A tip for naan in the tandoor Apply a little amount of water to the side of the naan which comes in contact with the surface of tandoor while putting it in. It will help the naan stick better and will result in a better crust
The only recommendation I would add here is to make sure your gaddi (which just means pillow) is larger than the diameter of your naan and it is relatively flat instead of round. This is so that you can just slap it flat against the wall of the tandoor in one go and not have to rock it side to side to get the edges. This will prevent un-needed time with your arm cooking in the tandoor. Great video as always Josh
As an Indian guy who loves to cook, this is probably one of the best dishes prepared by a non-indian guy. Big Thumbs up! Also, your tandoori chicken looks hella accurate. Keep it up, Josh. Try to make rajma chawal next, it's easy as hell and for your vegan viewers it is a perfect dish.
I made the whole recipe today with my son. Except for some small flaws it turned out very tasty. The sauce were the best I ever had. Better than from any Indian restaurant we’ve been before. It surprised me how good these sauces can be when made fresh. Next time the flaws will be tackled and this will be the best Indian dish we will have at home. Thanks.
yeah most indian food can be made at home which is also much better than restaurants. Here in UK most restaurant's indian curries tastes like can of tomato!
This is 100% legit tandoori chicken. The naan is perfect, the chicken is just right, and those sauces are the greatest thing to ever grace your table. Congrats on the new tandoor oven, just wait until you find out what else you can cook in it. Edit: I have apparently been eating weird naan all my life.
Josh making effort in pronouncing the Indian words like tandoori and gaddi, buying that industrial grade looking tandoor for the sake of authenticity, and also giving us an alternative to it for us mortals who are not yet rolling in the Papa Big Bucks. Mad props! 🔥👌🏾🥂
@@ganema9 It's much on paying resoect rather than being a culture vulture. Know that mimicry is said to be the biggest form of flattery. I cannot claim to speak on behalf of JW.
never ever i've been so proud of Joshua. truly heartwarming. NOTE: in order to make naan stick to the sides of the tandoor, sprinkle some water before you slap that 'holy moly gracious moist naan' on the sides. Thank me later!
Love the sauces and naan! My alternative to a tandoor is to heat my gas grill with both burners on high, then turn one to low and slap the chicken on that side, close the lid and let it grill at 500-600 for 20-25 minutes, flipping once or twice. You get the char and the smokiness of the tandoor that way.
@@Suiiiiiiiii159 indian? So all Indians can't spell or what. So let me go with the same logic you are terrorist like majority of world terrorists groups are hiding in pakistan 😂. How is that!..
Josh is one of the greatest UA-camr of all time, the comedy, the recognition and appreciation of his fans, his knowledge of food culture and the ability to manage a UA-cam channel with friends without getting stressed out truly one of the G.O.A.T
@@utsavsinghajmeri4316 The recipe is wrong. The folks dont know. Its one thing to say that you are making Tandoori Chicken, its another to say its authentic.
@@tanmaymehra85 authentic? Can you tell me how old this recipe is? with googling it? If you Google it then you'll have your answer regarding this recipe being authentic.
Hey Josh 2 tips I think that can help you: 1. The color for the chicken can be obtained by using Kashmiri red chilli powder which give color but isn't very spicy 2. You can make a makeshift tandoor by just digging a hole in your backyard. Traditionally tandoor was made by digging a hole in the ground.
@@Swiftey-wu2qq However, Josh added red food coloring and what the comment is trying to say is that the first tip brought up the fact that Josh didn't need to use red food coloring because Josh could had obtained the red color by using Kashmiri red chilli powder.
Joshua was doing so well until he used a Mexican chili in an Indian dish. Is it permissible? Of course, but it's not perfect. I guess it's better than Jamie Oliver with his chili jam.
@@toolbaggers There are no hard and fast rules with Indian cooking, it's not very restrictive. So you can use any substitutes to get your desired effect, it's not that big of a deal.
If you wanna marble the naan further, take it off the iron skiller and rest it on top of the railings of the hob. Don't do this for too long (probably 10 secs each side and move it around to hit all sides) and then flip. Honestly adds to the flavour and look so much
A tip Josh is to season the walls of your tandoor with Gur (unrefined sugar) that you can find at any Indian grocery store. Just melt it and lather up the inside of the oven. This helps to form a layer of ash that keeps your naan from sticking to the walls.
My family owns an afghan butcher shop and we marinate tandoori chicken for our customers (along with other things like kabobs, kofta, burgers, Chapli kabob, shami kabob etc), and I got a couple suggestions for this. For the chicken: 1. Bbq slit cuts in the top side of the drum and thigh are ideal to let the marinade get inside the meat 2. Olive oil is a lil better than Vegetable oil (we experimented with both and the difference is significant) 3. Toasting the spices before grinding them is preferred. Especially for the cumin powder, cumin seeds self ground are much better than pre ground cumin powder (especially after a toast) 4. A lil more lemon juice is ideal 5. You have the kashmiri chilli and paprika powders, but it's missing the x-hot red chilli powder. Only need about 1/4th of the paprika amount but it adds such a great flavor to it 6. Food coloring is less necessary if you reduce the amount of yogurt. This recipe uses about 2-3 times what we use, both have their benefits tho so this is your choice. But it allows us to get the same crimson red without any food coloring. Again, it's your call. For the chutney (chakni in my country) 1. green Thai chilli's >>>>>> Serrano chilli's. This is non negotiable in my opinion the difference is insane. 2. With the extra spice it's perfectly fine to mix it with yogurt to allow for more spice with the cooling effects of dairy
@@TheRenujoshi tandoori isn't only Indian. This rendition is done more by afghans. Also, I disagree, olive oil (especially good quality olive oil) just adds a nice flavor to it. Plus it's healthier for you
The naan and chicken in this recipe was amazing. Simple to make and quite flavorful. I made the naan in a cast iron pan and it tasted very authentic. I wish I had a tandoor for the chicken because it probably would have added that smoky flavor that can't be replicated without it. Overall awesome! My 6 year old daughter and I love watching your videos and attempting to cook. It's great father - daughter time. Thanks!
As an Indian I approve!! Tandoori Chicken is my favorite way of having chicken, it's what I cook with my parents, we own 3 different types of tandoor ovens, including the one you have. Making Tandoori chicken with my parents was our best way of celebration. So seeing you recreate one of my favorite dishes, reminded the memories with my parents :))) this will be the first thing we'll do when I go back home!!
Hey Josh :) It's guh-ddi , and also for the mint chutney you could have added some yoghurt while blending to get the street-styled chutney :))) , it enhances the flavour by a lot and well adds some bits of sour flavour notes , and a bit of extra tang. Also A BIG NO FOR COLOURING ,, we add something called degi mirch ( which is a form of red chilli powder but not spicy at all ), to impart the colour to the chicken , instead of using artificial food colouring. Everything else is perfect , you got the recipe down to the T :).
Love how Indian food is finally catching up with Food UA-cam world usually it was Sandwiches, Anime Food and Oriental or Italian stuff, One tip add slits to your chicken legs, helps the marinade get more area to cover and get in, and maybe add a spice pouch in your rice with Pepper corns, Clove, Cardamom Bayleef, Grated Nutmeg and Cinnamon stick that is if you mind finding whole spices in your rice, I personally would just dump them in there and love chewing on the cinnamon and stuff.
@@arizfaiz7343 South east asian countries doesn't even include india and pakistan. It's south asian and also the regions that you are referring to; is still called Indian subcontinent
You should do a series covering side dishes around the world. This video would benefit from like Pilau Rice, peshwari naan, Bombay Aloo and mango chutney
MM THIS IS SO AWESOME I love it so much - also when my mum makes green chutney she also adds baby mango (it’s very unripe and small and green) and it makes it more tangy and ITS SOO GOOD
The authenticity is whats impressive. Most youtube cooks make their “own” versions, but kudos to papa. Would love to see you make something from Pakistan Nihari or something see how you handle it😅🎉
Omg I made this without a tandoor tonight and I am SO impressed maybe the best home cooked meal I’ve ever even made. It tasted EXACTLY how it should and how I imagined it was DELICIOUS, mouthwatering and I am a FUSSY eater. Much better than ANY Indian takeout I’ve eaten in my city ever! I think this is the second recipe I’ve ever made by Josh and both recipes have been absolutely delicious and incredible, I’m definitely making more of Josh’s recipes. He’s the best chef on UA-cam in my opinion I wasn’t going to make the sauces but if you’re wondering if you should take the effort to make them please do - the raita was the best I’ve ever had, the crunchy cucumber and freshness of the sauce was just MMMMM ohmg and the chutney was spicy and delicious. Incredible. This will DEFINITELY be going in my regular dinner rotation!!! many many thanks Josh Wish I had the space/use and money for a tandoor but it’s simply BEAUTIFUL even without one
I love how dedicated you are to you craft and your fans. I have made very little if your recipes by I have to watch them all. You amuse me. Keep it up pspa
You killed this! Also, your pronunciation is nearly there -- it's TUN-dhoor. As a fellow Punjabi, I love seeing you make some of my favorite childhood dishes -- would love to see you try your hand at some South Indian food as well! Obviously the staples (dosa, sambhar, etc.) but there are some really cool cuisines across the region (Chettinad food comes to mind) that have awesome flavors you don't really get with North Indian fare.
Tun-door? Give it a break punjabi hit squad. Everybody knows it's TAN-doori. Just a small fact, Josh does not live in the Punjab. I'm pretty sure on his invoice for tge tandoori dalek he bought it said TANdoor.
These Indian cuisine dishes hav just "GOT" to b the very Top 3 -2 cuisines on the planet ... The constant changes of flavour n explosions 💥 of insane complex Spices in 1's palette is factually not even scratching a literal centimetre on the surface sitting on top of ocean depths of ancient Culinary tastes n techniques 🌎 💯 ..
For those who are cooking tthe chicken on a stove top/oven/don't have a tandoor or grill you can take a small bowl and put a piece of charcoal in it. After rhat take the cooked chicken and put it in a bowl. Take the little charcoal bowl and pour hot oil directly on it (it's going to release wisps of smoke) and immediately put it in the chicken bowl and cover it. Keep there for 5 mins. This method lets chicken have a smoky flavour without complicated equipment 😄
Thoroughly impressed, this man is always willing to go above & beyond👏The tandoor is a very valuable cooking instrument to have and I'm glad he'll have it at his disposal 🤞
2:13 I just love so much that you use the metric system 🙏😭 thank you for using normal measures as a brazilian (or "the rest of the world that uses it") I appreciate that
Made the Naan today, more or less following this recipe using the skillet (sorry I can't afford an Tandoor) and it was delicious. Thank you Josh, a few months ago a local Indian restaurant I went to often closed down, they made the Naan in a tandoor in front of you and used it to make wraps (in a subway like setup) and been missing them and fresh Naan since. Made the tandoori chicken many times it was possibly my favorite dish. 😋
As a south-east asian, I can confirm each and every step of this was correct and traditional as possible. One advice tho, we try to create a crispy crust on the naan but otherwise, this was a great video. Love your work ❤
@@catcat63527Indian dont eat meat. Its against their religion. So dont say as indian. It insulting and offensive. Please be considerate about people beliefs.
We do my man! Also we have 2nd largest Muslim population in world and some sect of hindu do eat meat too. Bro you just ignorant but love the way you want to spread love. Heers man❤@@kiteknight23
Great video Joshua, welcome to the world of Tandoor cooking....I have had mine for just over three years and it's always been a learning experience. You must try a leg of lamb in a tandoor, it's incredible.
I’m in love uncle Joshua with the amount of ghee used in the naan & rice too. But, you forgot to put chopped onions in the raita You took everything thing to next level respect
I don't own a tandoor, so I cook the chicken in the oven at about 275°c using ONLY the salamander at the top and flip the chicken every 4 to 5 minutes until internal temp is good and the results are great! It might just be my preference, but I feel like indirect heat makes chicken much juicier than direct heat :)
@@daimaoza832 I suppose he washed it before removing the skin maybe? not sure if its the best practice, since it will dilute the marinate, and then there is the heat that will kill all germs anyway....
@@daimaoza832- I see comments like this a lot It depends on the treatment of the meat and the country's food standards - 'Muricans from the USA should wash their chicken; EU citizens washing their chicken will just make it wet 🤷♂️
Not truly authentic. Indian tandoori masala needs mustard oil(a must for tandoori masala) and roasted gram flour apart from curd and other spices. Not too bad though.
Spot on Joshua !!! That tandoor looks awesome, if you like eating Indian food often. You can make a lot of flat breads, fun to wrap and eat with your choices of stuffing 😋
Wonderful recipes, Josh. I agree with comments here about eating tandoori chicken with rumali roti. I use Kashmiri chilli powder, and Nissan tandoori masala when I make my own, and I also use fenugreek leaves (dried) in the recipe. It’s impressive you were able to get a tandoor! The colors were stunning. Also, something that vendors will do in India is to toss the tandoori things in butter (sometimes cream) with chaat masala to enhance the flavor. I also sprinkle any tandoori item with chat masala before serving. ☺️
Actually saw your book at a local book shop here in the Philippines today. It was selling around PHP 1,699. Though I didn't manage to buy, I shared to my GF that I watched your YT vids.
If you don't have a grill pan you can also use your broiler if you have a baking sheet and a rack or a broiling pan. Set it to the middle of the oven and check it constantly while flipping when it gets a little crispy. I have one of those glasstop stoves and it doesn't get as hot as I would like it to so I have to use the broiler often. I made chicken like this (Greek remix though) and it's always one of my wife's favorite meals. As always, make it your own and have fun!
Paratha, sometimes tandoori roti and tikka (skewered over fire) version of this chicken and cucumber yogurt salad are a mainstay of the cheap local eateries throughout bangladesh
Usually we eat tandoori chicken with romali roti, which is paper thin and let’s the flavours of the chicken shine through, so I’d highly recommend you try that❤
We made everything but the green sauce. Had to modify some of the steps cuz we could not get the Grill out. There is a bit of snow out today. Hubby loved everything! We used chicken we raised ourselves. yummy!
I wish i can make this but it seems hard for me to understand and memorize all these spices names! Plus i don’t want to stay in my kitchen for a week making this! 😂 I’m Egyptian who lives in USA and Indian food is my favorite always especially this exact dish. Whenever i go out to eat in an Indian restaurant i always ask for Tandoori chicken and Naan bread i love it so very much! ❤️
5:02 Wait a second, Brother you need to learn this from the homies in Tamil Nadu ( Like me ! ). Don't add butter and stuff, just after cleaning the rice let it soak in some water for half an hour . Then cook it in the pressure cooker. Wanna learn, just tell me I can help you. Peace
I make this all the time, without a tandoor of course. This recipe is legit. A commonly used variation is to marinate twice. First marination is with lime, salt and ginger garlic paste for about 30 mins. This is followed by the 2nd marination simile to the one in the video.
As an indian chef, a little tip for you. This will take your tandoori chicken to the next level! Marinate the chicken in 2 steps- Step 1- add ginger garlic paste, salt and lemon juice to your chicken and refrigerate for 2 hours. Step 2- the marinade Add 2 tbsp of mustard oil in a large bowl and add 2 tsp of Kashmiri red chilli powder. Mix that well before adding the other spices (this is what gets that beautiful red colour to the tandoori chicken without actually adding any artificial food colour). Add yogurt cumin powder, coriander powder, garam masala, black salt, Red chilli powder (hot one), chaat masala, dried mint, fresh coriander (finely chopped). Now rub this marinade generously on the chicken. Try this, you won’t regret it
As an Indian. You have my approval. But, as a purist, instead of the food colouring, heat a few table spoons of mustard seed oil (sarso tel) until it's smokes and the strong mustard smell is removes quite a bit, take it off the heat and let it cool a little, add the kashmiri chilli powder in the oil stir for around 30 seconds and add it to your marinate. The colour is Divine! Also, you can add a bit of cream cheese to the marinade for it to adhere better to the chicken + more flavour
I remember when i was like 5, my dad got home some tandoori chicken… and for the past 14 years, all sunday my family has munched down on some delicious tandoori chicken, with naan and onions. Good day is a sunday for me 😂
I'm gonna shorten this into a quicker weeknight dinner by marinating boneless chicken thighs in the yogurt/spice marinade and doing a combo of stove top + oven bake in a cast iron pan. Thank you for the inspiration! Plus i didn't know you had to wash basmati like you do arborio
A domestic oven won’t work. You can’t get them hot enough, and the water vapour produced makes it impossible to get a char before the chicken has completely dried out. You will have far more success with an air fryer set to its maximum temperature.
Another awesome cooking video! Love your channel and watch it regularly. One small tip: For the chicken, make 2 to 3 cuts on each side and then rub the marinade on it. This way the marinade is absorbed all the way through to the bone. Amazing job all around!
Another way to approximate a tandoor for naan: get an anodized steel Tawa (griddle without nonstick coating), brush water on the bottom of the naan dough, apply to the Tawa on the gas stove (water helps the dough stick), and once the dough is bubbly, turn the pan over so that the top of the naan gets brown spots from the fire.
Amazing work!! It's almost there, you only need to use Mustard oil instead of Vegetable oil in the marinade. You can also have two different marinations first with the ginger garlic and lemon for 2 hours and the next with the rest of the stuff because the acid of the lemon juice and yoghurt react differently with the chicken. ✌️
There was actually one Indian restaurant I’ve been to that had the exact chicken (albeit pre-diced). It kinda reminded me a buffalo sauce, but it was still great. For context if you live in Houston, the restaurant was Aga’s. Anyway, I know I suggested this in the Discord server, but it’d be great if you could tackle Habesha (Eritrean/Ethiopian) food at some point.
We have a huge family/friend lunch every Sunday and I try to make chicken tikka masala at least once a month because we don’t have an Indian restaurant within 100 miles of us, while quite a few people enjoy it. Think I’m gonna surprise everyone next Sunday with this amazing dish.
A tip for naan in the tandoor
Apply a little amount of water to the side of the naan which comes in contact with the surface of tandoor while putting it in.
It will help the naan stick better and will result in a better crust
And also use salty water
do u work at a dhaba loool
😂😂naan stick.
Also it needs to be a triangle and not a circle. This is not debatable
Damn, bro...no matter what he does there will always be an "ackshually 🤓" guy in the comments.
The only recommendation I would add here is to make sure your gaddi (which just means pillow) is larger than the diameter of your naan and it is relatively flat instead of round. This is so that you can just slap it flat against the wall of the tandoor in one go and not have to rock it side to side to get the edges. This will prevent un-needed time with your arm cooking in the tandoor.
Great video as always Josh
Thanks Nan Solo
@@Tullminator that is a great name
@@Ashar121 Thanks!
I'm an Indian and this literally restores my heart
Cause I've seen number of people performing is totally wrong
Go eat you’re vegetables
@@talhaabdullah2859 wow bro you're funny 🗿
@@talhaabdullah2859 Ignorant porki
@@talhaabdullah2859 80% of Indians are non vegetarians you stoopid ass fool
@@talhaabdullah2859 haa Porki maza aa gya apni beizzati karwa ke?
As an Indian guy who loves to cook, this is probably one of the best dishes prepared by a non-indian guy. Big Thumbs up!
Also, your tandoori chicken looks hella accurate. Keep it up, Josh.
Try to make rajma chawal next, it's easy as hell and for your vegan viewers it is a perfect dish.
How does it look without food coloring ? Just don’t like adding it
@@bOUNK986 it looks just lighter in color and similar to masala you make.
@@bOUNK986 actually kashmiri red chilli powder gives a distinct red color to the dish if you don't want to use food colouring. It's not spicy at all
@@bOUNK986 Use paparika powder.
rajma rice the goat
I made the whole recipe today with my son. Except for some small flaws it turned out very tasty. The sauce were the best I ever had. Better than from any Indian restaurant we’ve been before. It surprised me how good these sauces can be when made fresh. Next time the flaws will be tackled and this will be the best Indian dish we will have at home. Thanks.
What were the flaws? I'm going to cook it next week.
yeah most indian food can be made at home which is also much better than restaurants. Here in UK most restaurant's indian curries tastes like can of tomato!
This is 100% legit tandoori chicken. The naan is perfect, the chicken is just right, and those sauces are the greatest thing to ever grace your table. Congrats on the new tandoor oven, just wait until you find out what else you can cook in it.
Edit: I have apparently been eating weird naan all my life.
Have to agree about the chicken but the naan is more like a tandoori roti if im honest
@@07adzz tandoori roti is exactly what most foreigners call "naan"
@@07adzz yup. I do usually see a lot of flatbreads being called naan but here, naans have a very special look.
The naan by no means is perfect. One side is pale, the other side is perfect tho
Some picañha in that tandoor would be 🔥
Josh making effort in pronouncing the Indian words like tandoori and gaddi, buying that industrial grade looking tandoor for the sake of authenticity, and also giving us an alternative to it for us mortals who are not yet rolling in the Papa Big Bucks. Mad props! 🔥👌🏾🥂
Such cultural appropriation, much wow
@@ganema9 It's much on paying resoect rather than being a culture vulture. Know that mimicry is said to be the biggest form of flattery.
I cannot claim to speak on behalf of JW.
are you joking? you cant make tandoori chicken if your white? ok sure no food made in or by europeans for stariving african kids
@@ganema9
You morons don't even understand what that term means.
@@ganema9 are you indian?
never ever i've been so proud of Joshua. truly heartwarming.
NOTE: in order to make naan stick to the sides of the tandoor, sprinkle some water before you slap that 'holy moly gracious moist naan' on the sides. Thank me later!
Unlike most chefs who stick to a specific cuisine, Josh is jack of all trades. Love you bro! 👌👌
Josh of all trades
@@HighSchoolerDxD 😂
@@HighSchoolerDxD master of naan
What's the problem with stick to 1 cuisine?
@@SoajN whoever said it was a problem?? 🤔
Love the sauces and naan! My alternative to a tandoor is to heat my gas grill with both burners on high, then turn one to low and slap the chicken on that side, close the lid and let it grill at 500-600 for 20-25 minutes, flipping once or twice. You get the char and the smokiness of the tandoor that way.
I used to work in an Indian resteurant and i gotta say, this chicken is freaking delicious
Restaurant*
@@jackelsey7885 🤓🤓🤓
@@jackelsey7885 😂😂broo he is Indian
@@Suiiiiiiiii159 no excuse for butchering the spelling lol
@@Suiiiiiiiii159 indian? So all Indians can't spell or what. So let me go with the same logic you are terrorist like majority of world terrorists groups are hiding in pakistan 😂. How is that!..
I feel like Joshua's crew has been reading the comments and they are giving us a little bit of a good old educational content. Thank you!!!
We have!!
Josh is one of the greatest UA-camr of all time, the comedy, the recognition and appreciation of his fans, his knowledge of food culture and the ability to manage a UA-cam channel with friends without getting stressed out truly one of the G.O.A.T
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Yea the Rich ones… plus he be lying a lot with prices…. Other than that I Love he vids to!
@@biggene0652 he doesnt lie about prices. He just put price for the portion
Yeah. I’m kinda picky with my cooking channels and he hits all the marks for me
I'm just here for the food lol
Tandoori chicken has been a staple in this house for many years. Our kids were eating this as soon at they had teeth. They adored the stuff.
Beautiful and instant classic episode. Digging a break from the fast food.
As an Indian this Tandoori is approved
Edit:Bro i just said I liked it why did it have to become a war?its my opinion its not like yall have to agree
Have you ever made Tandoori chicken?
As a Indian please tell him to eat with hands also 😡
@@imfool3149 Indians are fucking disgusting eating rice dishes with their hands. EW
@@utsavsinghajmeri4316 The recipe is wrong. The folks dont know. Its one thing to say that you are making Tandoori Chicken, its another to say its authentic.
@@tanmaymehra85 authentic? Can you tell me how old this recipe is? with googling it? If you Google it then you'll have your answer regarding this recipe being authentic.
Hey Josh 2 tips I think that can help you:
1. The color for the chicken can be obtained by using Kashmiri red chilli powder which give color but isn't very spicy
2. You can make a makeshift tandoor by just digging a hole in your backyard. Traditionally tandoor was made by digging a hole in the ground.
He did add kashmeeri
@@Swiftey-wu2qq However, Josh added red food coloring and what the comment is trying to say is that the first tip brought up the fact that Josh didn't need to use red food coloring because Josh could had obtained the red color by using Kashmiri red chilli powder.
Joshua was doing so well until he used a Mexican chili in an Indian dish. Is it permissible? Of course, but it's not perfect. I guess it's better than Jamie Oliver with his chili jam.
@@toolbaggers There are no hard and fast rules with Indian cooking, it's not very restrictive. So you can use any substitutes to get your desired effect, it's not that big of a deal.
If you do the hole in the ground tandoor, how do you do your naan? Or do you just do that with a different cooking vessel?
If you wanna marble the naan further, take it off the iron skiller and rest it on top of the railings of the hob. Don't do this for too long (probably 10 secs each side and move it around to hit all sides) and then flip. Honestly adds to the flavour and look so much
A tip Josh is to season the walls of your tandoor with Gur (unrefined sugar) that you can find at any Indian grocery store. Just melt it and lather up the inside of the oven. This helps to form a layer of ash that keeps your naan from sticking to the walls.
Wow can't wait to try it
Yo you have 0 likes despite having that verified thing, lol
I'm a chicken Don't eat me
My family owns an afghan butcher shop and we marinate tandoori chicken for our customers (along with other things like kabobs, kofta, burgers, Chapli kabob, shami kabob etc), and I got a couple suggestions for this.
For the chicken:
1. Bbq slit cuts in the top side of the drum and thigh are ideal to let the marinade get inside the meat
2. Olive oil is a lil better than Vegetable oil (we experimented with both and the difference is significant)
3. Toasting the spices before grinding them is preferred. Especially for the cumin powder, cumin seeds self ground are much better than pre ground cumin powder (especially after a toast)
4. A lil more lemon juice is ideal
5. You have the kashmiri chilli and paprika powders, but it's missing the x-hot red chilli powder. Only need about 1/4th of the paprika amount but it adds such a great flavor to it
6. Food coloring is less necessary if you reduce the amount of yogurt. This recipe uses about 2-3 times what we use, both have their benefits tho so this is your choice. But it allows us to get the same crimson red without any food coloring. Again, it's your call.
For the chutney (chakni in my country)
1. green Thai chilli's >>>>>> Serrano chilli's. This is non negotiable in my opinion the difference is insane.
2. With the extra spice it's perfectly fine to mix it with yogurt to allow for more spice with the cooling effects of dairy
I suggest you try the marinade with mustard oil once. It’s a game changer.
for the green chutney, use tamarind and a little bit of jaggery powder instead of lime juice.
Olive oil kills the taste of Indian food. It is a huge no no!
The best part about food is preferences and I don’t doubt those variations make tandoori chicken so much better. Big ups!
@@TheRenujoshi tandoori isn't only Indian. This rendition is done more by afghans. Also, I disagree, olive oil (especially good quality olive oil) just adds a nice flavor to it. Plus it's healthier for you
I spent a decade in Malaysia. A good tandoori chicken and garlic naan at 11pm when the heat of the day is gone can’t be beat. Amazing.
I love your shout out to the metric system and I LOVE when recipes include ingredients in grams!!! It makes results so much more consistent!
The only thing missing is the temperatures in Kelvin instead of Fahrenheit.
@@svenreichard8726 😂. Boo ya
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The naan and chicken in this recipe was amazing. Simple to make and quite flavorful. I made the naan in a cast iron pan and it tasted very authentic.
I wish I had a tandoor for the chicken because it probably would have added that smoky flavor that can't be replicated without it.
Overall awesome! My 6 year old daughter and I love watching your videos and attempting to cook. It's great father - daughter time. Thanks!
I put hot coal on a plate and pour oil into it, place it with the chicken and cover with a big lid to get that smoky flavour for pan made tandoori
As an Indian I approve!! Tandoori Chicken is my favorite way of having chicken, it's what I cook with my parents, we own 3 different types of tandoor ovens, including the one you have. Making Tandoori chicken with my parents was our best way of celebration. So seeing you recreate one of my favorite dishes, reminded the memories with my parents :))) this will be the first thing we'll do when I go back home!!
Since when did indian started harming animals? So sad they all forgot their roots and culture and today wanna be westerners 😢
My mom spent years trying to get me to cook but I was never into it. Now I have more time and your videos made me love it. Thank you!!
Hey Josh :)
It's guh-ddi , and also for the mint chutney you could have added some yoghurt while blending to get the street-styled chutney :))) , it enhances the flavour by a lot and well adds some bits of sour flavour notes , and a bit of extra tang. Also A BIG NO FOR COLOURING ,, we add something called degi mirch ( which is a form of red chilli powder but not spicy at all ), to impart the colour to the chicken , instead of using artificial food colouring. Everything else is perfect , you got the recipe down to the T :).
A lot of places do add food colouring. Its really common
@@karuneshtongbram8230 outside maybe, but inside the country, you'd be surprised at how wrong you are
@@karuneshtongbram8230 outside india they may , but not in the country they dont
ya and ton-dure is like than-door
Yes! Degi mirch - much better. Food colour is cheap bullshit
Love how Indian food is finally catching up with Food UA-cam world usually it was Sandwiches, Anime Food and Oriental or Italian stuff,
One tip add slits to your chicken legs, helps the marinade get more area to cover and get in, and maybe add a spice pouch in your rice with Pepper corns, Clove, Cardamom Bayleef, Grated Nutmeg and Cinnamon stick that is if you mind finding whole spices in your rice, I personally would just dump them in there and love chewing on the cinnamon and stuff.
Indian food is the only food that not only causes, but looks like, smells like, and tastes like diarrhea.
Bro its south east Asian not only indian. Pakistanis were the creator of this art of a recipe.
@@arizfaiz7343 bro Pakistan didn't exist till 1947. So every South Asian dish comes from India only
@@arizfaiz7343 so loud and wrong haha we're south asian.. southeast asians are filipinos and thais and stuff silly
@@arizfaiz7343 South east asian countries doesn't even include india and pakistan. It's south asian and also the regions that you are referring to; is still called Indian subcontinent
Josh, you’re the man…with others giving an elaborate amount of ingredients you make things simple for a novice cook to follow. Thanks!
Finally an American making the absolute correct recipe, thank you and love you papa joshua
You should do a series covering side dishes around the world. This video would benefit from like Pilau Rice, peshwari naan, Bombay Aloo and mango chutney
@@egdarallenhoe interesting! Here in the UK Pilau is a fried rice season with Turmeric, mustard seeds, staranis and cardamom
@@egdarallenhoe pilau rice is actually a Swahili dish
MM THIS IS SO AWESOME I love it so much - also when my mum makes green chutney she also adds baby mango (it’s very unripe and small and green) and it makes it more tangy and ITS SOO GOOD
The authenticity is whats impressive. Most youtube cooks make their “own” versions, but kudos to papa. Would love to see you make something from Pakistan Nihari or something see how you handle it😅🎉
Omg I made this without a tandoor tonight and I am SO impressed maybe the best home cooked meal I’ve ever even made.
It tasted EXACTLY how it should and how I imagined it was DELICIOUS, mouthwatering and I am a FUSSY eater. Much better than ANY Indian takeout I’ve eaten in my city ever!
I think this is the second recipe I’ve ever made by Josh and both recipes have been absolutely delicious and incredible, I’m definitely making more of Josh’s recipes. He’s the best chef on UA-cam in my opinion
I wasn’t going to make the sauces but if you’re wondering if you should take the effort to make them please do - the raita was the best I’ve ever had, the crunchy cucumber and freshness of the sauce was just MMMMM ohmg and the chutney was spicy and delicious. Incredible. This will DEFINITELY be going in my regular dinner rotation!!! many many thanks Josh
Wish I had the space/use and money for a tandoor but it’s simply BEAUTIFUL even without one
I’ve seen enough , & I’m definitely subscribing! 😍 Thank you for sharing this with us! You did a fabulous job! Chef kiss ! 😊
I love how dedicated you are to you craft and your fans. I have made very little if your recipes by I have to watch them all. You amuse me. Keep it up pspa
You killed this! Also, your pronunciation is nearly there -- it's TUN-dhoor.
As a fellow Punjabi, I love seeing you make some of my favorite childhood dishes -- would love to see you try your hand at some South Indian food as well! Obviously the staples (dosa, sambhar, etc.) but there are some really cool cuisines across the region (Chettinad food comes to mind) that have awesome flavors you don't really get with North Indian fare.
Facts, watch Indian MasterChef
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Tun-door? Give it a break punjabi hit squad.
Everybody knows it's TAN-doori.
Just a small fact, Josh does not live in the Punjab. I'm pretty sure on his invoice for tge tandoori dalek he bought it said TANdoor.
Chettinad chicken is the ultimate
@Curbscrape are you Josh's wife?
Showed this to my Indian mum. Approved 👍
These Indian cuisine dishes hav just "GOT" to b the very Top 3 -2 cuisines on the planet ... The constant changes of flavour n explosions 💥 of insane complex Spices in 1's palette is factually not even scratching a literal centimetre on the surface sitting on top of ocean depths of ancient Culinary tastes n techniques 🌎 💯 ..
The fact that you actually got a tandoor??? 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
This was so satisfying to watch omg I looove tandoori chicken
For those who are cooking tthe chicken on a stove top/oven/don't have a tandoor or grill you can take a small bowl and put a piece of charcoal in it. After rhat take the cooked chicken and put it in a bowl. Take the little charcoal bowl and pour hot oil directly on it (it's going to release wisps of smoke) and immediately put it in the chicken bowl and cover it. Keep there for 5 mins. This method lets chicken have a smoky flavour without complicated equipment 😄
Proud of you Josh! U deserve that Uncle title 👍👍
Love to see you make more.
Best wishes from Mumbai, India 🇮🇳🇮🇳
Thoroughly impressed, this man is always willing to go above & beyond👏The tandoor is a very valuable cooking instrument to have and I'm glad he'll have it at his disposal 🤞
2:13 I just love so much that you use the metric system 🙏😭 thank you for using normal measures as a brazilian (or "the rest of the world that uses it") I appreciate that
Made the Naan today, more or less following this recipe using the skillet (sorry I can't afford an Tandoor) and it was delicious. Thank you Josh, a few months ago a local Indian restaurant I went to often closed down, they made the Naan in a tandoor in front of you and used it to make wraps (in a subway like setup) and been missing them and fresh Naan since. Made the tandoori chicken many times it was possibly my favorite dish. 😋
Made this tonight and it was a HIT! I'm so proud of myself lol. Thank you @Joshua Weissman
As a south-east asian, I can confirm each and every step of this was correct and traditional as possible. One advice tho, we try to create a crispy crust on the naan but otherwise, this was a great video. Love your work ❤
Indian crust isn't that crispy. In fact, having a soft one because of butter is more desirable
@@catcat63527Indian dont eat meat. Its against their religion. So dont say as indian. It insulting and offensive. Please be considerate about people beliefs.
We do my man! Also we have 2nd largest Muslim population in world and some sect of hindu do eat meat too. Bro you just ignorant but love the way you want to spread love. Heers man❤@@kiteknight23
Great video Joshua, welcome to the world of Tandoor cooking....I have had mine for just over three years and it's always been a learning experience. You must try a leg of lamb in a tandoor, it's incredible.
I’m in love uncle Joshua with the amount of ghee used in the naan & rice too.
But, you forgot to put chopped onions in the raita
You took everything thing to next level respect
I don't own a tandoor, so I cook the chicken in the oven at about 275°c using ONLY the salamander at the top and flip the chicken every 4 to 5 minutes until internal temp is good and the results are great! It might just be my preference, but I feel like indirect heat makes chicken much juicier than direct heat :)
I am not Indian so I can't say how authentic this recipe is, but I can tell it is DELICIOUS.
It’s authentic … but us Indians wash our chicken … something that not a lot of people do lol
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I suppose he washed it before removing the skin maybe?
not sure if its the best practice, since it will dilute the marinate, and then there is the heat that will kill all germs anyway....
@@daimaoza832 kind of a useless thing to do innit? Lol.
@@daimaoza832- I see comments like this a lot
It depends on the treatment of the meat and the country's food standards - 'Muricans from the USA should wash their chicken; EU citizens washing their chicken will just make it wet 🤷♂️
Not truly authentic. Indian tandoori masala needs mustard oil(a must for tandoori masala) and roasted gram flour apart from curd and other spices. Not too bad though.
Spot on Joshua !!! That tandoor looks awesome, if you like eating Indian food often.
You can make a lot of flat breads, fun to wrap and eat with your choices of stuffing 😋
Thank you for this! Would love to see Joshua make Finnish food and see if he can make it better 🙂
b-roll before the video even starts getting into it makes it even more satisfying and worthy of watch. I also just love it all in general.
Your efforts are appreciated. This chicken slaps. You did really good.
The friendship between papa and uncle roger is so iconic and wholesome and we are 100% here for it
Wonderful recipes, Josh. I agree with comments here about eating tandoori chicken with rumali roti. I use Kashmiri chilli powder, and Nissan tandoori masala when I make my own, and I also use fenugreek leaves (dried) in the recipe. It’s impressive you were able to get a tandoor! The colors were stunning. Also, something that vendors will do in India is to toss the tandoori things in butter (sometimes cream) with chaat masala to enhance the flavor. I also sprinkle any tandoori item with chat masala before serving. ☺️
I appreciate you using the metric system. 😂😂
You only have to change from degree Fahrenheit to degree Celsius and you will earn the "KING" title
Actually saw your book at a local book shop here in the Philippines today. It was selling around PHP 1,699. Though I didn't manage to buy, I shared to my GF that I watched your YT vids.
I love that you take your uncle title seriously - bless you - so great to see real respect for food culture!
That really is authentic and looks amazing
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Happy holi to everyone
Happy Holi
If you don't have a grill pan you can also use your broiler if you have a baking sheet and a rack or a broiling pan. Set it to the middle of the oven and check it constantly while flipping when it gets a little crispy. I have one of those glasstop stoves and it doesn't get as hot as I would like it to so I have to use the broiler often.
I made chicken like this (Greek remix though) and it's always one of my wife's favorite meals. As always, make it your own and have fun!
That’s the very reason why Josh has the Uncle title. 👊🏻
Paratha, sometimes tandoori roti and tikka (skewered over fire) version of this chicken and cucumber yogurt salad are a mainstay of the cheap local eateries throughout bangladesh
I just finished this for supper tonight. Man it was good. Another home run. Thx Josh
This is one of the most authentic tandoori chicken recipe ever. I’m Indian and I can vouch for this. Josh the 🐐
isn't it pronounced tandoor though as in tan like a suntan?
@@lwalker1998 tan (pronounced as tuhn)
Usually we eat tandoori chicken with romali roti, which is paper thin and let’s the flavours of the chicken shine through, so I’d highly recommend you try that❤
Joshua never disappoint us ❤
I think I commented this a lot, but honestly, I don't think you get enough appreciation for the fact you use grams in your recipes!
We made everything but the green sauce. Had to modify some of the steps cuz we could not get the Grill out. There is a bit of snow out today. Hubby loved everything! We used chicken we raised ourselves. yummy!
I wish i can make this but it seems hard for me to understand and memorize all these spices names! Plus i don’t want to stay in my kitchen for a week making this! 😂
I’m Egyptian who lives in USA and Indian food is my favorite always especially this exact dish. Whenever i go out to eat in an Indian restaurant i always ask for Tandoori chicken and Naan bread i love it so very much! ❤️
If you do an Indian cuisine series chicken 65 should be on here as well as a garlic shallot naan.
This looks awesome. 🤤
Streetfoodaround here for love ❤
5:02 Wait a second, Brother you need to learn this from the homies in Tamil Nadu ( Like me ! ). Don't add butter and stuff, just after cleaning the rice let it soak in some water for half an hour . Then cook it in the pressure cooker. Wanna learn, just tell me I can help you. Peace
I make this all the time, without a tandoor of course. This recipe is legit. A commonly used variation is to marinate twice. First marination is with lime, salt and ginger garlic paste for about 30 mins. This is followed by the 2nd marination simile to the one in the video.
As an indian chef, a little tip for you. This will take your tandoori chicken to the next level!
Marinate the chicken in 2 steps-
Step 1- add ginger garlic paste, salt and lemon juice to your chicken and refrigerate for 2 hours.
Step 2- the marinade
Add 2 tbsp of mustard oil in a large bowl and add 2 tsp of Kashmiri red chilli powder. Mix that well before adding the other spices (this is what gets that beautiful red colour to the tandoori chicken without actually adding any artificial food colour).
Add yogurt cumin powder, coriander powder, garam masala, black salt,
Red chilli powder (hot one), chaat masala, dried mint, fresh coriander (finely chopped). Now rub this marinade generously on the chicken.
Try this, you won’t regret it
As an Indian. You have my approval. But, as a purist, instead of the food colouring, heat a few table spoons of mustard seed oil (sarso tel) until it's smokes and the strong mustard smell is removes quite a bit, take it off the heat and let it cool a little, add the kashmiri chilli powder in the oil stir for around 30 seconds and add it to your marinate. The colour is Divine! Also, you can add a bit of cream cheese to the marinade for it to adhere better to the chicken + more flavour
You did justice to the Tandoori Chicken!! Approved by this Pakistani Chef 👍✔️
Cant believe people didnt try this masterpiece before
I remember when i was like 5, my dad got home some tandoori chicken… and for the past 14 years, all sunday my family has munched down on some delicious tandoori chicken, with naan and onions. Good day is a sunday for me 😂
I love Tandoori chicken!
I appreciate your channel and your cookbook!
I'm gonna shorten this into a quicker weeknight dinner by marinating boneless chicken thighs in the yogurt/spice marinade and doing a combo of stove top + oven bake in a cast iron pan. Thank you for the inspiration! Plus i didn't know you had to wash basmati like you do arborio
A domestic oven won’t work.
You can’t get them hot enough, and the water vapour produced makes it impossible to get a char before the chicken has completely dried out.
You will have far more success with an air fryer set to its maximum temperature.
0:03 Joshuas words to Thalapathy critics
Another awesome cooking video! Love your channel and watch it regularly. One small tip: For the chicken, make 2 to 3 cuts on each side and then rub the marinade on it. This way the marinade is absorbed all the way through to the bone. Amazing job all around!
Another way to approximate a tandoor for naan: get an anodized steel Tawa (griddle without nonstick coating), brush water on the bottom of the naan dough, apply to the Tawa on the gas stove (water helps the dough stick), and once the dough is bubbly, turn the pan over so that the top of the naan gets brown spots from the fire.
Wow. Impressed by the amount of effort you've put into that.
Amazing work!! It's almost there, you only need to use Mustard oil instead of Vegetable oil in the marinade. You can also have two different marinations first with the ginger garlic and lemon for 2 hours and the next with the rest of the stuff because the acid of the lemon juice and yoghurt react differently with the chicken. ✌️
There was actually one Indian restaurant I’ve been to that had the exact chicken (albeit pre-diced). It kinda reminded me a buffalo sauce, but it was still great. For context if you live in Houston, the restaurant was Aga’s.
Anyway, I know I suggested this in the Discord server, but it’d be great if you could tackle Habesha (Eritrean/Ethiopian) food at some point.
In looks but not taste
@@sanaa7 It tasted kinda reminiscent at Aga’s, but I think they used vinegar in their recipe.
As a Pakistani, thank you Josh. You didn’t pronounce tandoor correctly but you cooked it right, so it’s all good. 😊
We should thank Mr Kundan Lal Gujral who created tandoori chicken, butter chicken and dal makhani from his Moti Mahal restaurant in Delhi (1950s).
As a Bangladeshi and a member of the South Asian community, I approve this tandoori chicken.
You're the most Authentic person ever seen.... Love from India
Bro has a tondoor but doesn't have a grill
Indians assemble ☕😏
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You should do the full MrBeast burger menu
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I had this in turkey and immediately needed to learn how to make this.
Amazing man made it and was so flavorful both sauces compliment the chicken beautifully
We're in the cabinet again, guys! Let's go! Feels like the good old days.
We have a huge family/friend lunch every Sunday and I try to make chicken tikka masala at least once a month because we don’t have an Indian restaurant within 100 miles of us, while quite a few people enjoy it. Think I’m gonna surprise everyone next Sunday with this amazing dish.
This whole video is so satisfying to watch👏😍
You did it the right way love to see it
just made this, tastes like I'm back in India. This is the second recipe I've made from Joshua and both are great!