Tandoori chicken

Proper Tandoori Chicken is cooked in a tandoor, a charcoal-fired clay oven. This recipe will work in ordinary kitchens.

Ingredients:

1. 6 chicken thighs
2. 1/4 cup lemon juice
3. 1/2 chopped onion
4. 4 cloves of garlic
5. 1 T grated ginger
6. 3 t coriander
7. 1 T cumin
8. 1 t salt
9. 1/4 t paprika
10. chili powder
11. 1 cup yoghurt

Cooking:

1. Skin the chicken and marinate in the refrigerator for 1/2-hour by brushing it lightly with lemon juice.
2. Process C, D, E, F, G, H and a teaspoon of lemon juice together into a paste. Combine the paste with I, J and K and blend until smooth.
3. Cover chicken with yoghurt paste and marinate for another 4-hours in the refrigerator (overnight is better.)
4. Bake in an oven at 450^o for 45-minutes or until the chicken is tender.

Serve over rice.