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| | | | Serves 6 |
| One of my favourite types of food is Indian cuisine. | | | | Preparation time: 10 minutes |
| So being able to make Indian style food on the | | | | Marinating time: 24 hours |
| barbecue appeals greatly to me. | | | | Cooking time: 30 minutes |
| Tandoori food is traditionally made in a clay oven | | | | Ingredients |
| called a tandoor in which meat is placed on long | | | | 6 large chicken legs |
| oversized metal skewers and placed through the top | | | | 4 tablespoons of lime or lemon juice |
| of the tandoor, with the tip of the skewer touching | | | | 1 teaspoon of salt |
| the bottom where the charcoal is smouldering. The | | | | Marinade |
| heat inside the tandoor sears the surface of the | | | | 9 fl oz (265ml) of yoghurt |
| meat, while the metal skewers conduct the heat | | | | 3 tablespoons of mustard oil |
| through the inside of the food. Cooking the meat | | | | 9 cloves of garlic, crushed |
| simultaneously on both the inside and the outside. | | | | 1.5 teaspoons of salt |
| Naan bread is cooked by slapping the dough mixture | | | | 2.5 teaspoons of paprika |
| onto the inside of the tandoor. It cooks has it hangs | | | | 2.5 teaspoons of ground coriander |
| down from the inside of the tandoor, forming into a | | | | 2.5 teaspoons of ground cumin |
| teardrop shape. | | | | 1.5 teaspoons of ground ginger |
| Tandoori food can easily be cooked on a barbecue | | | | 0.5 teaspoons of food coloring powder (red, orange |
| grill and you’ll achieve very similar results as | | | | or yellow) |
| obtained using a tandoor. | | | | 1. Skin the chicken and slash the flesh with short |
| It’s normal for tandoori food to be slightly | | | | gashes. Place in a shallow dish and rub the lemon or |
| seared black on some of its edges. Which is caused | | | | lime juice, and salt, into the flesh. Leave for about |
| from the intense heat created inside the tandoor. | | | | half an hour. |
| The Barbecue tandoori chicken recipe below makes a | | | | 2. Mix all of the other ingredients together and rub |
| good start to cooking tandoori style on your | | | | thoroughly into the chicken. Cover and leave to stand |
| barbecue. | | | | overnight in refrigerator. |
| Practically every Indian restaurant offers tandoori | | | | 3. Place the marinated chicken over medium hot coals |
| chicken. The secret behind this succulent tandoori | | | | and grill for about 25 to 30 minutes until cooked. |
| chicken dish lies in the long marinade in yogurt with | | | | Turning occasionally and basting with any remaining |
| spices. The coloring used to achieve the distinctive | | | | marinade. |
| tandoori color is created using alkanet root. This is | | | | 4. Serve on a bed of lettuce and onion rings with a |
| not readily available so food coloring powder can be | | | | wedge of lemon. Accompanied with naan bread and |
| used to achieve a similar result. Use either red, | | | | tandoori chutney. |