Roasted Chicken

          My blog has been dormant for quite a long time and i missed my blogger friends and dear readers like anything.Whatever held me back, i had to come back and i am here with the recipe Roasted Chicken,a popular dish among non-veges.

Ingredients

• Chicken full 600-800gm [dressed and cut into 4 pieces,that is,2 breast and 2 back pieces length wise]
• Garlic   9-10 flakes
• Ginger medium size  1 
• Curd  500gm
• Lemon  1 medium size
• Turmeric powder  1tsp  
• Red chilli powder  1/2tsp
• Kashmiri red chilli powder  1/4 tsp
• Coriander powder  2 tbsp
• Salt to taste
• Dry garam masala powder  1 tsp
• Corn flour   2-3 tbsp
• Refined oil  1-2 tbsp
• Tandoori color [optional]

Preparation

• Wash and clean the chicken pieces carefully.Make diagonal slits all over with a knife.Rub with lemon and mixture of salt,1/4 turmeric powder,red chilli powder and.Leave it for about 2 hours in the Fridge.
• Prepare paste of garlic and ginger.
•  Strain curd.
• Mix dry garam masala powder,turmeric powder,red chilli powder,Kashmiri red chilli powder,coriander powder,corn flour and 1 spoon refined oil in the strained curd.
• Mix well. Dip all the pieces into paste,marinate again by leaving it into fridge for another 3-4 hours,

 

 

 

 Method 

• Place the marinated chicken pieces on the grilling rack but out of microwave.Leave it for about 15 minutes so that excess marinade may be drained out.
  
  
• Brush with a little oil,put into microwave,adjust on cook mode and cook on the grilling rack on  100% power for 20-30minutes till tender.Turn the pieces over half way through cooking time.
• Now adjust microwave to grill mode.
• Grill for 15-20 minutes repositioning the pieces frequently.Brush again with a little oil 2-3 times for even cooking on all the sides to get tender and juicy roasted chicken.

Roasted chicken is ready.
Serve hot.

[Note: In case you use OTG,then preheat to 350 degree centigrade.Place chicken pieces on grill rack in OTG.Now set at grill mode.Cook at 220 deg.cent. for 20-30 minutes.Keep on repositioning the pieces.]