Chicken Tikka

Ingredients for Chicken Tikka:

1. Boneless chicken – 1 kg

2. Curd – 1 cup

    Coriander powder – 1-2 big spoons

    Ginger paste – 2 big spoons

    Garlic paste – 3 big spoons

    Salt – 1.5 big spoons

    Garam masala powder – 1 big spoon

    Red chillies – 2 or 3

    Chilli powder – 1 small spoon

    Lemon juice – 3 big spoons

    Cardamom – 4, powdered after removing skin

    Cinnamon powder – 1 small spoon

3. Onions – 2 big

    Green capsicum – 2

4. Olive oil – As required

5. Chat masala – As required

6. Onion chopped as rings, and lemon pieces – To decorate

How to prepare Chicken Tikka?

1. Clean chicken and cut into small pieces for Chicken Tikka. Use a fork to penetrate here and there.

2. Mix all the ingredients in a big plastic bowl.

3. Add chicken to it, marinate well and let it rest for 2-3 hours.

4. Cut ingredients no: 3 to square pieces similar to chicken pieces.

5. Thread the marinated chicken pieces onto the skewer one by one, along with onions and capsicum in alternate sequence.

6. Spray olive oil, and bake in oven for 20 minutes, pre-heated at 200-230 degree celsious. Take care, your chicken should not dry.

7. Sprinkle chat masala once you take it out.

8. Decorate with onion rings and lemon pieces.

9. Serve hot with mint chutney.

Courtesy: Vanitha Magazine March 1-14, 2014

Also read: Grilled Chicken

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