Have you heard about the Electric Tandoor machine, nowadays available in the market? Those are best kitchen device for tandoori and grilled items. I found one online here : eTandoors , it's very handy kitchen gadget when you have to prepare in bulk fora party at home. This device works just like an oven, you can bake biscuits, cakes and also can grill fish, meat, paneer, chicken and vegetables. You can also barbecue meat, shashlik and kababs. Making pizza at home will be a piece of cake for you in this electric tandoors. It gives you the oil-free cooking advantage and also take less time to cook as well compared to ovens and microwaves. If anyone already using this kind of electric tandoors, please share your feedback with me, I'm planning to buy one soon.
Today I'll share one accidental cooking experiment which turned out quite well. One evening I was all set to make Tandoori chicken in my convection oven, I marinated the chicken pieces the night before, when I was about to put my micro-convection to pre-heat, the power went off. When I checked the fuse, it has blown off. With no other way out, I started preparing my marinated chicken pieces on a pan with very little oil. So, the process was little distressing. As I wanted to use very less oil to cook them, I had to constantly stand and stir them. Even though, the process was little tricky, but the end result was quite delicious treat. I gave it my own touch. Hope this recipe will help someone when needed.
Today I'll share one accidental cooking experiment which turned out quite well. One evening I was all set to make Tandoori chicken in my convection oven, I marinated the chicken pieces the night before, when I was about to put my micro-convection to pre-heat, the power went off. When I checked the fuse, it has blown off. With no other way out, I started preparing my marinated chicken pieces on a pan with very little oil. So, the process was little distressing. As I wanted to use very less oil to cook them, I had to constantly stand and stir them. Even though, the process was little tricky, but the end result was quite delicious treat. I gave it my own touch. Hope this recipe will help someone when needed.
Here is my other post if you make Tandoori Chicken in oven. Now to the recipe-------------
You Need :
Chicken legs or thighs : 4 nos.
For marinade ------------
Lemon juice : 2-3 tblsp.
Red chilli powder : 2 tblsp. or to taste
Salt to taste
Yogurt : 4 tblsp.(1tblps. for each legs or thighs)
Ginger-garlic-green chilli paste : 2 tblsp.
Onion paste : 1 tblsp.
Turmeric powder : 1 tsp.
Coriander powder : 1 tblsp.
Cumin powder : 1 tblsp.
Garam Masala Powder : 1 tblsp.
Red food color : 1 tsp.(optional)
Chaat masala : 2 tsp.
Oil : 2-3 tblsp.
Tomato Sauce : 2 tblsp.
Green chilli sauce : 1 tblsp.
Honey : 1tblsp.
Kasuri Methi(dried fenugreek leaves) : a big pinch/1 tsp.
How To :
- Clean the chicken thighs or legs. Then make some cuts on chicken thighs or legs, in a bowl, take 1 tblsp. chilli powder, little salt and 2 tblsp. lemon juice. Mix and apply nicely allover teh chicken pieces and also on all the cuts. Keep aside for 1/2 an hour.
- Then prepare another marinade. In a bowl, add red chilli powder according to your taste, salt, yogurt, all spice powders, onion-ginger-garlic-green chilli paste, rest of the lemon juice, lastly add food color. Mix well everything. Apply this marinade on chicken pieces nicely. Keep aside for 6-7 hours or overnight.
- Heat 2 tblsp. oil in a pan, add the marinated chicken pieces scraping off the excess marinade from them. In medium heat, let them roast on one side. Turn them from time to time to the other side and this way, fry the chicken pieces from all asides till they are cooked through. If needed, add little more oil in the pan.
- When done, mix in a bowl tomato, green chilli sauce and honey. Pour over the cooked chicken pieces and let the sauces coat all chicken pieces very well. Lastly I flavoured them with one pinch of kasuri methi or dried fenugreek leaves.
- Pan-fried chicken legs are ready to grab and gobble.
Little spicy, little tangy Chicken lollipops are ready. I have served them on a bed of salad, as a side dish with roti and some subzi. Check this site ofeTandoorsif you are planning to buy electric Tandoori machine.
