Wednesday, September 22, 2010

TANDOORI TRAIL

I am a die out fan of tandoori chicken. I love eating chicken especially made in a traditionally way. Cooking is my hobby .I love to cook from anything to everything .I have tried  lot of chicken recipes and I make really good chicken korma .These days I am learning to cook tandoori chicken but till now I didn’t get a perfect recipe , the perfect way of cooking .
Every Indian who loves chicken loves this variety of chicken because it is specially prepared in charcoal and clay utensils. Like most great recipes, Tandoori Chicken has an interesting story. It starts in the 1920s with a man named Kundan Lal Gujral who opened a restaurant called Moti Mahal in Peshawer during the time when India was united under British rule. Experimenting with new and interesting food preparations, Gujral decided to try cooking chicken in the tandoors--clay ovens--used by local villagers to cook bread. They could reach temperatures of about 900 degrees. Using young chickens, Gujral was able to cook them in the high-heat ovens so that the inside was just done and the outside crisped. The result would make him famous.

In 1947, the Punjab province of British India was partitioned with the Eastern portion joining Pakistan and Western India. Peshawer, with its Muslim majority, became part of Pakistan. Gujral found himself one among many Sikh and Hindu refugees fleeing the rioting and upheaval by heading west to India. He moved his restaurant to Daryaganj, Delhi. As chance would have it, the move into the newly independent India would make Gujral's chicken an international phenomenon.
The first Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru, happened to eat at Moti Mahal and was so impressed by the crispy, tender dish that he made a point of planning many state banquets there. Foreign dignitaries that enjoyed Tandoori Chicken included American Presidents Richard Nixon and John Kennedy, Soviet leaders Nikolai Bulganin and Nikita Khrushchev, the King of Nepal, and the Shah of Iran. The relationship between the restaurant and the leaders of India lasted through several generations of Prime Ministers. The result of the fame is obvious-Tandoori Chicken and its derivative, Butter Chicken, are standards on Indian menus the world over. Chicken Tikka Masala--a dish immensely popular in Britain and America--is also based largely on these dishes. For better, Gujral's son has launched Moti Mahal
So I feel the best place where we can get the taste of original tandoori chicken is moti mahal. Moti mahal which has recently launched a tandoori trail in greater Noida. A new addition to Greater Noida, this certainly improves the otherwise pathetic food scene in and around the area, this Moti Mahal Tandoori Trail is a welcome change. I went to this place around last week and can certainly say that they do a good job at what Moti Mahal is well known for - Indian food! The service is good too - and the ambience is also well taken care of.
And the best part was that I got 20% discount on food just because of ADOMADO . I redeemed this offer for just 25 credit points. This makes me able to visit this place again as it had save my money which I can use it next time. On ADOMADO there are others offers as well such as 15%discount on moti mahal for alcoholic drinks etc. They can be redeemed easily and are valid on different outlets of moti mahal.


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