Tandoori Chicken in Gas Oven Tandoor (GOT)

Ingredients

• 500 gms Zorabian Chicken Drumsticks Skinless (5 Pieces)
• 1 1/4 cup Hung Yogurt
• 1/4 cup Mustard Oil
• 3 tbsp Ginger Garlic Paste
• 4 tbsp Tandoori Masala
• 2 tbsp Kashmiri Paprika Powder
• 1 tbsp Turmeric Powder
• 2 tbsp Lemon Juice
• Salt to Taste
• Butter (For Basting)
• 1/4 tsp Chaat Masala
• 1/8 tsp Red Chilli Powder

Steps

1. Firstly, clean and wash the chicken well. Drain out all the water completely. In a large mixing bowl add all the above-mentioned ingredients and whisk it until well combined. The yogurt should be thick. Tie yogurt in a piece of muslin cloth and hang it for at least 2 hours.
2. Next, add the chicken legs and coat them well with the marinade. Slash the chicken pieces so that the marinade seeps in easily. All the chicken pieces should have the right amount of marinade on them for this you need a good amount of marinade.
3. Cover with a cling wrap and allow the marinated chicken to rest overnight in the refrigerator. It will keep the chicken pieces succulent and make them intensely flavored. The juices of the marinade will soak in the deepest layers of the chicken. It can be marinated for minimum 30 minutes or an hour or two.
4. The marinated chicken after refrigeration.
5. Now to cook it in a Gas Oven Tandoor: Place the Gas Tandoor Oven on medium size burner. The flame should be medium. Pour 300 ml water inside the base tray. Fit the tandoor tray. Grease the tandoor tray with oil or butter. Cover it with the lid and preheat the oven for 5-8 minutes.
6. Remove the lid and place the marinated chicken pieces on the tandoor tray. Cover with the lid and let it cook for 15-18 minutes.
7. After 18 minutes, remove the lid and brush the chicken pieces with butter.
8. Once again cover and cook for another 5 minutes. If the chicken is charred, you get the best tandoor taste in the chicken.
9. Transfer the chicken pieces to a serving plate. Once again brush it with butter. Sprinkle it with chaat masala and red chilli powder.
10. Flavorful and Delicious Chicken Tandoori is ready. Serve it with green chutney, laccha pyaaz and lemon slice.