Baked Tandoori Chicken

This is one of my family's favorite dish. It can be eaten with hot Basmati rice or even good on its own. I find this recipe quite hassle-free. Hope you'll love it!

Ingredients;

1 whole chicken ( cut into 10-12 parts) - I prefer to remove skin for a healthier version

1/2 cup olive oil

1 cup yogurt

Juice of 1 lemon 

2 onions

1 inch ginger

3 cloves of garlic

1 tbspn tandoori masala

1/2 cup chilli paste and about 2 tbspn chilli powder

sea salt to taste

For garnishing,

some chopped corriander leaves/chopped lettuce
1 lemon- slice

1 tomato- slice

Methods,

1) Rub lemon juice on chicken parts. 

2) Blend onion, ginger and garlic with a little water into thick paste. Then mix the masala, chilli paste, chilli powder, sea salt and yogurt into the blended paste. Marinate the chicken with the tandoori paste for about an hour.

3) Heat the pan with olive oil and pan fry the chicken for a few minutes and transfer to a baking tray and bake at 180 degrees celcius for about 45 minutes to 1 hour. Keep turning the chicken to make sure all sides are well cooked. Garnish as shown on the pix below.