Tandooried chicken

Name: Tandooried chicken
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 2 tsp garam masala; 1 tsp red food colouring mixed with 3 tsp yellow colouring; 1 tsp red food colouring mixed with 3 tsp yellow colouring; 8 tbsp thick yoghurt; chunk of butter; 1 red onion, finely sliced into rings; 2 good handfuls of mint leaves; 8 free-range chicken drumsticks or thighs, or 4 breasts, skinned; 8 free-range chicken drumsticks or thighs, or 4 breasts, skinned; 8 free-range chicken drumsticks or thighs, or 4 breasts, skinned; salt; 2 lemons; 4 cm piece fresh root ginger, peeled; 4 cloves garlic, crushed; 2 thin green chillies, deseeded and chopped

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Food and Travels

By Alastair Hendy

Published 2004

About

I’m giving you the psychedelic version - for true tandoor colour. Chicken tandoori just ain’t the same without it.

Ingredients

8 free-range chicken drumsticks or thighs, or 4 breasts, skinned
salt
2

Asia
India
Starter
Gluten-free

Method

If using breasts, cut each into three. Slash the meat with about three cuts in each chunk, then pile into a dish, sprinkle with salt and squeeze over the juice of 1 lemon. Massage everything in. Grate over the ginger, add the garlic, chillies, and garam masala, and massage this in too. Next, brush the chicken with the food colouring, then tumble with 4