Roasting the food over fire is one of the oldest known cooking technique in the human history. The discovery of coal led to the use of coal for cooking. Even today, thousand of villages rely on wood or coal for cooking as they still do not have access to the LPG or the cooking gas. The dry cow dung is also used as fuel for cooking or other heating purposes. Although we now have latest technological appliances and modern modular kitchens in big towns, cities and metropolitan cities like gas pipelines and induction stoves, there is no comparison to the taste of the food made on the conventional "chulha" or even tandoor. The burning wood or coal has its own charm. The food is cooked on high temperature of the burning flame or even used for slow cooking when it is left to lit slowly. In western countries, Barbecue is very common and people enjoy the roasted meat and vegetables through out the summers. it is a very common sight in summers when almost every household is enjoying their food outdoors roast cooking it right there.
This dish is very unique as it involves roasting not only chicken but also other ingredients like onion, tomatoes and garlic. Not only this, we have not used whole lot of spices in this dish as the use of spices would have ruined the rustic roasted flavor. The ingredients were roasted on coal grill that's why the coal roasting flavor got infused into the ingredients. The oven roasted ingredients will not have the same flavor so our suggestion is that if you want to enjoy the real essence of the dish, then take some time out of your busy schedules and make this dish in the way we have made. But in case you live in an apartment and do not provision for coal burning grill or barbecue, then you may roast the chicken and other ingredients over the gas stove. the flames will give the roasting flavor to them. Even though it may not be the same coal infused flavor, but the flame rusting will also serve the purpose and make the dish quite delectable. So relish the real flavor of this low spice roasted flavor sumptuous dish and enjoy your life with your friends and family with such adventures.
for 3-4 persons
- Chicken on bone 700 gms
- Tomatoes 2
- Onion 1
- Garlic cloves 5-6
- Lemon juice 1 tbsp
- Ginger garlic paste 1 tbsp
- Salt to taste
- Green chilli crushed 1 tsp
- Oil 2-3 tbsp
- Red chilli powder 2 tsp
Method
- Marinate chicken with lemon, ginger garlic paste, green chilli and salt and keep for 1 hour in refrigerator.
- Roast the chicken on coal grill. (Coal grill flavour is main essences of dish, oven roasting will not give same flavour)
- Roast chicken well.
- Roast tomato, onion and garlic on charcoal grill.
- Chop roasted onion carefully.
- Peel tomatoes to remove burnt skin and grind to paste.
- Peel garlic cloves and crush.
- Heat oil in large pan. Add chopped onion.
- Saute onion well.
- Add salt.
- Add tomato paste.
- Cook by stirring constantly till water dries.
- Add red chilli powder, garam masala
- Mix well.
- Cook till oil separates.
- Add roasted chicken pieces.
- Mix well to coat chicken well with masala.
- Cook for 5-6 minutes on high heat.
- Add 1 cup water. Mix well.
- Cover and cook for 10-15 minutes on low heat.
- Oil will float on surface.
- Mix and cook covered for 7-8 minutes.
- Bhuna Masala Chicken is ready.
- Serve with naan, roti or rice.
Awesome. Very rustic flavour it gave to the whole dish...
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