Tandoori Chicken Recipe in Urdu
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For tandoori chicken recipe, Chicken is first marinated with yogurt and tandoori chicken masala which include red pepper, all-spice, cumin, ginger garlic and lemon juice. It's fiery red tone is achieved by using common red pepper and sometimes Kashmiri red chilli. Turmeric powder is also used to darken the color as it turns chicken appear orange in color. If needed to keep the color light, red and yellow food colors are used in conjunction. The tandoori chicken recipe is certainly one of the most popular dishes around the world mostly in the south Asian countries. The tandoori chicken recipe is a traditional recipe that is loved by each and every person and now you can easily make the tandoori chicken recipe at home with the help of this easy and simple tandoori chicken recipe. Yes, it is obvious facts that you cannot rush to the restaurant everytime you wish to eat something good. So why not learn how to make tandoori chicken at home with this simple tandoori chicken recipe and surprise your family and friends.
What is Tandoori Chicken?
Tanduri chicken is a highly demanded and well-admired recipe from Pakistan and India. It is eaten across India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, even eaten in some European countries as well. Chicken tandoori is made up with roasted chicken which is marinated with yogurt, lemon, red pepper, all-spice powder, cumin powder, g/garlic paste and turmeric powder. The mystery behind its name 'tandoori' is the clay oven (tandoor) which is used to prepare roasted chicken recipes.
How Tandoori Chicken Recipe is Made?
Chicken is first marinated with yogurt and tandoori chicken masala which include red pepper, all-spice, cumin, ginger garlic and lemon juice. It's fiery red tone is achieved by using common red pepper and sometimes Kashmiri red chilli. Turmeric powder is also used to darken the color as it turns chicken appear orange in color. If needed to keep the color light, red and yellow food colors are used in conjunction.
After seasoning the chicken, it is threaded on the skewer and roasted in clay oven called 'Tandoor'. Oven is heated with coal and sometimes by burning wood which infuses the charcoal flavor to the chicken. Tandoori chicken is always cooked at high temperature as to get it's exact taste.
Following is the tandoori chicken recipe in English.
Ingredients
- Chicken: 500 grams
- Yogurt: 125 grams
- Lemon: 1 no.
- Red Pepper Powder: 1 tbsp
- All Spice Powder: 1 tbsp
- Cumin Powder: 1 tsp
- G/Garlic Paste: 1 tbsp
- Turmeric Powder: 1/2 tsp
- Salt: as per taste
- Oil: as required
Method
- Mix chicken leg piece, salt, turmeric powder, red pepper powder, cumin powder, yogurt, lemon juice, ginger garlic paste, oil
and all-spice powder and mix well until chicken is marinated thoroughly.
- Now place marinated chicken in oven tray, add half cup water and bake until cooked.
- Once chicken is golden brown in color, remove from oven and grill for some minutes to give it a smoky flavor.
- Tandoori chicken is ready to serve. Enjoy hot with condiments.
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Tandoori Chicken Recipe in English