Tandoori Chicken

Aren't we all a bit scared of cooking Indian food? I think we are because it is the unknown factor that makes us shy away, the use of all these spices, it might just be too complicated. But the real deal is that when you have done this very first step and done some really simple food, then you see that it is not so difficult and you will get more and more adventurous.

So I thought let me start with something very, very simple, the Tandoori Chicken. Which basically means that the chicken is cooked in a Tandoor, a special clay oven in India. Most of us will buy a finished mix of Tandoori spices, mix it with yogurt and then marinate the chicken, I did exactly the same as here in Ghana it is rather difficult to find each ingredient needed

But now to the recipe, you see the result on top in the photo and it is really something nice to eat

Recipe

6 kg Chicken whole

1 glass Tandoori Paste

500 G Plain Yogurt

600 G Basmati Rice

75 G Raisins

200 G Plain Yogurt

200 G Cucumber

Salt Pepper

Method

Debone the breast and legs, making sure that there is only one bone left in the leg and the breast has still the wing bone on, cleaned

Marinate the chicken with Tandoori paste and yogurt

Roast the chicken in the oven, fairly hot but not that it burns

Cook the Basmati rice with raisins

Mix the yogurt with the finely shredded cucumber

Season to taste

Plate first the rice, then add the roast chicken