Spicy Roasted Chicken Drumsticks

Spicy roasted chicken drumsticks is another chicken recipe which i prepared on a lazy afternoon. It is simple, yet delicious and can be prepared easily without much preparation. The chicken is pan roasted with minimum oil, and hence it is low in fat. Juice of lemon and spices in tandoori masala makes this absolutely finger-licking !!

Ingredients:

Chicken drumsticks - 4 pcs
Lemon - 1
Salt to taste
Ginger-garlic paste - 1 tbsp
Red chilly powder - 2 tbsp
Pepper powder - 1 tbsp
Hung curd - 1 tbsp
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Kasoori Methi - 1/2 tbsp
Cumin powder - 1/2 tbsp
Coriander powder - 1/2 tbsp
Tandoori masala powder - 2 tbsp
Oil - 1 tbsp
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Curry leaves - Handful

Procedure:

1. Remove the skin from chicken drumsticks. Wash and clean it thoroughly and make deep slits on it.

2. First marinade the chicken with lemon juice, salt, red chilly powder and ginger-garlic paste for 10 minutes.

3. Now add pepper powder, curd, turmeric powder,kasoori methi, cumin powder, coriander powder and 1 tbsp tandoori masala to the chicken and marinate for 20 more minutes.

4. Now put the chicken pieces in a pressure cooker, and cook them up to 3 whistles without adding any water.The stock of chicken is enough to cook it.

5. Heat oil in a pan and add 1 tbsp oil. Add mustard seeds. When mustard splutters add handful of curry leaves and roast it well.

6. Now add cooked chicken pieces along with the stock and cook it by constantly flipping it. The spices in stock coats the chicken and it slowly evaporates. Continue to roast the chicken further until it is fried well on all sides.

7. When the chicken is roasted well, add a tbsp of tandoori masala and saute well. Let the masala coat the roasted chicken. Continue to cook for few more minutes.

Serve the spicy chicken drumsticks as an appetizer with lemon wedges and onion slices !!!