chicken tandoori

Who does not love this snack/starter?!

Yep, i did it... My hubby was short of writing a blank check for me! lol...

He was all praise for the dish, cos, he thought i would end up doing the boring yogurt and chilly powder marinade and feed him just that! I found many varieties of kebabs, tandoori and tried this by mixing and matching ingredients!

Ingredients:
1. Chicken - legs - 6
2. Yogurt - 2 scoops
3. Turmeric - 1 pinch
4. Chilly powder - 2 tsp
5. Pepper powder - 2 tsp
6. Onion - preferably shallots(Sambhar onion)- 10
7. Tomato - 1
8. Ginger - 1 inch
9. Garlic - 3 pods
10. Lemon - 1/2 (juice extracted)
11. Mint or coriander - few
12. Salt to taste
13. Cumin seeds - 1 tsp for seasoning

Preparation :
Wash chicken legs, make 2 or 3 slits with a sharp knife and make a marinade with lemon juice, turmeric and little salt. Leave it aside for 30minutes. Restaurants will marinate it for 8 or more hours.... I have no patience at all!

Chop shallots, tomato, garlic and ginger finely. Heat oil in a pan, add cumin seeds, onion, garlic, ginger and tomato and fry them till they turn pinkish brown. Add chilly powder, pepper powder and yogurt... Now, fry this until it becomes a thick gravy that would stick to chicken if applied.

Cool it and apply this to the marinated leg pieces. The slits would help them absorb this gravy. Grease an oven proof foil, with oil, place all the leg pieces and broil this for 10 minutes. Turn it over and broil it again for 10 mins. Now every piece must be fried in the tava with a drop or two of oil.....To give it that extra restaurant flavor....

Enjaaaayyyyyyy chicken kebabs. :))

tc,
N:astro