How to Prepare Appetizing Tandoori Chicken Dal Curry

Tandoori Chicken Dal Curry. Tandoori chicken is a chicken dish prepared by roasting chicken marinated in yogurt and spices in a tandoor, a cylindrical clay oven. The dish originated from the Indian subcontinent and is popular in many other parts of the world. Make tandoori chicken on your grill!

If you ever wonder about what to prepare for lunch of dinner, try out this wonderful tried and tested chicken curry using tandoori masala. This Chicken Dal Curry was adapted from the cookbook. I made a few adjustments to the recipe to suit my palate and make it lighter such as eliminating the fish sauce, cutting back on oil and a few other changes. You can cook Tandoori Chicken Dal Curry using 16 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Tandoori Chicken Dal Curry

1. 🢂 1/2 kg of chicken (bone-in).
2. 🢂 1 of sweet onion (finely chopped).
3. 🢂 2 of green chillies (sliced).
4. 🢂 1 of large potato (peeled & cubed).
5. 🢂 1/2 cup of massoor dal.
6. 🢂 2 of tomatoes (chopped).
7. 🢂 1 sprig of curry leaves.
8. 🢂 1 tbsp of salt.
9. 🢂 1 tsp of coriander seeds.
10. 🢂 1 tsp of tumeric powder.
11. 🢂 2 tsp of chili powder.
12. 🢂 1 tbsp of coriander powder.
13. 🢂 1 tbsp of garam masala powder.
14. 🢂 3 of coriander leaves (garnish).
15. 🢂 1 tbsp of lemon juice.
16. 🢂 1 tsp of ground cumin.

The results were simply wonderful, a dish I have made a few times since. Tandoori chicken recipe - learn to make the best Indian restaurant style stunning grilled chicken tandoori recipe. But oven or cooking directly on fire yields the best results. This mouth-watering delicious chicken is well known as murgh tandoor or tandoori murgh.

step by step Tandoori Chicken Dal Curry

1. Prep the tomatoes, potatoes, onions, and peppers..
2. Heat oil in a large pot (I recommend coconut oil). Add in cumin, let it sizzle. Add in onions, green chillies, and salt. Saute until it gets nice and golden..
3. Add in all spice powders and curry leaves. You may substitute 2 tbsp Tandoori Masala powder instead of the Garam Masala, coriander powder, and red pepper. Toss until evenly distributed..
4. Add in chicken, potatoes, tomatoes, and dal. For a less traditional take, sear the chicken (in a pan with butter before adding it). Mix thoroughly..
5. Add water up to the level in the pot and bring it to a boil..
6. Reduce heat and cook uncovered at a simmer for 40 minutes..
7. Add the lemon juice. Serve with coriander leaves as a garnish..

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