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Tandoori Chicken question

post #1 of 7
12/25/06 at 12:38pm
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Hi, I am a huge fan of crispy, fried chicken and tandoori chicken as well. I'm thinking about combining them. Instead of using eggs I might use a tandoori sauce- would that turn out weird or would it turn out fine? I love tandoori but I also love that added crunch to the chicken as well. Any help appreciated.
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post #2 of 7
12/25/06 at 12:46pm
How do you normally make your fried chicken? Do you dip in flour, then egg, then batter or crumbs? If so, maybe you would want to mix a dose of tandoori spices into the flour instead of just salt and pepper. You won't get the color on the outside, but it will make a nice, colorful surprise when you bite in. :lips:

I would do it that way, rather than adding a lot of tandoori spices to the outer coating. Well, maybe just a little would be okay, but I'd be afraid that when it hit the hot oil, something strange might happen if it were heavy with spices. :confused:
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post #3 of 7
12/25/06 at 12:50pm
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Egg, then bread crumbs. Then I double-dip for extra crispiness. Instead of egg, I thought I could cover it with Tandoori sauce to make the inside moist and crunchy at the same time. I like your idea a lot, but I think that Tandoori wouldn't be Tandoori without the yogurt. :( Even so your idea sounds delicious. Thank you!
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post #4 of 7
12/25/06 at 1:32pm
Marinate as you would fried chicken in buttermilk. But use the tandoori spiced yogurt. Yogurt and buttermlik are similar enough for this purpose.

Breading, well, I'd have to go with a pakora type breading based on besan/chickpea flour just to keep with the whole indian thing. If not tha, then just the standard flour with some tandoori/garam masala spices in the flour. Probably some paprika or annato powder for color there too.

Phil
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post #5 of 7
12/26/06 at 9:58am
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Thank you! I like that idea. Where can you find chickpea flour? Is it pretty common or do you have to go to a specialty market to find it?
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post #6 of 7
12/26/06 at 11:19am
It is a somewhat specialty item, at least in my area. Some grocers carry it in their health food sections. Most health food/organic stores darry it with the flour and in their bulk food section.

And indian grocers have it of course, as well as middle eastern ones.

Phil
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post #7 of 7
1/9/07 at 4:59am
Many Indian stores sell it.
It goes by the Besan.
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