This weeks peoples choice winner was a Tandoori Thermomix marinade. You might also know this as Chicken Tikka; and its usually served bright red – to the point of wondering if you needed a Geiger counter to accompany dinner.
This Tandoori marinade recipe is made without the addition of Tandoori food colouring, but if you do want to achieve that neon red glow you can add 1-2 tsp before marinating.
I chose to test it out with chicken legs and thighs, but it will work with most protein and vegetables.
We served this with Palak Raita as an entrée, and it will be a popular dinner coming into the hotter months in the Skinnymixer’s household, especially as the paste recipe gives you 4 lots to use! Please, read the notes for further instructions.
Love Nik xx
Ingredients
Tandoori Paste
- 1 tsp black peppercorns
- 4 green cardamom pods
- 2 whole cloves
- 300 g brown onions - peeled, halved
- 60 g garlic - peeled (about 12 cloves)
- 80 g fresh ginger - sliced into coins
- 1 tbsp smoked paprika
- 1 tbsp mild paprika
- 4 tsp ground cumin
- 4 tsp ground coriander seeds
- 4 tsp garam masala - if you haven't got pepper free, omit the peppercorns
- 2 tsp ground turmeric
- 1-2 tsp cayenne pepper - depending on spice preference
- 30 g olive oil
Tandoori Marinade
- 1 portion of tandoori paste
- 250 g Greek yoghurt - I use Jalna
- 30 g fresh lemon juice
- 2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp honey - optional for sugar free
Instructions
- **Please Note: This recipe requires 24 hour marinating for best results**
Paste
- Add peppercorns, cardamom and cloves to mixer bowl. Insert simmering basket and mill for 10 sec/speed 9/MC on. Remove your simmering basket, ensuring to retain any milled spices in the bowl by tapping it gently.
- Add remaining paste ingredients and blend for 10 sec/speed 9/MC on. Scrape bowl down and repeat once.
- Portion out the paste into 4 x lots and freeze individually.
Marinade
- Add all marinade ingredients to mixer bowl, combine for 5 sec/speed 3/MC on.
Notes
(1 portion of paste + marinade) Energy 2400kJ Calories 574Cal Protein 19.0 g Fat, total 35.4 g - saturated 17.6 g Carbohydrate 38.5 g - sugars 32.2 g Sodium 5430 Tandoori Paste Only - 1 Serving 133g Energy 719 kJ Calories 172Cal Protein 4.5 g Fat, total 10.4 g - saturated 1.6 g Carbohydrate 12.0 g - sugars 5.8 g Sodium 28 mg
Nutrition
Smoked Tandoori marinated chicken thighs in my Traeger!
My plan was to then cut them up and cook them in to my butter chicken sauce but I ran out of energy 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Then I smoked them in my Traeger at 257f until an internal temperature of 165f 🙂 big thanks to Grant Neal from The Smoking Joint for giving me the low down on how to cook these gorgeous thighs 😍😍😍😍
