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The process of making Chicken Tikka Masala is given below.


Diwali : Diwali Recipe : Recepie of Chicken Tikka masala

Recipe of Chicken Tikka masala

This mouthwatering Diwali chicken dish adds flavour to you lunch as side dish.

Ingredients to marinate:
  • 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.
For the 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
Method

For the chicken
  • 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 ginger & garlic paste and let them fry till the oil separates
  • Then add all the masala powders to it, and then add the tomato puree.
  • Add salt to taste and then add little warm water and the ground almond paste its optional to add nd 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 garnish