Tandoori Chicken Classical Old fashioned Recipe

In a Classical recipe chicken is marinated twice, Lime Marinate followed by Yogurt Marinate before cooking in the Tandoor

Ingredients

Lime Marinate

1. Chicken Roaster: 1

2. Salt: 1½ teaspoons

3. Lime juice: ¼ cup

4. Saffron: 1 teaspoon

5. Hot water: 1 Tablespoon

Yogurt Marinate

1. Chopped onion: 1 cup

2. Fresh ginger: 1"x1" chopped

3. Garlic Cloves peeled chopped: 3

4. Ground Cumin: 1½ teaspoon

5. Ground coriander seed: 1 teaspoon

6. Garam Masala Standard Frying Punjab: 1½ teaspoon

7. Ground Nutmeg: ¼ teaspoon

8. Ground Cayenne: ½ teaspoon

9. Degi Mirch: 2 teaspoon

May Substitute with Hungarian Paprika

10. Ratan Jot: 2 teaspoon

Ratan Jot may be substituted with Red Food Color

11. Peanut oil: 2 teaspoon

Substitute with any vegetable oil

12. Dahi Yogurt: 1½ cup

Cooking

1. Melted Ghee: ¼ cup

Method

Step 1: Lime Marinate

1. Prepare chicken. Remove skin. Discard skin, internal organs, neck, and wings.

2. Cut into 8 skinless pieces: 4 breast quarters, 2 thighs, 2 drumsticks

3. With a sharp knife cut a deep cross on top and bottom sidfe of of each piece.

4. Steep saffron in water for 5 minutes.

5. Combine salt, saffron with water, lime juice.

6. Put Chicken pieces in a glass bowl. Pour over the lime mixture. Rub mixture into every piece. Cover. Let it rest for one hour at room temperature,

Step 2: Yogurt Marinate

1. Combine all the ingredients in a food processor. Process at continuous speed for 2 minutes to form a smooth creamy paste. Transfer marinate to the glass bowl with chicken and Lime marinate. Mix every thing well with a spatula. Cover and let it rest in the refrigerator for a minimum of 4 hours up to over night

Step 3: Cooking

1. Preheat oven to 425º F for about 30 minutes

2. Remove chicken from marinate. Discard Marinate

3. Arrange chicken pieces in a single layer in a shallow baking pan

4. Bake for 15 minutes.

5. Remove baking dish from the oven and baste chicken with Ghee. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes. Chicken breast will be done before the thighs and drumsticks.