Chicken Tikka Masala

Today's recipe is Restaurant style Chicken Tikka Masala!! It involves only two steps.  Preparing Chicken Tikka and another step is preparing a gravy and adding Tikkas to  the it. You  can also have Chicken Tikka as Appetizer. Here is the link for preparing Chicken Tikka...

                                          How to prepare Chicken Tikka??

You can prepare this tikka even on stove top. So don't ever hesitate to prepare it.  Enjoy this Chicken Tikka Masala... Here is the recipe..

Ingredients:

For Grinding:

Medium Size Tomatoes                               - 2

Cashew nuts                                                - 5

For Gravy:                                                              

Chicken Tikka                                              - 200 gm

Cumin Seeds                                               - 1 tsp

Big Onion                                                     - 2

Green Chilli                                                  - 1

Salt                                                               - As required

Red Chilli Powder                                         - 2 tsp

Coriander Powder                                        - 2 tsp

Kasthuri Methi ( Dried Fenugreek Leaves)   - 2 tsp

Butter                                                           - 2 tbsp

Oil                                                                - 1 tbsp

Garam Masala Powder                                - 1 tsp

Sugar                                                           - 1/2 tsp

Tomato Ketchup                                           - 2 tsp

Fresh Cream                                                 - 1/2 cup ( Around 120 ml)

Procedure:

1. Prepare Chicken Tikka using the link How to Prepare Chicken Tikka??. Chop onions and tomato. Grind Tomato and Cashew nuts to a smooth paste.
2. Add oil+butter to  a pan. To that add Cumin seeds, chopped onions, green chilli. When they are translucent add ground tomato paste.
3. When both onions and tomatoes are cooked, add salt, chilli powder, coriander powder,  and kasthuri methi. Cover with a lid and cook the gravy well.
4.  Add some water if needed. Add sugar and ketchup. Ketchup is used for the color. Add fresh cream. After adding fresh  cream, gravy will get thick a little. Add water accordingly. Then add Garam Masala.. 
5. Add Tikkas and after five minutes  switch off the flame and serve it with chapathi or roti..
6.  Fresh cream is nothing but 'aadai' or 'malai' which forms over the boiled milk.  Just take it out daily and keep it in a airtight box in fridge. The day when you are going to prepare, just take malai from the fridge. Whisk for some time and your Fresh Cream is ready.
7.  Enjoy your Chicken Tikka Masala!!

Chicken Tikka

Chicken Tikka

Chicken Tikka is a Mughalai dish. This dish is a unique blend of Spices, Yogurt, Ginger- Garlic paste and lemon juice. Tikka can be prepared using any meat. Am using chicken. Usually its cooked on skewers in a tandoori pot or it even can be roasted.

Ingredients:

Boneless Chicken ( cut into cubes)     - 500gm
Capsicum, Onion, Tomato                  - few ( chopped in the same size as chicken)
Curd                                                    - 200gm
Ginger Garlic Paste                             - 2 tbsp
Chilli Powder                                      - 3 tsp
Cumin Powder                                    - 2 tsp
Coriander Powder                               - 3 tsp
Turmeric Powder                                - a pinch
Garam Masala Powder                       - 2 tsp
Pepper Powder                                   - 1 tsp
Chat Masala                                       - 1 tsp
kasthuri Methi                                    - 2 tsp
Oil                                                      - 1 tbsp
lemon juice                                        - 1 tsp
Salt                                                     - As required

Procedure:

1. Mix all the ingredients and keep the chicken  and vegetables marinated in Freezer for at-least 2 hrs.
2. Soak the skewers completely in water for 2 hrs to prevent it from getting burnt up while cooking.
3. Insert the chicken and vegetables alternatively in skewers.
4. Preheat the oven to 220 degree Celsius.
5. Place the skewers in preheated oven s for 15 -20 minutes.
6. If u don't have oven, u can even places the skewers in a dosa pan or frying pan  and roast it.
7. Enjoy the Tikka hot..