Tangdi Kebab

Be it a kid or an adult – chicken is one of the most popular meats among the non-vegetarians.

Tangdi Kebab is made from chicken drumsticks traditionally roasted in a Tandoor.

Easy to cook, you can also make this mouthwatering dish at home. This grilled chicken dish has a coating of spiced gram flour which makes it delicious and flavourful.

Ingredients

• Chicken drumsticks – 8 pieces
• Lemon juice – 1 tbsp
• Ginger – 1 inch
• Garlic – 6 cloves
• Hung yogurt/sour cream – 1 cup
• Gram flour – 2 tbsp
• Turmeric powder – 1 tsp
• Garam masala powder – 1 tsp
• Red chilli powder – 1 tsp
• Salt to taste
• Chopped green chillies – 4-6
• Chaat masala – 1 tsp
• Lemon wedges for garnish

Method

1. Clean the excess fat and skin from the drumsticks. Dry the drumsticks with a clean absorbent kitchen towel. Now make three to four long and deep incisions.
2. Coat the drumsticks with lemon juice and keep it aside. Now, pound ginger and garlic into a paste. Dry roast the gram in a pan on low heat.
3. Let the gram flour cool. Now add the roasted gram flour, sour cream/hung yogurt, ginger-garlic paste, turmeric powder, garam masala powder, red chilli powder, salt and green chillies to prepare a marinade.
4. Add the chicken drumsticks in the marinade and mix well. Refrigerate the chicken for 1-2 couple for marination.
5. Skewer the marinated chicken drumsticks and cook it in a preheated oven at 220°C for five minutes.
6. Now, reduce oven temperature to 180°C and cook further for fifteen to twenty minutes or till completely cooked.
7. Turn drumsticks a couple of times to ensure it is cooked evenly.
8. Sprinkle chaat masala and serve hot sprinkled with lemon wedges.