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Tandoori Chicken
This is my third meal cook on the egg, and I am very pleased and eggcited!
Dave
KI4PSR
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Forgot the picture!
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Nice choice! Start taking pics of your cooks to share. Your wife, girlfriend, fiancé, partner may look at you funny but we like pics! Love tandoori chicken. You use white or dark meat?Columbia, SC --- LBGE 2011 -- MINI BGE 2013
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Your chicken looks super juicy! I've never tried Arora Creations. Can you give some details about the taste/flavor?#1 LBGE December 2012 • #2 SBGE February 2013 • #3 Mini May 2013A happy BGE family in Houston, TX.
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There are the pics! Nice!Columbia, SC --- LBGE 2011 -- MINI BGE 2013
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caliking said:Your chicken looks super juicy! I've never tried Arora Creations. Can you give some details about the taste/flavor?
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Chubbs said:Nice choice! Start taking pics of your cooks to share. Your wife, girlfriend, fiancé, partner may look at you funny but we like pics! Love tandoori chicken. You use white or dark meat?
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caliking said:Your chicken looks super juicy! I've never tried Arora Creations. Can you give some details about the taste/flavor?
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Thanks. I'll try it if I find some. Have you tried Shan Masala Tandoori mix? Also a powder, a buck and change for a packet which is usually enough for 4-6 leg quarters. It's pretty good and my go to when cooking for a lot of folks.#1 LBGE December 2012 • #2 SBGE February 2013 • #3 Mini May 2013A happy BGE family in Houston, TX.
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Thank you, I will try the Shan Masala mix!
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Dave...thanks for the post. Just ordered 6 packets of 3 different spices from Arora Creations. Love Indian dishes, can't wait to try them.Fairview, Texas
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Great! I think the Arora tandoori was excellent, but I am looking forward to trying the Shan Masla as well. I think I will have a party here and cook three batches, Patak's, Arora, and Shan Masala. Taste test!
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Not to be a purist at all but Indian masalas are not at all difficult if you have the right spices. In most cases the spices are toasted or fried which enhances the flavour greatly. Here is a video recipe I have used (except for the oven and electric grill part) for tandoori. You can use beet powder for the colour if you don't like the dye but it adds a little sweetness. Compensate with lemon zest if you do.
Steve
Caledon, ON
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Little Steven said:
Not to be a purist at all but Indian masalas are not at all difficult if you have the right spices. In most cases the spices are toasted or fried which enhances the flavour greatly. Here is a video recipe I have used (except for the oven and electric grill part) for tandoori. You can use beet powder for the colour if you don't like the dye but it adds a little sweetness. Compensate with lemon zest if you do.
Dave
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Looks phenomenal, Dave!!! =P~
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Dave,
I forgot to say the chicken looked awesome. Just wanted to let you know that the masalas are pretty easy with a good spice supply. If you have an Indian market nearby you can walk out with everything you need in bulk for about thirty bucks for big bags of it. Check out some more of his videos. Also look at Sanjeev Kapoor
Steve
Caledon, ON
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caliking said:Thanks. I'll try it if I find some. Have you tried Shan Masala Tandoori mix? Also a powder, a buck and change for a packet which is usually enough for 4-6 leg quarters. It's pretty good and my go to when cooking for a lot of folks.
Dave
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Chubbs said:Nice choice! Start taking pics of your cooks to share. Your wife, girlfriend, fiancé, partner may look at you funny but we like pics! Love tandoori chicken. You use white or dark meat?Anderson, SC
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And the leftovers this evening were far superior to the tandoori chicken I had for brunch today at my favorite Indian restaurant. (Balanced of course by the supremely good other dishes, I don't suppose they have an tandoor oven.)
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Glad you liked it. As @Little Steven mentioned, nothing beats the flavor of grinding your spices, but then nothing beats the convenience of a readymade mix. When cooking for myself or a small group, I like to grind my own spices, but for a large group I use the Shan spices.
Sanjeev Kapoor's first book and earlier recipes were pretty good, but of late he has gone off the deep end. His tv show has become ridiculous.
I like the idea of your tandoori chicken report! Looking forward to the review of Patak's.#1 LBGE December 2012 • #2 SBGE February 2013 • #3 Mini May 2013A happy BGE family in Houston, TX. -
Preparing for a 6 person Indian meal, I will use Patak's tandoori marinade this time. If any reader has had Indian lime or mango pickle before, then you will understand that this marinade has more of that than the Arora Creations or Shan tnadoori mixes. Very tart and aromatic. These pictures are of the prep, final report and pictures on Sunday/Monday after I recover from the activities.
Dave
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Keep it coming. I know about the lime and mango pickles, so I might try some Patak's.
Thanks for updating!#1 LBGE December 2012 • #2 SBGE February 2013 • #3 Mini May 2013A happy BGE family in Houston, TX. -
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I plan to do them the same as my two previous cooks; 500 degrees for 35 minutes.
Dave
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I can't tell from the pics. Did you cut the gashes in them. Yoghurt?
Steve
Caledon, ON
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Yes, the Patak's recipe calls for yogurt to be added to the Patak's paste, and nothing else, I added 1 cup yogurt to the jar of sauce. I was short a bit on the paste, I needed a bit more than the single jar of Patak's that I bought, so I rubbed the meat with a Tandoori Masala spice mix powder in an attempt to compensate for the 1/4 cup deficiency. I'm sure it will be 'all good'! I put a few random cuts in each piece, and made sure to rub the powder in the cuts. I added red food coloring for fun, but the Patak's sauce has plenty of good red paprika color and flavor. This is for tomorrow night, can't wait!
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<P>Dave, I think there are two kinds of pataks tandoori paste/marinade. And the jars look pretty similar.</P>
<P>One is a "concentrate" and the other ready to use. I once used the concentrate and unknowingly emptied the whole jar onto the chicken, it was not edible and we had to dump the entire meal.</P>
<P>Just FYI.</P>______________________________________________
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Pataks is all I buy if I'm not making scratch. Their vindaloo is pretty darn good too
Steve
Caledon, ON
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