Tandoori chicken

This is a popular and common chicken preparation prefered by mostly every other chicken lover.traditionally prepared in tandoor but who has it these days? so this is baked in oven or barbequed.personally i just love the barbeque one.its such a bliss to enjoy a piece of hot chicken thigh  right from a barbeque grill in a cold evening.who doesnt love barbeque?usually when you are planning for tandoori,try to marinate the meat one day prior and keep it in the fridge,so as to get a flavourfull and moist chicken.

Ingredients:

Chicken thigh pieces-4-6 washed and make cut marks on both sides

Salt

Butter-1tbsp

Turmeric powder-1/4 tsp

Red chilli powder-1/2 tsp

Black pepper powder-1/4 tsp

Tandoori masala- 4 tsp

Curd-1/4 cup

Method:

Mix all the ingredients in a bowl

Drop in the chicken pieces in it.

Rub the spice mix well in the chicken pieces inserting in the cut marks on the chicken pieces too.

cover it let it marinate for atleast 1 hour.

Bake it covered  on the middle rack of your oven at 400.

after 15 mins uncover,reduce the temp to 325 and cook for another 15 mins.

Brush  the pieces both sides with the butter in the pan,so as to restore the moisture in the chicken.

Bake for another 15 mins and check if the chicken is done.

Try for a crispy outer layer but moist in the inside.

Enjoy ...!!!