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AMRITSARI TANDOORI CHICKEN Serves 4
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Ingredients
- 1.5 tablespoons cumin seeds
- 1.5 tablespoons black peppercorns
- Seeds from 3 black cardamom pods
- Seeds from 1 tablespoon green cardamom pods
- 1-teaspoon cloves
- 3 fresh hot green chillies, seeded and coarsely chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, peeled and coarsely chopped
- 1.5 inch piece of fresh root ginger, peeled and coarsely chopped
- 1.5 teaspoons salt
- 1-tablespoon mild chilli powder or paprika
- 2 tablespoons double cream
- 4 tablespoons sunflower oil
- 2.5 pound of skinned chicken pieces
- 3 tablespoons ghee or melted unsalted butter
- 1-2 tablespoons chaat masala (see below)
- 4 lime wedges
Method
- Combine the cumin seeds, peppercorns, cardamom seeds and cloves and grind
to a fine powder.
- In a food processor combine the chillies, garlic cloves, root ginger,
salt, chilli powder or paprika, double cream and sunflower oil then blend
to a paste. Add the ground spices and mix thoroughly to form a marinade.
- Cut deep diagonal slashes into the chicken pieces and then mix with the
marinade to achieve an even coating of marinade over the chicken and worked
deep into the slashes. Refrigerate overnight or up to 48 hours.
- Remove the chicken from the marinade and shake off as much excess marinade
as possible. Lay the chicken on a baking tray and baste with the ghee or
melted butter.
- Place the chicken in the top third of an oven pre-heated to its maximum
temperature. Breast pieces will take 10-12 minutes to cook, legs and thighs 15-20 minutes.
- Once cooked through, remove the chicken from the oven; sprinkle with
the chaat masala and limejuice and serve immediately.
Chat masala
- 4 teaspoons lightly roasted and ground cumin seeds.
- 1.5 tablespoons amchoor (ground mango powder)
- 2 teaspoons cayenne pepper
- 1 teaspoon finely ground black pepper
- 0.75 teaspoon finely ground black salt
- 1-teaspoon salt
- Mix all the ingredients thoroughly together ensuring that any lumps are
broken up and store in a tightly lidded container
