Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, chicken tikka. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Chicken Tikka is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. They are fine and they look fantastic. Chicken Tikka is something that I’ve loved my entire life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook chicken tikka using 21 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Chicken Tikka:
- Make ready 1 kg chicken breasts, skin and bones removed
- Make ready 1 cup yogurt, plain
- Get 4 cloves garlic, crushed
- Prepare 3 tablespoons lemon juice, fresh
- Prepare 2 tablespoons fresh ginger, grated
- Prepare 2 teaspoons ground cumin
- Get 2 tablespoons bunch of coriander, chopped
- Take 1 tablespoon garam masala
- Make ready 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- Prepare 1/2 teaspoon cayenne
- Prepare 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
- Take salt to taste
- Get For the garam massala mixture: (makes 1/2 cup)
- Take 2 tablespoons ground cardamom, seeds
- Make ready 1 cinnamon stick, broken up
- Take 2 tablespoons cumin, seeds
- Get 1 teaspoon whole cloves
- Take 2 tablespoons black peppercorns
- Take 1 teaspoon nutmeg, grated
- Take 2 tablespoons dried coriander, seeds
- Make ready Special equipment: an electric coffee/ spice grinder
Steps to make Chicken Tikka:
- To prepare the garam masala: mix, then toast all ingredients in a pan for 10 mn, transfer to a coffee/spice grinder and grind them into a powder.
- Put the yogurt in a deep bowl. Add in vegetable oil, cumin, coriander, ginger, garam masala, garlic, black pepper, cayenne, lemon juice and salt. Blend well until the mixture is smooth.
- Cut the chicken into small cubes and add to the yogurt mixture.Make sure all chicken pieces are well coated. Cover the bowl and place in the refrigerator for a minimum of 4 hours.
- Before grilling, remove the chicken from the refrigerator and bring to room temperature.
- Insert the skewers into chicken pieces and grill until the chicken is cooked from both sides. If you don’t have a grill you can also cook it in the oven on a wire rack for 15 to 20 mn.
- Garnish with lemon wedges and serve.
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