Chicken Roast in Jaggery Tamarind glaze! :)

Weekends make me happy, mostly because something new and interesting, beckons to be cooked. This weekend we decided to tweak a certain Chicken Roast recipe, due to the unavailability of a lot of ingredients and made something that turned out to be mindbogglingly fantastic. This here, shown in the picture is our Jaggery and Tamarind glazed Chicken Roast! I reckon, the glaze can easily be used to cook Pork ribs on a Barbecue special Sunday afternoon. 

Ingredients

1) 4-5 Chicken Pieces with the skin on them.
2) 100 gm Jaggery(Gur)
3) 4 tbsp Tamarind pulp
4) 2 tbsp Red Chilli Powder
5) 1 tbsp Chili Flakes
6) 3 tbsp Salt and Pepper
7) 2 tbsp Cumin(Jeera)
8) 2 tbsp Coriander powder/paste
9) 2 tbsp Lemon Juice
10) 2 tbsp Fennel Seed(Mouri)
11) 2 tbsp Crushed Ginger and Garlic
12) 2 tbsp Garam Masala/All Spice
13) 2 tsp Oil

Recipe

1) Make slits on the chicken surface and rub it with pepper and salt.
2) Caramelize the jaggery in a pan over medium heat and add the rest of the ingredients in it. Stir constantly until it thickens a little. Remove from heat.
3) Slather the chicken pieces with the Jaggery and Tamarind glaze and bake in a preheated oven(160 C) for 50 mins to an hour. (Place it on a high rack if possible) Now bake both the chicken sides at 200 C for 5 mins each and remove. Squeeze lemon juice and sprinkle Oregano on it. Serve it hot with Naan bread. :D

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