Chicken Tandoori

Chicken Tandoori

Before starting preparing the tandoor i want to tell its history.
The story of its origins lies with Kundan Lal Gujral,
a Hindu Punjabi, who ran a restaurant called Moti Mahal in Peshawar in the 1920s.
Following the partition in 1947, Gujral found himself one of many Hindu refugees fleeing to India to escape the rioting and upheaval.
He moved his restaurant to Delhi in a place called Daryaganj.
Using new recipes to keep his patrons interested, Gujral tried cooking chicken in tandoors which were until then only used to cook naan.
Chicken tandoori is basically cooked in tandoor tubs in restuarant but at home we will cook it in microoven or in simple oven.
Chicken pieces selection must be done correctly only leg pieces are preffered and the cutting style is the real secreat of preparing chicken tandoori.
Chicken pieces are washed properly then then on the muscular part of the chicken cut deep but thin two to three layers. And from the bony lower part cut the white ligament by cutting the fleashy part of it.

Marinade 1:

1. 1 tsp oi
2. 1 and 1/2 tsp salt
3. 2-4 lemon juice

Marinade 2:

1. 4-5tsp yogurt/curd
2. 2tsp oil
3. 1tsp salt
4. garm massala powder
5. Kashmiri chilli powder/simple chilli powder
6. ginger garlic paste
7. 2 lemon juice
8. 2 tsp tandoori masala(found in a market)

Mix the chicken pieces with marinade 1.And keep it for 2 to 3 hours in a friezer.
Than add the chicken pieces in marinade 2.And keep it for 4 to 5 hours.
For Micro oven:
 Preheat the oven for 1 or 2 minutes and then set the upper grill stand(if available else use simple grill stand),
 place the chicken pieces in that stand with oil and mint and coriander leaves on it and start the oven set the mode to grill and convention(becareful don't use micro mode as the iron stand will then give electric spark)
 set the time for 12-13 minutes.
For simple oven:
Do the above steps simple in open pan in high flame.
Then reverse the pieces and add some oil on it set for again 12-13 minutes.
Serve it hot with pudina chutney and sauce.
enjoy............