Chicken Tikka
Chicken Tikka

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Chicken Tikka is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. Chicken Tikka is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.

The traditional chicken tikka consists of small pieces of marinated chicken, threaded onto skewers and grilled. Unlike a chicken tikka masala, this is like a dry tandoori! Melt butter in a large heavy skillet over medium heat.

To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have chicken tikka using 15 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Chicken Tikka:
  1. Get 400 gms boneless chicken pieces
  2. Make ready 4 tbsp curd
  3. Make ready 1/2 tsp haldi
  4. Get 1 tsp chaat masala
  5. Make ready 1 tsp zeera powder
  6. Get 1 tsp tandoori masala
  7. Get 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste
  8. Make ready 1 tsp garam masala
  9. Make ready 2 tsp kashmiri red chilli powder
  10. Make ready 1/4 tsp pepper powder
  11. Prepare to taste Salt
  12. Get 1/2 lemon juice
  13. Take 2 tbsp oil
  14. Prepare 1 pinch red food colour
  15. Make ready 1/2 tsp ghee

It is traditionally small pieces of boneless chicken baked using skewers on a brazier called angeethi after marinating in Indian spices and dahi (yogurt)—essentially a boneless version of tandoori chicken. The word tikka (Tike in Turkish, and Tikə in Azerbaijani) is. There are various tales about the origins of Chicken Tikka Masala, and most are along the lines of the following: That a British aristocrat was served Chicken Tikka (chicken on skewers chargrilled in a tandoor) and sent it back to the kitchen, complaining it was dry. In response to which the enterprising chef added a curry.

Steps to make Chicken Tikka:
  1. Prepare a marinade using all the ingredients and add the chicken pieces to it. Mix well and set aside for 30 minutes.
  2. Heat a non stick pan or a non stick grill pan. Brush some oil on it and place the chicken pieces on the pan. Cook on medium flame for a few minutes. Turn and cook on the other side too. Switch off flame.
  3. Light up a piece of coal till it's red. Place it in a small steel bowl and keep in the pan with the chicken. Pour 1/2 tsp ghee and cover with a lid. Remove the coal after 10 minutes. Enjoy hot with a sprinkle of chaat masala.

Classic chicken tikka is cooked in an ultra-hot oven called a tandoor, and using a barbecue at home gives a similar charred and smoky result to this classic Punjabi dish. For this chicken tikka masala recipe, the yogurt helps tenderize the chicken; the garlic, ginger, and spices in the marinade infuse it with lots of flavor. It's easy to confuse these two Indian dishes: they're both chicken in a creamy, tomato-based, spicy sauce. However, Indian Butter Chicken is creamier and sweeter than Chicken Tikka Masala, which is spicier and more intensely flavored. Butter chicken is also made with butter instead of oil.

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