Tandoor Chicken – Marathi Recipe

Instructions

• Wash the leg pieces really good and dry them.
• Make few slits from both sides on the chicken so that msala will be well absorbed in it.
• Add ginger-garlic paste, turmeric powder, salt, red chilli powder and rub it really good to chicken from all sides.
• The spices should go inside the slits.
• Cover and transfer the chicken into freeze for at least 1 hour to marinate.
• Take the chicken out and add curd, coriander powder, cumin powder, garam masala, salt, red chili powder, corn flour on it.
• Use thick or hung curd.
• Corn flour gives nice binding and crisp to chicken. Do not skip the corn flour.
• You can use rice flour in place of corn flour.
• Add oil on all these masalas and mix everything well together.
• Rub the mixture well from both sides of chicken.
• Coat the chicken well with those spices.
• Cover and marinate for at least 3-4 hours in freeze.
• It is the best if you marinate the chicken over night.
• Add a little water at the base of the pressure cooker.
• Put an empty pot at the base.
• Place the cooker dish or any other dish on it.
• Place the pieces on chicken on the dish.
• Close the lid and cook on medium heat until 3 whistles.
• You can brush a little oil on the chicken of you want.
• Place a wooden charcoal on the gas flame and turn on the gas.
• Insert a skewer in the cooked chicken and roast well from all sides on the gas until it gets nice crisp.
• Tandoor chicken is all ready.