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Chicken Tikka Masala Ingredients:
Marinate for about 1 hour
Chicken - 500 gms of boneless chicken
ginger & garlic paste - 4 tsp
turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
chilli powder - 1 tsp
garam masala - 1 tsp
cumin powder - 1/2 tsp
dhaniya powder - 1 tsp
salt to taste
curd - 1/2 cup beaten well
To Marinate the chicken:
Take the beaten curd and mix all the above powders together and add salt . Cut the chicken into medium size pieces and add it to the curd mixture, close the vessel with a lid and let it to marinate for about an hour.
Chicken Tikka Masala Gravy Ingredients:
Onion - 1 chopped
tomato puree - out of one small tomato
ginger & garlic paste - 2 tsp
turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
coriander powder - 2 tsp
ginger & garlic paste - 1 tsp
salt to taste
oil - 8 tsp
garam masala powder - 2 tsp
coriander leaves
Ground almond - 2 tsp (optional)
Fresh Cream is optional to garnish
Chicken Tikka Masala Preparation:
After the chicken is marinated, take them and bake them well in a pan with the flame very low in the stove or we you can put the chicken on the grill and cook it till they are cooked.
For the gravy:
Heat oil in a pan , fry onions till they turn golden brown. Add ginge & garlic paste and let them fry till the oil seperates . Then add all the masala powders to it, and then add the tomato puree. Add salt to taste and then add little warm waterand the ground almond paste its optional to add and let the gravy to come to a boil. Then add the cooked chicken pieces, and let the gravy come to a boil after adding the chicken pieces. Remove the dish from the stove and add the coriander leaves , and the cream ( optional ) to granish. You can serve this hot with chappathis and rotis
Tip:
Ground almond just adds a little more flavour but its not at all required. Fresh cream is also optional some may not like it, you can find the fresh cream in the diary section in all grocery stores where u can find the whipping cream. |
