Topic: Chewy

[chewytikka]

After a great summer Tandooring on charcoal, decided to switch back to gas fired

Cleaned the oven up, did a bit patching with new clay and fired it up for a slow pre heat, about 45mins,
which is to cure the new clay. all done,

Now to cook some Chicken.




A few ingredients (15) for the Tandoori Marinade



Four baby chicken quarters

[daveyham]

Wow, I'm drooling here. I'm intrigued by your dip never heard of it before.

[chewytikka]

Hi daveyham
I like Turkish (ocakbasi) Restaurants
Was hooked on Cacik from the first taste  ;D
Similar to Indian Raita or even Mint,Yogurt sauce.

Used as a dip to refresh and cleanse the palette
A good Turkish Cacik is heavy on fresh garlic
cucumber, Yogurt, fresh Mint, topped with plenty
of good olive oil. seasoned with a pinch of salt and red chilli flakes

Really simple to make, but amazing

cheers Chewy

[daveyham]

Thank you 
I'll be making some this weekend.

[livo]

I've searched your videos Chewy but cant find one for Tandoori Chicken.  I know I wont be able to source all of your ingredient list out here, but is your recipe listed anywhere?  I'd like to improvise and give it a go.

[chewytikka]

Hi Livo
Ive always done real time video recipes, to make show authentic cooking.
what you see is what you get, so to speak.
Dishes like Tandoori and Breads take much longer in the prep and method
so Ive never bothered with video capture.
But as Im giving my Tandoori Hut a refurbish, it may be good enough for video footage.
Good lighting being the priority. See how it goes.

Anyhoo, I use various marinade recipes, all based on my original BIR knowledge .

I published this one for Ed Catflap back in 2015, which worked out well for him.

Use large freezer bags for your chicken and the first marinade .

I mix and blend the second marinade in a stainless steel bowl and
pour it into the freezer bag

Marinade No.1
1 tsp Salt
1 tbsp Ginger Garlic paste
1 tsp Kashmiri Chili Powder or any, but use half tsp.
1 tbsp Lemon Dressing/Juice
1tsp White Vinegar or any
Add this 1st Marinade to the bag, squish and leave for a hour.

Marinade No.2
6 tbsp Cheap Plain low fat Yogurt (whipped)
2 tbsp Mustard Oil
1 tsp My Mix Powder or any
2 tbsp Pataks or any Tandoori Paste (could even use Tandoori Masala Powder)?
1 tsp Pataks or any Kashmiri Masala Paste ( if you don

[livo]

Thanks Ct. Not too different to what I've been doing but some interesting additional ingredients in both stages that I'll investigate.

I use yogurt. I have read some "Food Science" writings about the length of marination time and pros V cons.


I have another Q for you about your base gravy but I'll ask on the Mango Chicken thread where you posted you video on Malai Makhoni for me.

[livo]

I picked up 4 whole chicken legs for only AUS $3.00 today so I've got them skinned, scored to the bone and in Marinade #1 right now. Marinade #2 is made up and I'll be cooking them tomorrow evening. Mine will be Tandoori food colour orange instead of pillar box red. 

I've just obtained a brand new Weber Baby Q so I'll probably try cooking them in that tomorrow afternoon. It's not a tandoor oven but it is trying something different and it should do the job.  I'd like to try a whole bird done this way but I'll see how the legs go first.

[chewytikka]

Hi Livo
Interested to here how your Chicken turned out on the Baby Q
Watched a promo for it, the bake/roast feature looks good and a little
adapting for suspending the meat on indirect heat, could work well.

All the fun of the Barb-Q
cheers Chewy

[livo]

I'd already cooked a roast chicken, then a leg of lamb for the extended family dinner so the foil convection tray I used was a little worse for wear.  I just fashioned one out of foil and did these tandoori legs up for about 10 minutes on full heat and then removed the foil and briefly grilled them on direct heat to get some charring happening.  Even though Tandoori chicken did not exactly fit in with a traditional roast dinner they were delicious.  Both the recipe and cooking method are good to go.  I will work on a better system for suspending the skewers above the foil for contactless cooking. I think Tikka will work pretty well too. ;D  I can't wait to do a Tandoori whole bird.  Next Indian Banquet night might have to come around pretty quick.

I will add that the Baby Q cooked a 2.0 kg chicken in 1 hour 10 minutes and a 2.5 kg Rosemary Garlic leg of lamb in 1 hour 40 and they were cooked to perfection.  Delicious.  Due to the number of dinner guests I had to do the Roast Veggies in the kitchen oven.