Tandoori chicken recipe

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  • Cuisine: Pakistani

If you enjoyed Nighat's Food Safari recipe, you might also like our fast-and-easy tandoori chicken pizza, using a whole roasted chicken; pappadums with tandoori chicken, or tandoori chicken tikka, which is ready in about 15 minutes.

Ingredients

1 kg chicken pieces or fillets
200g natural yoghurt
1 tbsp fresh ginger, grated finely
1 tbsp garlic, grated finely
1 tbsp tandoori paste
½ tsp tandoori food colouring (optional)
2 tsp cumin seeds, ground
2 tsp ground coriander
1 tsp garam masala
½ tsp chilli powder
½ tsp turmeric powder
Salt, to taste
Mint sauce and roti, to serve

Mint sauce
1 bunch mint
1 bunch coriander
2 tbsp dried pomegranate seeds, ground (available at spice shops)
Salt to taste
Chilli to taste
200g natural yoghurt
½ small onion
1 tomato
1 tsp turmeric

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Preparation

In a bowl mix together yoghurt, salt, chilli, coriander, cumin, garam masala and tandoori paste. Rub mixture into chicken and leave to marinate for at least 2 hours in the fridge.

Pre-heat the oven to its highest setting. Bake chicken for 20 minutes then reduce the oven heat to 120°C an cook until tender. Garnish with tomatoes and lettuce.

Mint sauce
Blend all ingredients in a blender until smooth.

If you enjoyed this Tandoori chicken recipe then browse more Pakistani recipes, meat recipes and our most popular hainanese chicken rice recipe.

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Comments (7)

   
09 May 2011 04:24 AEST
amanda
corinda
what the?
i don't see in the method what to do with the garlic, ginger or turmeric. i assume they just go in the marinade with everything else.
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19 Jul 2010 09:47 AEST
Alan
Palmerston North, New Zealand
tandoori paste
Hi, Can you please tell me how do you make the tandoori paste. I would like to make my own tandoori paste. What are the ingredients of the tandoori paste? Thank you.
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30 Dec 2009 01:29 AEST
NeilA
BrisVegas
Great Recipe...
Tip: add a few knobs of melted butter/ghee to the marinade. It will help the marinade stick to the chicken, adds flavour and doesn't let it dry out!
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10 Sep 2009 08:30 AEST
Angela T
Surrey, UK
MY QUEST HAS ENDED!!!
For years I have been searching for such a recipe. I knew what my tastebuds wanted, but nothing quite came up to the mark - until now. Thanks to Ms Hassan, my search is finally over. This is truly the tastiest version of this dish I have ever tried (trust me, I've cooked many MANY versions before). This is wonderful when cooked on our Weber bbq, but when the weather doesn't permit (and it often doesn't in the UK) it also translates well under a hot grill (brazier). Well done food Safari!
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18 Jun 2009 04:34 AEST
Anthony Begovic
Greensborough
Fantastic!
This is a brilliant recipe. I marinaded the chicken for two nights, and cooked it in my Weber, enclosed over a charcoal fire. This is going to be a popular dish in my family! It's easy, delicious, and fun to make. Try it with quail, too.
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05 Feb 2009 09:28 AEST
shooshme
Carrum Downs
10/10
I threw my old recipe out, this is fantastic !!!!
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17 Oct 2008 07:23 AEST
Annalee Schottmeier
Tassie
Tandoori Heaven
This was divine, be sure to marinade it for the 2 nights like they said on when they made it on Food Safari, it is worth the wait. We cooked it over an inclosed charcol fire. Yummy, think I will make it again this weekend!
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