tandoori chicken

• preparation time: 15 minutes  +2 hours   
• 2nd marination       
• Cooking time:45 minutes or till tender (depends on how you bake it)
• Serves :3

 Keto-friendly recipe

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The recipe is very simple and easy to cook.

A whole chicken(preferably) or large pieces of chicken cuts can be used too.

It's marinated in yoghurt with spices for a few hours, up to overnight is best. Then it's baked in a tandoor(clay oven)

You can also bake it in an OTG oven,

Or in a microwave oven on convection mode and then grill it.

The story behind the Tandoori chicken 

(Reference is taken from The Times of India)

Historians have found evidence of the look-alike meat preparation in the Harappan Civilisation. Chicken bones and pieces of clay oven were found in 3000B.C in the excavation site

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However, in modern times, Tandoori Chicken has been popularised in 1940 in Moti Mahal restaurant Peshawar by Kundan Lal Jaggi

After partition in 1947, he and his associates set up Moti Mahal restaurant in Daryaganj 

, Delhi where this became the iconic dish.it is said that the first Prime Minister of India liked it so much that he made it a regular dish served at

Official banquets

Ingredients 

• Chicken whole(Skinless)
• Or cut into large pieces.
• Yoghurt
• Ginger garlic paste
• Kashmiri red chilly powder
• Salt to taste.
• Lemon juice
• Garam masala or chicken masala

Cooking Directions 

The recipe calls for two marinades

1st marinade

Rub salt, lemon juice and ginger and garlic paste for 20 minutes

2nd marinade

To 1/2 cup yoghurt add garam masala

Paprika or chilly to taste

Black salt

Kasoori methi (optional)

Make incisions on the breast thighs

Rub the marinade and let it sit for two hours or can leave it overnight, in the fridge.

Baking. 

• Preheat oven to 180 degrees
• Bake for 20 minutes
• Change sides and bake for 20 minutes
• Or till done.

• Now grill for 10 minutes

Nutritional value for medium-sized chicken

• Calories 562 kcal
• Protein 8gms 
• Fats 42%

• Carbs 6%
• Fibre 0

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