Best Chicken Tikka Masala Recipe
Ingredients
For Marinating the Chicken
- 500 g Chicken Boneless, Cut into small cubes
- 1/4 cup Hung Curd
- 2 tsp Ginger Garlic Paste
- 1 tbsp Lemon Juice
- 2 tbsp Tikka Masala Spice Mix
- 2 tsp Salt
- 2 tbsp Vegetable Oil
- 1 pinch Red Food Colour Optional
For the Gravy
- 2 tbsp Butter
- 2 tbsp Vegetable Oil
- 2-3 Cardamom
- 3-4 Cloves
- 1 inch Cinnamon
- 3-4 Black peppercorn
- 1/2 cup Onion Finely Chopped
- 1 tsp Ginger Garlic Paste
- 1 cup Tomato Finely Chopped
- 1-2 Green Chilli Slit into half
- 1/4 cup Tomato Puree
- 2 tsp Kashmiri Red Chilli Powder
- 1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder
- 1/2 tsp Roasted Cumin Powder
- 2 tbsp Tikka Masala Spice Mix
- Salt to taste
- 1/2 cup Fresh Cream
- 1 tsp Honey
- 2 tbsp Kasuri Methi
For the smoky Flavour
- Piece of charcoal
- 1 tsp Ghee / Oil
Instructions
- Mix all the ingredients for marinating the chicken in a bowl.
- Cover the bowl and refrigerate for 10-12 hours.
- Pre heat the oven to 200 degrees C.
- Transfer the chicken pieces along with the marinade in a baking tray.
- Bake for 25-30 minutes until it is charred from the top.
- Heat butter and oil in a pan.
- Slightly crush the cardamom, cloves, cinnamon stick and black peppercorn and add them in the hot oil.
- Let them crackle for a few seconds.
- Add onion and fry until it turns translucent.
- Add ginger garlic paste and fry for a minute.
- Now add tomato and cook for 3-4 minutes until the tomatoes are mushy.
- Add green chilli, tomato puree, Kashmiri red chilli powder, turmeric powder, cumin powder, tikka masala and salt and cook for 3-4 minutes.
- Add grilled chicken and 1/2 cup of water and cook for 2-3 minutes.
- Now add fresh cream, honey and kauri methi and cook for another minute.
- Heat the piece of charcoal over direct flame until it is red hot.
- Keep a bowl in the centre of the karahi with the chicken and keep the hot charcoal piece in the bowl.
- Pour ghee on top of the charcoal and immediately cover the karahi with a lid.
- Let it rest for 15 minutes for the smoke to incorporate in the masala.
- Serve hot with naan or laccha paratha.
Komentar
Posting Komentar