Tandoori chicken

Tandoori chicken
Chicken tandoori in Mumbai, India
Alternative namesNone[1][2][3][4] [5][6][7][8][9]
CourseAppetizer or main course
Region or stateIndian subcontinent[6][7][8] [10][11][12]
Associated cuisineSouth Asian, Punjabi
Main ingredientsChicken, dahi (yogurt), honey, tandoori masala
VariationsTandoori paneer, fish tandoori

Tandoori chicken is a dish made from chicken marinated in yogurt and spices and roasted in a tandoor, a cylindrical clay oven. The dish is now popular worldwide. The modern form of the dish was popularized by the Moti Mahal restaurant in New Delhi, India in the late 1940s.

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  4. ^ "What does it mean to be a Punjabi". Quartz. 21 October 2015. Archived from the original on 5 February 2017. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  5. ^ "Tandoori Chicken Recipe and History". Indiamarks. 14 June 2012. Archived from the original on 9 July 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2017. After the partition in 1947, Punjab was partitioned with the Eastern portion joining India and the Western, Pakistan. Peshawar became part of Pakistan and Gujral found himself one among many refugees fleeing the rioting and upheaval by moving to India. He moved his restaurant to Delhi in a place called Daryagunj. The Tandoori chicken at Moti Mahal so impressed the first Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru that he made it a regular at official banquets.
  6. ^ a b Dinesh (10 October 2008). "Origin of Tandoori Chicken". Indian Foods Guide. Archived from the original on 24 August 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2017. After the partition in 1947, Punjab was partitioned with the Eastern portion joining India and the Western, Pakistan. Peshawar became part of Pakistan and Gujral found himself one among many refugees fleeing the rioting and upheaval by moving to India. He moved his restaurant to Delhi in a place called Daryaganj. The Tandoori chicken at Moti Mahal so impressed the first Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru that he made it a regular at official banquets.
  7. ^ a b Vellampalli, Jaya (14 June 2017). "The tale of Tandoori chicken". Telangana Today. Archived from the original on 2 August 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2022. But, do you know what ingredients are used in making this yummy dish, or who invented it? The credit goes to Kundan Lal Gujral, a Punjabi. He invented the recipe of Tandoori chicken at his restaurant Moti Mahal Delux in Delhi.
  8. ^ a b Behura, Monica (21 July 2008). "High on bar Be Cues". The Economic Times. Archived from the original on 22 September 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2022. A pearl among connoisseurs of true blue north western frontier province cuisine, it (Delhi) prides itself as the inventor of the tandoori chicken.
  9. ^ Vishal, Anoothi (14 August 2017). "Partition Changed India's Food Cultures Forever". The Wire. Archived from the original on 2 August 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2022. As a new immigrant community poured in from across the new border, new tastes and techniques gained ground. Tandoori became the food of Delhi.
  10. ^ "Punjab on a platter". Hindustan Times. 31 March 2018. Archived from the original on 1 July 2018. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  11. ^ Gujral, Monish (7 March 2013). On the Butter Chicken Trail: A Moti Mahal Cookbook (1.0 ed.). Delhi, India: Penguin India. ISBN 9780143419860.
  12. ^ Hosking, Richard (8 August 2006). Authenticity in the kitchen: proceedings of the Oxford Symposium on food and cookery 2005 (1 ed.). Blackawton: Prospect Books. p. 393. ISBN 9781903018477.

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