
Hey everyone, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, chicken tikka masala. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Chicken Tikka Masala is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Chicken Tikka Masala is something which I’ve loved my whole life.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook chicken tikka masala using 30 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Chicken Tikka Masala:
- Make ready To marinate the chicken:
- Prepare 500 g diced chicken breast or thighs
- Get 1/2 cup yogurt
- Take 2 tbsp lemon juice
- Take 5 cloves garlic
- Make ready 1 tbsp ginger paste
- Take 1 tsp cumin powder
- Make ready 1 tsp turmeric
- Make ready 1 tsp red chilli powder
- Make ready 1/2 tsp sweet paprika
- Get 1/2 tsp garam masala
- Get 30 g besen (gram flour)
- Prepare 30 ml oil
- Make ready For the sauce / gravy
- Take 20 ml oil
- Make ready 1 chopped onion
- Take 2 tbsp ginger & garlic paste
- Take 400 g chopped tomatoes
- Get 1 green chilli
- Take 1 tsp turmeric
- Make ready 1 tsp cumin powder
- Make ready 1 tsp coriander powder
- Take 1/4 tsp garam masala
- Prepare 1/4 tsp kasoori methi
- Get 2 tsp honey
- Take 1/4 tsp cardamom powder
- Make ready 1/2 tsp red chilli powder
- Get to taste Salt
- Make ready 20 g fresh coriander for garnish
- Make ready 10 ml single cream for garnish
Instructions to make Chicken Tikka Masala:
- To begin, make the gram flour roux by warming the flour with 20ml of the oil in a saucepan over a gentle heat. Mix and cook out a little, then set aside.
- To marinate the chicken, add the ginger-garlic paste, yoghurt, ground spices and salt to a large bowl and mix well. Add the boneless chicken thighs, gram flour roux and remaining 10ml oil and mix well to combine. Transfer to a container and leave to marinate for a minimum of 4 hours in a fridge. Prefer overnight marinate.
- To make the sauce, heat the oil in a large saucepan. Add the ginger-garlic paste and green chilli, sauté for a couple of minutes, then add the onions, cook till they translucent. Add chopped tomatoes, salt, chilli powder, cardamom powder, kasoori methi, cumin powder, turmeric and garam masala. Add half cup of water and simmer for 20 minutes, covered with a lid.
- Preheat the oven to 200 degree C to gas mark 6. Allow the marinated chicken to come up to room temperature for roughly 30 minutes before grilling.
- Place the chicken tikka on a wire cooking rack (with a drip tray below) and grill in the oven for 10–15 minutes. Turn on the grill and finish cooking the chicken tikka on the top shelf, turning occasionally until brown at the edges. Remove and set aside
- To serve, heat the onion and tomato sauce in a pan and add the chicken and the honey.
- Serve drizzled with cream and a garnish of fresh coriander. Enjoy with your choice of chapati, Rice or Naan bread.
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