Green chicken tandoori

Tandoori chicken is a chicken dish prepared from marinated chicken with yogurt, spices and lemon. Tandoori chicken is roasted in Oven, Grill or Air fryer.

Green Tandoori chicken is prepared with skinless legs marinated in a mixture of fresh ground herbs, yogurt, spices, lemon, green chilies. 

Ingredients:

Chicken leg-5

Chilly powder-1tsp

Ginger garlic paste-1tbsp

Lemon-1/2 piece

Salt- as needed 

Curd-4 tbsp

Pepper powder-1 tsp

Green chilies-3

Mint leaves-1 fistful

Almonds-8

Coriander leaves-1 fistful

 

To grind:

• In a mixer jar, add mint leaves, coriander leaves, almonds and grind them to coarse paste. 

 

Marination:

• Clean the chicken pieces with salt and turmeric. Remove the skin from leg pieces. 
• Cut very shallow little lines into the de-skinned chicken legs.

• In a bowl, add curd, ginger garlic paste, ground green paste, lemon juice, pepper powder, chilly powder, cumin powder and mix well. 

 

• Now add the chicken legs into the yogurt mixture.
• Add this into a closed bowl or ziplock and refrigerate for at least 5-8 hours.

 

To cook in Air fryer:

• Arrange the chicken pieces in air fryer and set the temperature to 360 degrees F for 10 minutes.

 

• Flip the chicken pieces and cook on air fry for another 12-15 minutes.
• Transfer to a plate and squeeze half of lemon juice and mix serve.

 

 

 

To cook in Oven:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F for 5 min. 
• Place the marinated chicken pieces in tray and set the temperature to 450 degree F and bake for about 25 minutes. 
• Flip both sides and cook evenly.
• Remove from oven and add some lemon juice and serve.

 

Grilled Tandoori Chicken:

Note:

• Coriander leaves should be more than mint leaves for green paste.
• Add cashew nuts instead of almonds.