CHICKEN TIKKA RECIPE

CHICKEN TIKKA ( Serves 4)

Ingredients

Chicken boneless 500gm
Hung Curd 250gm
Cream 2 tbsp
Lemon juice 2 tbsp
Ginger Garlic paste 1 tbsp
Red chilly powder 1 t sp
Jeera powder ½ tsp
Garam masala powder ½ tsp
Oil 30 ml
Saffron color ¼ tsp
Kasuri Methi 2 tbsp
Salt to taste

Method
Marination 1
§ Cut chicken or Paneer in to 1x1x1 inch size cube.
§ Mix lemon juice jeera powder ginger garlic paste and salt ½ tsp
§ Apply this mix all over chicken cubes and allow it to marinate for 20-30
min
Marination2
§ In a separate bowl, mix together hung curd, creame, oil, kasoori methi ,
§ garam masala powder salt ½ tsp, saffron colour and red chilly powder.
§ Apply this all over the pieces and marinate it for at least 4 hours in a refrigerator
§ Heat the gas/charcoal tandoor. Put the Marinated chicken pieces on skewer and grill it.
§ Cook for 5 min on 1 side and brush oil in between on the chicken pieces so that they don’t dry up.
§ Cook on other side for another 5-8 min or till the chicken is tender
§ Sprinkle Chat masala powder on top of chicken Tikka
§ Serve hot with Pudina chutney and sliced onion as a snack

Tip:
You can make same recipe in OTG. In a preheated oven, cook chicken for 10 min at 250 degree centigrade. Brush it with oil in between as mentioned above.

You can also try cooking tikka in Non stick pan. Transfer marinated chicken to a non stick pan and cook for 8- 10 min or till masala leaves the oil.