Tandoori chicken drumsticks

The visual image that a Tandoori chicken brings us is always that of a bright orange red coloured slightly charred one. But i couldnt convince myself to add any food colour to the chicken as my son was waiting patiently by my side watching me cook with his small colourful plate in his hand. Chicken is his favourite food. Normally i dont give him any of the colour added food but i know that this wouldnt work when the item in question is Tandoori chicken.So I omitted the colour part. Im sure that i did justice to the dish and im pleased with it. Try it out.

Ingredients

5 Chicken Leg Pieces
4 tablespoon plain yogurt
1/2 teaspoon ginger paste
1/2 teaspoon garlic paste
1 teaspoon tandoori masala
½ teaspoon of Jeera powder (cumin powder)
1 teaspoon red chilli powder
½ teaspoon garam masala
2 pinch's of red-orange food color( Optional)
Salt to taste

Instructions

Take a big bowl and mix 2 tbsp yogurt, 1 tsp tandoori masala, 1/2 tsp garam masala, 1/2 tsp jeera powder, 1/2 tsp ginger paste, 1/2 tsp garlic paste, 1 tsp red chili powder, 2 pinch's of red-orange food color( if you are using it. I didnt) and salt to taste.
Mix all the ingredients very well and marinate the chicken pieces in this mixture.
Coat all the leg pieces very well and keep the mixture in refrigerator at least for 30 minutes. Preheat the oven at 350 degrees F and take out the chicken mixture from the fridge.

Bake the chicken pieces in preheated oven for 40 minutes, till the chicken is well cooked.