Tandoori chicken is a very popular dish in india and other countries also. It is a classic dish which is liked by all over the world.it is cooked in tandoor which is made of clay. as we do not have clay tandoor, we can enjoy tandoori chicken by just making it in oven. This time I am going to show you the steaming method, those who do not have oven can cook this method. Those who have oven can cook it in the oven also.
If while making full tandoori chicken, if it breaks or pieces come apart it okay, at the end you can join the pieces and serve. any how u have to cut the pieces and eat it. While cooking full tandoori chicken we have to be very care full while turning the chicken, other wise it can break. follow the instruction and make tasty tandoori chicken at home.
In my previous recipe full chicken fry, I have done the same method, this time different spices and frying it on grill.
I got the idea to just make full chicken fry using tandoori masala ingredients. you can call it as a tandoori chicken also. so according to my taste I have prepared the marinade which is spicy, sour and tangy. This time I have roasted few spices and then grounded to have a different taste.
Ingredients
- full chicken (make slits on chicken) – 700 gms to 750 gms
- Oil – for frying Marinade
- Ginger and garlic paste – 4 tsp
- Kashmiri chilli powder – 2 tsp to 2 1/2 tsp
- Salt – as per taste.
- Vinegar – 1 tbsp
- Biryani or orange colour (optional)
- Curd – 1/2 cup thick
- Oil – 2 tsp
- Chat masala – 2 tsp
- Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp
- Lemon juice – 2 tbsp Roasting spices
- Cumin seeds – 1 1/2 tsp
- Black pepper seeds – 3 tsp
- Coriander seeds – 2 tsp
- Kashmir dry chilli – 1 Garnishing
- Chat masala to sprinkle
- Lemon pieces few and salad leaves
Method
- Marinade
- First make some slits on the chicken and keep it aside.
- Take a bowl or plate and add all ingredients one by one and mix well, till all the spices are combined well.
- Roast the other spices and grind or crush it in a pestle mortar coarsely.
- mix this roasting spice also in the marinade. Check it weather salt is enough or not by tasting it little.
- Then apply on chicken, inside its body also, apply all over the body. Rub the chicken nicely and evenly on the chicken. the marinade should be thick, so that it can nicely be marinated. cover and keep it in the fridge for 4hrs to overnight. before cooking, remove from the fridge and bring it to room temperature for 1/2hr and then cook it.
- You can see in the picture, the marinate is nicely coated with the chicken, do not rub your hand on it again, you have to cook directly in the vessel. Donot disturb the marinated chicken by touching or mixing it again with hand. There are 2 methods to cook tandoori style full chicken.
- This method you can adopt if ,you do not have oven at home. this is just cooking the chicken in a vessel, without oil or water, then cooking it in a big and wider kadai or in grill pan, to get that charred tandoori colour.
- Take a vessel, any deeper or wider vessel(it will be easy to cook full chicken and turn also),put the full chicken with the marinade and close the lid and cook it on medium heat. If you want can grease the vessel with a tsp of oil. Can open the lid and cook the chicken.
- The main purpose is to steam the chicken and absorb all the water and make the chicken marinade cooked and dry.
- In between check the chicken, so that it should not stick to the pan, after sometime turn the other side and cook it. Use tong and one big spoon to turn the chicken, or 2 big spoons can see in the picture. it will be easy to hold and turn.
- When you see that all marinade juice is absorbed and chicken is also cooked, then switch it off. Do not cook it on a very high heat or high flame. In between check it so that it is not burnt or stick to the vessel.
- If the chicken is cooked and marinade liquid is still there, open the lid and cook it. the marinade juice will be absorbed quickly, do not over cook it. Now take out the chicken and keep it aside. b. Frying process in a grill:
- After the chicken is cooked in a vessel, it is time to give that charred affect on the chicken like tandoori colour or barbeque affect.
- Put oil 1 tbsp in a wider grill, so that chicken can be cooked well and easily turned also. Do not cook it on a very high flame.
- When the oil is hot, put the chicken on grill carefully and fry it, when the chicken is cooked on one side and colour changes, turn the chicken to the other side and cook it till it is fried well. cook the chicken evenly on all sides. Can drizzle some oil in between if required.
- As the chicken is already cooked, it will get fried soon, as we want to give that tandoori colour or as a barbeque colour.
- Turn it with the help of a tong and hold the grill also. when it is cooked on all sides and nice charred type colour has come ,then remove it and serve it with salad. sprinkle some chat masala and lemon juice on it, but it is not needed as already we have added in the marinade. If you see in the picture , I have just removed the 2 legs and fried the chicken again, as I wanted to get charred from inside, if you want can do it or just avoid it.Serve it with sliced onions and lemon slices. Taste is really good , try it.
a. steaming and frying it in a kadai or in a grill
b. Oven method (which I have shown in the other recipes)
The cooking instructions may be quite long, but I have given this to understand in a better way.
a. Steamed chicken cooking process:
Notes
- Do not get confuse by seeing the long process, it is just cooking the chicken first by steaming , then for the reddish charred colour we are frying it in a grill or kadai.
- When cooking in a kadai or grill, the oil can split, all over, so can close the lid and cook it. cook on medium flame, in between you can simmer it, while turning the chicken.
- Check the marinade then apply on chicken, whether it is spicy or salt is there or not.
- You can add your own spices and marinade it. when you add the curd it should be thick. you can alter with the ingredients according to your taste.
- You can use any chilli powder and any dry chilli also, if Kashmir chilli is not available.
- While cooking, if the pieces come apart its okay, at last while serving, you can arrange it like a full chicken and serve it. main thing is to get the taste best.
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