Chicken Tikka Masala recipe
Learn how to make creamy chicken tikka masala. It is marinated pieces of boneless chicken in spicy gravy.
Servings 0
Ingredients
- Chicken 1 kg
- Onions 5 small
- Tomatoes 5
- Cashews 3 tbsp
- Ginger garlic paste 1 tbsp
- Red chilli powder 2 tsp
- Garam masala 1 tsp
- Turmeric powder ½ tsp
- Coriander powder 2 tsp
- Kasuri methi 2 tbsp
- Oil 2 tbsp
- Butter 1 tbsp
- Fennel seeds ¾ tsp
- Milk/Cream 1 cup
- Red color little optional
Marination
- Ginger garlic paste 2 tbsp
- Red chilli powder 5 tsp
- Coriander powder 2 tsp
- Garam masala 2 tsp
- Turmeric powder 1 tsp
- curd ⅔ cup
- Oil 2 tbsp
- Cumin powder ½ tsp
- Salt 1 TSP
- Lemon juice 3 tbsp
Instructions
Preparing Chicken Tikka
- Wash and cut the boneless chicken as cubes.
- Take all the ingredients given under marination in a bowl
- Mix it together to form a thick paste. Add little water if required.
- Marinate the chicken with batter and keep it aside.
- Just one hour before grilling or frying, cube the onions and capsicum
- Add it along with marinated chicken.
- Mix and keep it aside
- Arrange the marinated chicken, onions and capsicum alternatively in skewers and arrange them in baking tray.
- Preheat the oven to 225°C for 20 mins and bake in the same temperature for 20 to 25 minutes till chicken is nicely grilled. Flip the chicken once in ten minutes to cook evenly.
- Brush it with butter five minutes before taking out of oven for nice glaze and flavor.
Preparing Masala
- Heat oil, butter and add fennel seeds.
- Once it browns add onions and ginger garlic paste.
- Saute and add cashews and tomatoes.
- Add all spice powders along with salt.
- Add little water and allow it to boil nicely for 15-20 minutes.
- Cool down the mixture and transfer to blender
- Grind to smooth paste
- Add water to paste and allow it to boil again.
- Once it boils add the chicken Tikka pieces to gravy and mix.
- Now add kasturi methi leaves and mix.
- Then add cream/milk and allow it cook for few minutes.
- Garnish with coriander leaves
- Serve chicken tikka masala
Notes
You can use milk if you don't have cream
Adjust the spice powders according to your taste.
If you want bright red color you can add pinch of red food color.