Tandoori Chicken

Ingredients

• 1 whole medium Chicken
• 225g Yoghurt
• 2 tablespoons fresh Ground Ginger
• 2 tablespoons Coriander Powder
• ½ teaspoon Red Chilli Powder
• 1 teaspoon Tumeric Powder
• 10 drops Red Colouring
• 1 teaspoon Cumin Powder
• 100g Butter or Ghee
• Salt to taste

Method

1. Take the skin off and make deep cuts over the breast and legs of chicken.
2. Mix all the ingredients in yoghurt, except the red chilli powder, butter and red colouring.
3. Cover the chicken with this mixture and leave to soak for 10 hours.
4. Remove the paste from the chicken and roast it in a hot oven (200°C - 230°C).
5. Leave the chicken in the oven for 15 minutes.
6. Remove chicken from oven and smear it with the mixture of butter, red chilli powder and red colouring.
7. Return to oven and roast for a further 10 minutes.
8. Serve it with green salad, nan or chappaties.