Posted by Sheila on October 12, 1998 at 09:14:56
Ingredients:
Part 1 3lbs Chicken skinned and cut into pieces 4 to 5 Garlic cloves 2 Teaspoons Chopped Ginger 1/2 Cup Yogurt or Sour Crea1 1 Tablespoon Ground Corriander 1 Teaspoon Ground Cummin 1/4Teaspoon Ground Tumeric 1 Teaspoon Chillie Powder(more if you like it hot) 1 Teaspoon Ground Paprika 2 Teaspoons Salt
Part 2 1/2 Stick Sweet Butter or Ghee 1/2 Teaspoon Sweet Cummin Red colouring
METHOD
Wash and remove any extra fat from the meat, pat dry and put deep cuts on the pieces of the meat so that the spices will get into the meat. Add salt and black pepper.
In a blender, blend the garlic and ginger with the yogurt. Then add the rest of the Part 1 ingredients (except the salt which is already added) to it and blend again until they are thoroughly mixed.
Rub this paste thoroughly into the pieces of chicken and let it marinate overnight(or 4 to 5 hours)in a covered tray in the fridge. Bake it in a preheated oven at 375F until meat is cooked, but not too dry.
Melt the butter or ghee,add the sweet cummin and the colouring and mix them together.
Remove the chicken from the oven, and brush on the butter mixture to one side of the pieces of chicken, and bake it at 400F for 5 minutes. Remove the Meat from the oven, turn the pieces on to the other side and brush the butter mixture, making sure that the colouring has coated each piece in its entirety.