Tandoori Chicken

Ingredients

• 2 chicken legs, skin removed
• Thick yogurt
• 1 lemon
• Ginger & garlic paste
• Tandoori paste
• Kasoori Methi
• Red chilli powder
• Roasted cumin powder
• Garam masala 
• Coriander powder
• Salt, oil, ground pepper

Method
- Rinse the chicken legs well then pat dry using paper towel. Then make gashes on the chicken legs using a sharp knife.
- Prepare the inner coating for the chicken legs in a bowl including:
    * 2 tbsp chilli powder
    * 1 tbsp lemon juice
    * 1 tbsp ginger & garlic past
    * 1 tsp oil
- Mix the masala well together and insert it inside the gashes as well as on over the chicken legs. Keep it to rest for 15 minutes.
- Make the tandoori masala according to the formula below:
    * 1 tbsp thick yogurt
    * 1 tbsp tandoori paste
    * 1 tbsp chilli powder
    * 1 tbsp kasoori methi
    * 1 tsp garam masala
    * 1 tsp roasted cumin powder
    * 2 tsp coriander powder
    * Salt to taste
- Apply the tandoori masala paste well on over the chicken leg in a big bowl. Cover and keep it to marinate in a fridge for 6 hours or overnight.
- Remove the chicken legs from the fridge 30 minutes before baking them.
- Preheat the oven to 250C.
- Bake the chicken legs on top of a grill rack in the oven for 20 minutes. After that, flip them and bake again for 20 minutes more. Then flip them for one more time and bake for final 10 minutes.
- Serve hot with bread and wedges of lemon on the side.

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