Chicken Tikka
With juicy golden chicken pieces marinated with homemade tikka spice mix and yoghurt , this Chicken Tikka Masala recipe is one of the best you will try!
Ingredients
Chicken tikka spice mix
- 1 Bay Leaf
- 1 Black Cardamom
- 4 Green Cardamom
- 3 Cloves
- 1/2 mace floret
- 3 1inch Cinnamon Stick
- 3-4 Dry Red Chillies
- 1/2 tsp Caraway Seed(Shahjeera)
- 1/2 tbsp Cumin Seeds
- 1+1/4 tbsp Coriander seeds
- 1+1/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder
- 1 tbsp Kashmiri Red Chili Powder
For Chicken Mariande
- 500 gm Boneless Chicken Cubes
- 1/4 cup Whisked Thick Yogurt Full Fat
- 2 tbsp Lemon Juice
- 1&1/2 tbsp Ginger & Garlic Paste
- 2 tbsp oil
- 1 tbsp Finely chopped Coriander Leaves
- Prepared tikka spice mix
For Threading
- 1/2 cup Red Bell Pepper (capsicum) cut into cubes
- 1/2 cup Green bell pepper (capsicum) cut into cubes
- 1 cup onion cut into cubes
- 6-7 wooden skewers
Instructions
For Chicken tikka spice mix
- Make a fine powder of all dry spices mentioned above.Add turmeric ,salt and Kashmiri red chili powder & mix until well combined.Spice mix is ready.
For chicken Marinade
- In a bowl add chicken cubes .Add all ingredients mentioned above for marinade and prepared tikka spice mix.
- Mix until chicken pieces are well coated. Let it rest overnight or at least 2 hours in the refrigerator.
- Before cooking give the chicken charcoal smoke by placing a hot coal Inside a bowl .pour a spoon of ghee on the coal and cover immediately. Allow. it to rest for 2-3 minutes.
For threading and cooking
- Thread marinated chicken , capsicum and onion on the skewers.
- Heat some oil in a grill pan on medium heat and add the chicken skewers.Cook on one side for 7-8 minutes ,flip over and cook for another 7-8 minutes.
- Chicken tikka is ready. Serve hot with naan or rice .