Have you been to an Indian restaurant and enjoyed their tandoori chicken and wished you could get the same flavor more often and without spending an arm and a leg at a restaurant? Well wish no more because I’ve got you covered. Use the following recipe and use a pressure cooker to create a fully cooked and flavorful tandoori chicken right in your own home. And don’t worry that your chicken doesn’t look as red as you see in the restaurant, they are using tricks (like red dye or adding more paprika) to the recipe to make the dish have that signature red color.
Ingredients:
- 3/4 cup plain yogurt $0.75
- 1 1/2 tablespoons vegetable oil $0.18
- 1 1/2 tablespoons lemon juice $0.17
- 1/2 tablespoons Kashmiri red chili powder, or more to taste $0.04
- 1 tablespoon salt $0.12
- 2 teaspoons grated fresh ginger $0.14
- 2 teaspoons minced fresh garlic $0.06
- 1 1/2 teaspoons garam masala, or more to taste $0.07
- 3/4 teaspoon ground turmeric $0.05
- 12 whole chicken drumsticks $4.73
- 1 cup water $0.00
Total: $6.29
Full Video Tutorial
- Stir yogurt, vegetable oil, lemon juice, red chili powder, salt, ginger, minced garlic, garam masala, and turmeric together in a large bowl.
- Pat drumsticks dry with paper towel. Cut 2 to 3 slits into each drumstick.
- Put drumsticks into a large, resealable plastic bag; pour yogurt mixture into the bag, remove as much air as possible from the bag and seal. Massage bag to coat chicken completely in marinade and refrigerate for 8 to 24 hours.
- Pour 1 cup water into the inner steel pot of pressure cooker.
- Remove chicken from marinade and arrange on the trivet.
- Lock pressure cooker lid in place and set steam vent to Sealing. Select Pressure Cook (Manual) and cook for 15 minutes on High Pressure. Let pressure release for 10 minutes then quick release the rest of the steam.
Kitchen Items used in this recipe
 |  |  |
| COSORI Electric Pressure Cooker | Meat Cleaver | SENZER Gravity Electric Salt and Pepper Grinder Set |
