Kind of Chicken Tandoori

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Description:
 Chicken Tandoori is traditionally made  in a Tandoor(clay oven)  but can be made in an oven as well. Then I thought what if we don`t have both and feels like having a tandoori.  I tried to cook it in a way which is healthy as well as tastes yummy like tandoori. Lets see the recipe

Ingredients:
1.Chicken legs(big) - 3 to 4
2. Lemon juice
3.Oil
4.Salt to taste.

Marination:
1.Tandoori masala - 1tsp
2. Ginger/Garlic paste
3.Pepper powder
4.Curd
5.Pinch of turmeric
6. Garam masala - 1/2 tspn
7.Chilli powder - 2 tablespoons
8. Red food colour(optional), I didn`t use for this recipe.

Procedure:

 Clean and make some slits on the chicken legs and put it into a bowl. Now add salt, pepper powder and thick curd into it and mix properly . Keep it for marination for almost 3-4 hrs.  

 Next take the cooker and put this marinated Chicken into it and cook it, 3-4 whistles will be sufficient. Once its done take out the chicken and drain it so that if any water is there it will dry.
 
 Make the tandoori marination next. Take a bowl add Tandoori masala, pinch of turmeric, chilli powder, garam masala, ginger n garlic paste, Salt and make it into a fine paste. Squeeze lemon(lemon juice will make tandoori more tastier) also into this paste and mix. Now take the chickens one by one and dip it into this tandoori paste throughly, make sure all the masalas gets into the slits of the chicken too. Keep for a second marination atleast 1-2 hrs. Longer the marination the chicken will taste good. Take a non-stick pan and pour little oil, now take the chicken one by one and put it into the pan and shallow fry it. Turn on each side  and cook for 4-5 mnts . Since the Chicken is already cooked, it wont take much time and just the tandoori masala have to get cooked a bit. Once frying is over, take an aluminium foil and cut it into small  rectangular pieces and wrap it to the lower bone part of the chicken thighs,which makes it easy to hold the Chicken. Garnsih with Cilantro/Mint leaves. This recipe can be served as an appetizier. Hope you guys like the recipe.