicken tender.
• In a large bowl, add curd, ginger-garlic paste, red chillies, Kashmiri chillies, turmeric, coriander-cumin powder, garam masala, lemon juice, salt and oil and mix well. Add the chicken to this mixture and apply the masala to each piece.
• Cover the chicken and refrigerate for at least 4 to 6 hours (overnight if you want more flavor).
• Heat a heavy pan and add some oil. Place the marinated chicken on the pan. Cover and cook the chicken on medium heat.
• Keep turning the chicken every 5-7 minutes. Cook until the chicken is fully cooked and nicely browned on both sides.
• After the chicken is cooked, place a small bowl in the center of the pan. Put burning charcoal in it and a little on it
• Add ghee. Immediately cover and keep for 2–3 minutes. This gives tandoori chicken a tandoor-like smoky flavor.
• Sprinkle some chaat masala on the tandoori chicken. Serve hot with onion, lemon wedges and green chutney. This tandoori chicken goes well as a starter or with roti-naan.