I first went to Thailand in 1997 and immediately fell in love with the country. Thailand at that time to me was mysterious and exotic, full of potentials and pitfalls.
Fast forward to 2010 and here I am after 13 years and many trips to the LOS sharing, with the help of my 
Chicken Tandoori – Thai Girl Style
Part of the population in Thailand is Muslim people…especially in Southern Thailand. In around where my high school is we have a lot of Muslim people who live there and when I was young one of my best friends was Muslim too. So that’s why make me used to Muslim food so much. Thai food also got an idea and combined from Muslim food somehow, you will notice that some of Thai dishes use curry powder exactly like those food.
One of my favorite one is “Chicken Tandoori”, it’s the first time for me to try to make Chicken Tandoori and it went pretty well…so make me impress and proud of myself.
The problem is before I made it we (actually it’s Steve’s job) have to look around all grocery stores here and see if they are going to have Tandoori powder for us or not? He tried to look around for 4-5 different places all together but none of them have it.
Finally we decided to make our own Tandoori powder.
Tandoori Powder (20 servings)
5 Tbsps ground coriander
7 Tbsps ground cumin
2 Tbsps smoked paprika
2 Tbsps turmeric
1 Tbsp chilli powder
1 Tbsp garam massalla
2 tsps ginger powder
4 tsps garlic powder
For this mixing powder I didn’t use it all at once because it’s going to be just me and Steve. After mixed all powder you can put it in the container, save for later when you’re hungry for Tandoori chicken again (it won’t go bad).
Tandoori Chicken Recipe
- 2 chicken thighs
- 5 cloves garlic, peeled
- 1 fresh ginger root, peeled
- 1 cup plain yogurt
- 1 medium-sized lime
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 Tbsp vegetable oil
- 2 Tbsps Tandoori powder (from above)
- 1 cucumber, peeled and sliced
1. Wash the chicken thighs, drain, prick holes in the chicken thighs, and put them in the mixing bowl.
2. Put the garlic and ginger root into the blender. Blend until they’re thoroughly fine.
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3. Add Tandoori powder, plain yogurt, finely garlic and ginger. Squeeze the lime into the chickens bowl, add vegetable oil , and mix well by hand.
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4. Wrap with clear plastic and marinate the mixture in the refrigerator at least 6 hours up to 24 hours (the longer is the better). For me I marinated them over night.
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5. Next day when you’re ready for cook. Preheat the oven 450 F. Take the chickens out and place them on the baking rack. This step you will see we’re having the remaining juice, please don’t throw it away.
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6. Roast the chicken for 30 to 35 minutes, turning and painting every 10-15 minutes with the juice. Cook chicken until no longer pink and juices run clear. This can be prepared by grill also and it will take almost the same time as roasting, just make sure that the juice from chicken run clear.
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7. Serve with rice and cucumber.
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Not too bad for my Indian dish first time in my life, at least no complaining from my customer (Steve)…hehehe Let me know about your try and see you next time na ka…
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Looks delicious! One day, I will make all these things. See you next time, too… na ka
Yes it does and also tasty. I wouldn’t mind if you’re going to make some
Steve, what did you do to this site?
Please.. don’t.
I thought you liked the new theme. The recipe is Golf’s – she wrote it and took the pictures. All I do is formatting and posting.
Lovely recipe, Golf! YUM.
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Oh my god that just made me sooo hungry…
Hehehe…just imagine if you could smell it as well…cumin, paprika, garlic, coriander. Wow! I just made myself hungry too
Nice photos. Yum Yum. Thai food is the best.
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Is it a Thai Recipe? I think not, it is an Indian Recipe. I have eaten that many times while visiting India.
My mouth is full of water and am going to try that right now.
The process of preparing whole the recipe along with images is nice.Thanks for sharing your interest with us.
The recipe of chicken tandoori is great and I have tried it once,and found it was very tasty and I myself with my family enjoyed it a lot.Thanks for giving such a great recipe.
The process of preparing whole the recipe along with images is nice.Thanks for sharing your interest with us.
wow looks really nice, well done and thanks for sharing the recipe
I was searching for some chicken recipes to spice it up a bit instead of having the old shake and bake chicken around here. I have to say your chicken looks great and makes me want to try it out. I really like how you included step by step pictures of how to do it in case I need to refer back to it. I’m going to print this all out so when I’m trying this I can look and not mess it up at all. Thanks so much for sharing this with me!
The pictures make me salivate. When it comes to chicken, I only eat it when it’s friend or grilled. With other recipes, the meat has a flat taste. But with Chicken Tandoori, I think I can finish up to 3 servings!
That really does look yummy!