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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