> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://onesandwich.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Tandoori Chicken Roll - URL: https://onesandwich.com/tandoori-chicken-roll/ - Published: 2026-05-17T05:32:05.000Z - Updated: 2026-05-26T15:32:11.000Z - Description: Tandoori chicken (yogurt-marinated, clay oven roasted) in paratha or naan. - Author: Andrew Lekashman - Tags: India, Wraps and Burritos, Kathi Roll, #auto-imported **馃嚠馃嚦 India** 路 Family: [Kathi Roll](https://onesandwich.com/tag/kathi-roll/) 路 Heat: Grilled 路 Bread: paratha 路 Proteins: chicken --- Ingredients paratha 路 chicken 路 yogurt 路 tandoori spice 路 onion 路 mint chutney 路 lemon juice The Tandoori Chicken Roll is the cart-and-counter standard: yogurt-marinated, clay-oven-roasted chicken rolled in a *paratha* or *naan*. It is a national format in India, found wherever there is a *tandoor* working, and its angle is the marriage of two *tandoor* products in one hand. The same oven that blisters the bread chars the chicken, and the roll exists to keep that smoky, slightly bitter char wrapped and portable instead of plated as a kebab platter. The make is a sequence where the *tandoor* does most of the heavy lifting. Chicken is marinated in yogurt with ginger, garlic, chilli, and the warm spice mix that gives *tandoori* its color and tang, then threaded on skewers and roasted in the clay oven until the outside takes deep char and the inside stays moist. The cooked chicken is pulled off the bone or sliced, often given a final toss on the griddle with onion to refresh the heat and edges. A *paratha*, flaky and sturdy, or a *naan* is cooked alongside and kept warm. The bread is laid out, painted with green *chutney*, sometimes a stripe of onion-and-lime salad, the hot chicken arranged in a line, and the whole thing rolled tight and twisted in paper at the base. Good execution is chicken with genuine *tandoor* char and a juicy interior, a *paratha* that is flaky and structural enough to hold without going greasy or splitting, and *chutney* sharp enough to cut the richness. Sloppy execution is oven-pale or dried-out chicken, a limp or oil-soaked bread, a roll under-seasoned and dull, or one packed so loosely it unspools after the first bite. Variation tracks the bread and the sauce. A *paratha* base gives a flakier, more substantial roll; *naan* gives a softer, doughier one. Marinades range from the classic red *tandoori* to milder malai and sharper *achaari* profiles, and some carts add an egg layer or a tamarind sweetness, which pushes it toward *kathi*\-roll and chaat territory. This is distinct from the *naan*\-only *tandoori* chicken wrap and the bread-slice *tandoori* chicken sandwich, and each of those deserves its own article rather than being crowded in here. --- ## More from this family Other [Kathi Roll](https://onesandwich.com/tag/kathi-roll/) sandwiches in India: - [Aloo Kathi Roll](https://onesandwich.com/aloo-kathi-roll/) - [Boti Kebab Roll](https://onesandwich.com/boti-kebab-roll/) - [Chicken Egg Roll](https://onesandwich.com/chicken-egg-roll/) - [Chicken Kathi Roll](https://onesandwich.com/chicken-kathi-roll/) - [Chicken Seekh Roll](https://onesandwich.com/chicken-seekh-roll/) - [Double Egg Roll](https://onesandwich.com/double-egg-roll/) - [Egg Kathi Roll](https://onesandwich.com/egg-kathi-roll/) - [Hakka Noodles Roll](https://onesandwich.com/hakka-noodles-roll/) [See all Kathi Roll sandwiches 鈫抅(https://onesandwich.com/tag/kathi-roll/)