Tandoori Chicken Kebabs

Tandoori originally meant any food cooked in an Indian clay oven, called a tandoor. Now it more often denotes a recipe with a currylike spice mixture that includes paprika, turmeric, coriander, and some sort of fermented dairy product to act as a marinade. In this recipe we’ve used yogurt for a thick, clinging marinade, which forms a crust around each chicken piece that is both flavorful and protective.