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This is an easy recipe for Chicken Tikka Masala–chicken marinated in yogurt and spices and then served in a tomato cream sauce. Serve with rice or warm flatbreads. It's easy to confuse these two Indian dishes: they're both chicken in a creamy, tomato-based, spicy sauce.
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To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have chicken tikka masala using 30 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Chicken Tikka Masala:
- Get To marinate the chicken:
- Prepare 500 g diced chicken breast or thighs
- Get 1/2 cup yogurt
- Get 2 tbsp lemon juice
- Make ready 5 cloves garlic
- Make ready 1 tbsp ginger paste
- Take 1 tsp cumin powder
- Prepare 1 tsp turmeric
- Get 1 tsp red chilli powder
- Prepare 1/2 tsp sweet paprika
- Prepare 1/2 tsp garam masala
- Make ready 30 g besen (gram flour)
- Get 30 ml oil
- Take For the sauce / gravy
- Take 20 ml oil
- Prepare 1 chopped onion
- Take 2 tbsp ginger & garlic paste
- Take 400 g chopped tomatoes
- Take 1 green chilli
- Get 1 tsp turmeric
- Prepare 1 tsp cumin powder
- Get 1 tsp coriander powder
- Get 1/4 tsp garam masala
- Get 1/4 tsp kasoori methi
- Prepare 2 tsp honey
- Prepare 1/4 tsp cardamom powder
- Make ready 1/2 tsp red chilli powder
- Prepare to taste Salt
- Prepare 20 g fresh coriander for garnish
- Make ready 10 ml single cream for garnish
And the chicken is perfectly tender with the creamiest, most flavor-packed sauce ever! Slice the chicken into bite-sized chunks. Combine the cubed chicken with the yogurt, lemon juice, garlic, ginger, salt, cumin, garam masala, and paprika and stir until well-coated. Line a high-sided baking pan or roasting tray with parchment paper.
Steps 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.
Chicken tikka masala is a dish of marinated and broiled chunks of chicken in a creamy, spice-infused tomato sauce. Alongside the requisite basmati rice, buttered peas, and naan, it makes a fabulous family feast. This version is terrific for entertaining since it can be made entirely ahead of time — and it's also a great intro to Indian food for kids, as it's not too spicy. Chicken Tikka Masala is creamy and easy to make right at home in one pan with simple ingredients! Full of incredible flavours, it rivals any Indian restaurant!
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