Chicken Tikka Masala
Chicken Tikka Masala

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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.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have chicken tikka masala using 32 ingredients and 16 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Chicken Tikka Masala:
  1. Prepare 500 gm boneless chicken cut into cubes
  2. Prepare For Marination
  3. Prepare 4 tbsp yoghurt
  4. Get 1 teaspoon cumin powder
  5. Take 1 teaspoon chicken masala or garam masala
  6. Prepare 1 teaspoon lemon juice
  7. Prepare 1.5 tbsp kashmiri chilli powder
  8. Make ready to taste Salt
  9. Make ready 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste
  10. Take 1/4 teaspoon pepper
  11. Make ready For gravy
  12. Make ready 3 onions finely chopped
  13. Make ready 3 tomatoes roughly chopped
  14. Take 2 teaspoon melon seeds
  15. Prepare 3 tbsp cashews
  16. Take 1 bay leaf
  17. Take 4 cardamom
  18. Get 1 inch cinnamon stick
  19. Get 1/2 teaspoon jeera
  20. Take 1/2 cup cream
  21. Take to taste Salt
  22. Prepare 1/2 teaspoon Garam masala
  23. Make ready 1 tbsp kashmiri chilli powder
  24. Make ready 1/4 teaspoon turmeric
  25. Prepare 1.5 tbsp coriander powder
  26. Take 3 tbsp chopped coriander leaves
  27. Get 1 teaspoon lemon juice
  28. Prepare 1 small capsicum cubed
  29. Make ready 1 tomato deseeded and cubed
  30. Take Water as required
  31. Get 3 tbsp oil
  32. Take 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste

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.

Instructions to make Chicken Tikka Masala:
  1. In a bowl, mix all ingredients mentioned under Marination section. Add chicken and marinate well
  2. Cover and keep it aside for 1 hour
  3. Insert chicken into skewers. Grease grill pan and grill chicken on all sides. It should be well browned. Keep the cooked tikka aside
  4. Soak cashews in warm water for 30 minutes. Discard the water
  5. Grind cashews and tomatoes to form smooth puree
  6. Heat oil in a pan, add bay leaf, cinnamon, cloves, cardamom and splutter cumin seeds
  7. Add onions and saute until Brown
  8. Add ginger garlic paste and saute until raw aroma goes away
  9. Add all spice powders except garam masala to the pan and mix well
  10. Add salt and puree. Saute until oil starts leaving the sides
  11. Cut chicken tikka in smaller pieces. Add tikka to the pan and mix well
  12. Add water and bring to boil
  13. Add cubed onions and cook for 4 minutes
  14. Add cubed capsicum and tomatoes. Cook for 2 minutes
  15. Add coriander leaves, lemon juice, garam masala and cream. Mix well. Cook for few seconds. Switch off
  16. Serve hot with roti or naan

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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