Punjab

Tandoori chicken, oven or air fryer

Name: Tandoori chicken, oven or air fryer
Prep time: 4 h
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 4 h 45 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Punjabi
Ingredients: 4 legs skinless, bone in chicken, curry cut (bone in chicken, small pieces); 2 tbsp lemon juice; Salt, to taste; 2/3 cup hung curd (greek yogurt); 2 tbsp ginger garlic paste; 1 tbsp kashmiri chilli powder; 1 tsp garam masala; 1 tsp cumin powder (ground cumin); 1 tsp coriander powder (ground coriander); 1/4 tsp turmeric (ground turmeric); 1 tsp crushed kasuri methi (dried fenugreek leaves); 4 tsp mustard oil; 1 tbsp melted, to baste butter; 1 tsp chaat masala; 1 in rings, to serve onion

No clay oven, no problem. Your air fryer has been training for this.

45 minTime

43 gProtein each

mediumSpice

4hPlan ahead. Soak for 4 hours first; the 45 minutes come after.

From the clay oven3 chapters · 2 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayThe original. Handle with reverence.

The original

445kcalsame

43 gproteinsame

2 gfibresame

45minutessame

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Chicken, curry cut (bone in chicken, small pieces)4 legs, skinless, bone in

Lemon juice2 tbsp

Saltto taste

Hung curd (greek yogurt)⅔ cup

Ginger garlic paste2 tbsp

Kashmiri chilli powder1 tbsp

Garam masala1 tsp

Cumin powder (ground cumin)1 tsp

Coriander powder (ground coriander)1 tsp

Turmeric (ground turmeric)¼ tsp

Kasuri methi (dried fenugreek leaves)1 tsp, crushed

Mustard oil4 tsp

Butter1 tbsp, melted, to baste

Chaat masala1 tsp

Onion1, in rings, to serve

Method

7 steps

1Cut deep slashes into the chicken down to the bone. Rub with half the lemon juice, a little salt and a pinch of chilli powder. Rest 20 minutes.
2Heat the mustard oil until it just smokes, then cool. Whisk with hung curd, ginger garlic paste, the spices, kasuri methi, remaining lemon and salt.
3Coat the chicken, working the paste into the cuts. Cover and refrigerate at least 4 hours, ideally overnight.
4Heat the oven to 240 C or the air fryer to 200 C. Place the chicken on a rack, shaking off excess.
5Roast for 20 to 25 minutes in the oven, or 18 to 20 in the air fryer, turning halfway.
6Baste with melted butter and roast or air fry 4 more minutes for char. Check the thickest part near the bone.
7Rest 5 minutes. Sprinkle chaat masala and serve with onion rings and lemon.

Serve it like this

Serve hot on a plate, with a few fresh coriander leaves on top.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Punjab

Tandoori chicken, oven or air fryer

No clay oven, no problem. Your air fryer has been training for this.

45 minTime

43 gProtein each

mediumSpice

4hPlan ahead. Soak for 4 hours first; the 45 minutes come after.

From the clay oven3 chapters · 2 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayThe original. Handle with reverence.

The original

445kcalsame

43 gproteinsame

2 gfibresame

45minutessame

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Chicken, curry cut (bone in chicken, small pieces)4 legs, skinless, bone in

Lemon juice2 tbsp

Saltto taste

Hung curd (greek yogurt)⅔ cup

Ginger garlic paste2 tbsp

Kashmiri chilli powder1 tbsp

Garam masala1 tsp

Cumin powder (ground cumin)1 tsp

Coriander powder (ground coriander)1 tsp

Turmeric (ground turmeric)¼ tsp

Kasuri methi (dried fenugreek leaves)1 tsp, crushed

Mustard oil4 tsp

Butter1 tbsp, melted, to baste

Chaat masala1 tsp

Onion1, in rings, to serve

Method

7 steps

1Cut deep slashes into the chicken down to the bone. Rub with half the lemon juice, a little salt and a pinch of chilli powder. Rest 20 minutes.
2Heat the mustard oil until it just smokes, then cool. Whisk with hung curd, ginger garlic paste, the spices, kasuri methi, remaining lemon and salt.
3Coat the chicken, working the paste into the cuts. Cover and refrigerate at least 4 hours, ideally overnight.
4Heat the oven to 240 C or the air fryer to 200 C. Place the chicken on a rack, shaking off excess.
5Roast for 20 to 25 minutes in the oven, or 18 to 20 in the air fryer, turning halfway.
6Baste with melted butter and roast or air fry 4 more minutes for char. Check the thickest part near the bone.
7Rest 5 minutes. Sprinkle chaat masala and serve with onion rings and lemon.

Serve it like this

Serve hot on a plate, with a few fresh coriander leaves on top.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Tandoori chicken, oven or air fryer

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Tandoori chicken, oven or air fryer

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