Tandoori chicken is chicken marinated with spices, yoghurt and roasted on open flame to give a charcoal smoky flavour.

Tandoori chicken originated from the Mughlai cuisine & is one of the most popular chicken appetizers that stole the hearts of many across the globe. This recipe will give you the soft, juicy, flavorful and delicious grilled chicken with bursting flavors of spices & a unique smoky aroma .

Tandoori chicken can be eaten as a starter or appetizer, or as a main course, often served with naan flatbread.It is also used as the base of numerous cream-based curries, such as butter chicken.

I made this recipe in an unique way by first pressure cooking the marinated chicken and then roasted in on gas.

Ingredients

1 kg chicken leg pieces

1 cup yogurt

1/2 cup oil

2 tbsp giner garlic paste

2 tbsp chicken tandoori masala

1 tbsp garam masala

1 tbsp red chilli powder

1 tsp turmeric powder

1 tbsp kasoori methi

2 tbsp cumin coriander powder

salt as per taste

2 tbsp butter for roasting

Method

Apply all above mentioned ingredients except butter to the chicken

Marinate chicken and refrigerate it for 3-4 hours

In a pressure cooker, add water, keep an empty vessel and on top of it keep the container with marinated chicken. Close it with a plate. Let it cook for 2 whistles.

Keep roti stand on the gas and roast the cooked chicken by applying butter one by one. It gets roasted pretty fast.

You can also grill it in the oven.

Serve it with green chutney

Green Chutney Recipe

In a grinder add coriander leaves, mint leaves, yoghurt, green chillies, cumin seeds, salt and 2 sliced of bread. Puree it.