Tandoori Chicken Fry | Onion fried chicken | Tawa fried chicked

 This recipe is so simple and an awaiting recipe I wanted to try after years... During my college days I had couple of friends from Kerala,where I spend my time with them to learn Malayalam. Once I went to their room as usual and to my luck I got this simple recipe. They were not having any spice powders in hand other than salt and chilli powder.With the request of a friend they started marinating, slicing onion and frying a long time this recipe and it doesn't spoil up expectation. Its a perfect simple fried chicken on tawa. This recipe can be categorized as Tandoori.

Ingredients : 

Chicken - 250 gms

Red chilli powder - 1 tsp

Salt - 1/2 tsp

Oil - 1 tsp

 Method :

 1. Clean, wash and drain out the water completely. Add red chilli powder and salt.

 2. Allow it to marinate for 1 hour.

 3. Cut the onions into thin slices.

4. Heat oil in a pan, add the sliced onions and fry well.

 5. Cover with a lid and fry in medium flame.

6. Fry until golden brown. It takes about 15-20 minutes for the onion to get fry.

 7. Add in marinated chicken.

 8. Mix well, cover with lid and place the fried onions over the pieces and allow it to cook.

 9. After about 20 minutes the chicken and onions gets blended together and will be fried as shown in the picture.

 10. Transfer to a serving plate and enjoy the platter with onion and lemon.

Fried Chicken

Note : 

• Cover with lid and fry both the chicken and onion.
• Give a fine stir in between and let it cook in medium flame. Its a perfect and simple starter on kadai.
• Serving with onion and lemon would be a better choice. Its quite a simple recipes for bachelors.

Chicken Tandoori | Tandoori on Tawa | Leg Tandoori | Simple Tandoori recipe

Ingredients:

Chicken legs - 8-9

Tandoori Masala - 4 tsp

Fresh curd - 5 tbsp

Lemon - 1/2

Red chilly powder -1 tsp (optional)

Garlic -2 full

Ginger - 1 finger size

Corn flour -1 tsp (optional)

Salt as required

Butter to roast

Method:

 1. Clean the leg pieces and make two slanting slits on sides (as shown)

 2. Marinate with lemon juice and salt for about 15 - 20 minutes.

3. Make a paste of ginger garlic with tandoori masala and add in the curd, corn flour and mix well.

 4. Marinate the leg pieces with the masala and leave for 2 hours, else refrigerate for 1 hour.

5. Heat the tawa and add a tsp of butter and roast well the pieces in low flame. Keep flipping the other sides to get cooked evenly.

 6. It takes about 20 minutes for a single piece to get fried.

 7. Serve with onion rings or any salad of your choice.

Chicken Tandoori

Note:

•  You can either use Flat bottom thick kadai/pan or else use the curved iron tawa. I tried on both and it came out similar.
• Because it takes about 20 minutes for a single piece to cook I tried out to fry using both burners.
• Felt that either of this wont give out perfect, but both pieces gave a similar touch of cooking. 

Tandoori on Iron Tawa

•  Adding Red chili powder is purely optional as I needed for bit spicier taste. 
• Rub well the paste all over and deep inside the slits  and then leave for marination.
• I do not have a grill pan so felt to try out on tawa or kadai....which turned out really awesome with the tangy lemon taste from the roasted slits.
• "Keep covered" to avoid oil bursts and sprays on you.
• Remove the burnt masalas leaving in oil if any.

One of iron tawa & other is thick kadai