Chicken Tandoori in Microwave

"Chicken Tandoori in Microwave" is one of my most favorite homemade recipes and I personally believe it as a most favored starters for all the chicken lovers. You will surprise to know that this can easily be prepared at home in microoven if you follow the steps as decsribed here. Now lets start....

CHICKEN TANDOORI

Servings: 4/5

Ingredients:

Chicken (fatless) - 1 kilogram, cut into 8 pieces

Lemon Juice – 3 tbsp

Kashmiri Red chili – 2 tbsp

Salt – 1.5 tbsp or as per taste

Card – 200 gms (strain card to remove water)

Cumin powder – 1 tbsp

Coriander powder – 1 tbsp

Garam Masala powder (spice mixture) – 1 tbsp

Pepper powder – 1 tbsp

Fenugreek Leaves (kasuri methi) – 1 tbsp, crushed by your hand

Red food color – ¼ th tbsp

Mustard oil – 4 tbsp

Preparation:

Remove all fat from the chicken, and pierce with fork and also cut the Chicken with knife where flesh is more. Take a bowl, add lemon juice (2 tbsp), kashmiri red chili (1 tsp), salt, mix with chicken and rub over the chicken. Set aside for half an hour.

In a separate bowl, put the card, add cumin powder, coriander Powder, kashmiri red chili powder (1 tbsp), garam masala, ginger/garlic paste, lemon Juice (1 tbsp), pepper powder, fenugreek leaves, red food color. Mix well and add in the chicken, rub well and marinate for minimum 4 hours or overnight in Freeze.

Remove it before 30 minutes of cooking.

Apply Mustard Oil. Place the chicken on Microwave Grill Rack and put a Microwave bowl under it. Roast for 10 minutes. Take out the Rack and put the topside down. Apply Butter and put it inside the oven and cook for 20 minutes. Reposition the chicken frequently for best results.

Serve Chicken Tandoori with tomato ketchup, mint chutney or....with chilled drinks.