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[dsrtao]

Inspired by a pair of Serious Eats entries about tandoori cooking on a grill, I made naan and tandoor chicken today.

The naan is (was!) amazingly good. Also quite easy to make. The secret of cooking is that it really does happen quickly: stretch the dough, slap it on the grill, wait 60 seconds -- not "a minute" -- and flip it, wait another 60 seconds, pull it out. Two minutes total on a very hot grill.

I've done tandoor chicken on a grill before, and the real change here was the particular mix of spices in the marinade. Lots of lemon juice, and rather more salt than I would have used otherwise. Tasty, though.

Everyone liked the naan. The boys had various complaints about the chicken. Tough noogies.

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[goldsquare.livejournal.com]

Links to recipes, please?

[dsrtao]

http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2011/08/grilled-naan-recipe.html

http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2011/08/tandoor-style-grilled-chickens-tandoori-cornish-hens-recipe.html


(I used chicken parts. Mmm, parts.)

[goldsquare.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

I wonder if the naan really requires full fat yogurt. I may experiment.

The chicken recipe reminds me a bit of buttermilk marinated southern fried chicken. Imagine "Southern Indian Fried Chicken" :-) If I ate chicken I would try that.

[dsrtao]

I used (whole) milk, as we were running out of yogurt. I think it needs a little fat for softness, but substituting in a tablespoon or two of vegetable oil along with skim milk should do it.

[elizabear.livejournal.com]

Note the recipe uses a charcoal grill; our gas grill worked just as well.

Delicious!!