Oven baked tandoori chicken and rice

Ingredients :

For marinating the chicken :

• Whole Chicken
• Yogurt : 1/2 cup
• Tandoori Masala mix : 1 packet
• Ginger-garlic paste : 1 tbs

For the Rice

• 2 cup uncooked long grain rice
• 1 onion chopped finely
• 2 carrots chopped
• 2 clove garlic chopped
• salt as required
• 2 and 1/2 cups chicken broth
• Water : based on type of rice,( if more water required than chicken broth)

Preparation

• Marinate chicken for 12 hours
• Preheat oven to 350 degree Fahrenheit
• Grease a baking dish
• You can saute the onion or raw onion to the rice
• place the chicken on the center of the dish
• Tie up the legs
• Add washed and drained rice on both sides of chicken
• Add all other ingredients to the dish and cover with a aluminum foil
• Bake for  hour, or cook until chicken and rice cook well
• Let it sit covered for 15 more minutes
• In between flip the chicken to make sure both sides are cooked evenly.
• Serve hot