Tandoori Chicken Wings With a Honey Chili Glaze

It’s the wee hours of the morning, 4 am to be exact and I got up early and could not go back to sleep so I picked up my phone & started to write. Gone are the days when one blogs on paper or even the laptop at least for me. Writing a note on my phone seems the most convenient thing to do these days. Anyway, whatever works I guess.  Blogging and writing has always been cathartic and healing to me so when I am distraught, stressed or just feel like I need a boost I pen a note or blog a post.

Today I decided to blog my tandoori rolled chicken wings. It’s a simple recipe but popular enough that I get requests for it when I attend potlucks and am often asked for the recipe. I have always wanted to blog it, so I don’t have to repeat the recipe to friends who ask. You marinate the wings in tandoori masala, roll the wings very lightly in almond flour. I used almond flour, but you can use any flour. Then you dip them in a savory sauce and bake. The flavor to this dish lies in the sauce. I sometimes make a ready-made version with half Maggi hot and sweet ketchup & half buffalo wing sauce.  It works but sometimes like this time(this was few days back) I make my own home made sauce and it’s yummy. I tweaked a recipe from one of my favorite foodie friends and you can find this recipe here. I added some chili to it and it turned out well. Crisp but moist chicken wings that tickle your palate with a sweet & spicy kick. Adjust the recipe to your suit your palate. From my kitchen to yours. Hope you like this recipe.

tandoori chicken wings

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Ingredients

• 4 Lbs chicken wings (about 30 small or 20 large wings)
• 2 Tbsp tandoori masala
• 1 Tsp salt
• 1 lemon (juice)
• 1 cup almond flour
• 1/2 cup ketchup
• 1/2 cup chilli sauce
• 1/4 cup honey
• 1 Tsp crushed red pepper
• 1 Tsp black pepper
• 2 Tsp crushed garlic

Note

Use  any flour as you wish

Directions

	Mix tandoori masala with 1 tsp salt and lemon juice. Marinate chicken wings in this mixture and refrigerate a few hours.
	Make a dipping sauce by mixing ketchup, chilli sauce, honey, chili flakes, pepper and honey.
	Lightly roll the wings in almond flour, dip in the sauce and place on a baking tray
	Bake at 375 for about 40 to 50 minutes turning once in between . Baste with lemon juice and olive oil mixture if it gets too dry.
	Turn up the heat to 400 for about 5 minutes to make the wings dry and get a nice glaze.
	Serve warm with mint chutney or yogurt sauce

As for my morning thoughts, was musing over how life can be confusing and feel like a roller-coaster sometimes. I am not a huge fan of roller coasters, but my family drag me on every one. The twists and turns come too quickly before you’re quite ready for them. Some twists leave you with a knot in your stomach or make you want to scream at the top of your lung’s roller coaster style. But at the end of the roller-coaster there is a thrill, a feeling of relief and elation at having finished it. When you raise your hands on a roller coaster it’s like saying I won’t care about the twists and turns. It’s easier when I let go and scream. It will finish soon. The twists and turns leave me a braver stronger person. Let it go!  Life is too short to be sweating the small stuff. There is freedom in letting go. Not letting anything bog you down. Life doesn’t have to be perfect to live it well. Every day is a clean slate. Forget yesterday with its hurts, mistakes, joys and pains. Today is a gift. Let go of yesterday & live today well. Love yourself and others and just live.  Thank you for stopping by. Love.

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