Tandoori chicken without an oven
Easy stove-top grilled chicken drumsticks
Ingredients
- 1½ lb chicken drumsticks Roughly 4 drumsticks
- 5 cloves garlic
- 1 inch ginger
- 2 tsp kashmiri red chili powder add more as needed
- 2 tsp cumin-coriander powder
- 2 tsp garam masala
- ½ tsp turmeric powder
- 2 tbsp oil
- ½ cup yogurt
- ½ lemon
- salt to taste
- oil or ghee for grilling
- 1 charcoal briquette
Instructions
- Grind ginger and garlic into a fine paste and set aside.
- Clean chicken drumsticks.
- Add salt, juice from half a lemon, red chili powder, turmeric, cumin-coriander powder, garam masala, yogurt, ginger-garlic paste, and oil.
- Mix well and marinate for at least an hour, preferably overnight.
- In a grilling pan, melt ghee or oil.
- Place marinated chicken drumsticks on the pan.
- Cook on high flame for 2 minutes.
- Flip and cook on the other side.
- Lower the heat to medium, cover and cook the chicken thoroughly. It should take about 30 minutes.
- Add more oil or ghee as needed.
- Once chicken is cooked, light a charcoal briquette on the stove and place in a small metal bowl. Place the bowl next to your chicken in the pan.
- Add a teaspoon of ghee on top of the charcoal. When you see smoke, cover with a lid and cook the chicken in the smoke for a couple of minutes.
- Serve chicken with a side salad or onions or with rice, or mint yogurt.
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Nutrition
Nutrition Facts
Tandoori chicken without an oven
Amount Per Serving (1 drumstick)
Calories 290
Calories from Fat 180
% Daily Value*
Fat 20g31%
Saturated Fat 4g25%
Cholesterol 109mg36%
Sodium 154mg7%
Potassium 399mg11%
Carbohydrates 6g2%
Fiber 2g8%
Sugar 2g2%
Protein 22g44%
Vitamin A 411IU8%
Vitamin C 8mg10%
Calcium 85mg9%
Iron 3mg17%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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