Tandoori Pears

Ingredients:

1. Pears - cut into flat pieces, avoiding the center with seeds
2. yogurt - 1/2 cup
3. roasted cumin powder - 1 tspn
4. garlic paste - 1 tspn
5. ginger paste - 1/2 tspn
6. juice of half a lemon
7. salt
8. pepper/red chilli powder - 1 tspn
9. turmeric - a pinch
10. vegetable oil - 2 tspn

Procedure:

1. In a big mixing bowl, add the yogurt, cumin powder, garlic paste, ginger paste, lemon juice, salt, chilli powder, turmeric and oil and mix well
2. take your pears and dip in them and let them be coated completely with this mixture
3. marinate them for 30 min., so that all the flavors are imbibed by the fruit
4. on a hot grill-griddle, place your pears one by one and char them till they turn dark golden brown. 

serve hot!