Chicken tikka masala recipe can be made with fish, paneer or lamb instead of chicken. Chicken tikka masala is a dish of baked or BBQ pieces of chicken, marinated in spices and yogurt. But this chicken tikka masala is a little bit different, because it has gravy and vegetables so you can serve with tandoori naan or boiled rice.

Chicken Tikka Masala Recipe

Ingredients for marination of chicken:

1. Chicken – 1 kg/divide into 16 pieces
2. Yogurt – 4 tbsp
3. Ginger garlic paste – 2 tsp
4. Fried crushed cumin seeds – 1 tsp
5. Red chili powder – 1 tsp
6. Salt – 1 tsp
7. Lemon juice – 2 tbsp
8. Gram flour – 2 tbsp
9. Green cardamom powder – 1/2 tsp

Method:

• Make deep cuts on chicken pieces, then mix all above ingredients and apply on chicken, leave
• for 2 hours.
• Then skew on skewers and BBQ or baked in oven, then give smoke of charcoal.

Ingredients for masala:

1. Onion – 1 chopped
2. Ginger – 2 tbsp chopped
3. Garlic – 1 tbsp chopped
4. Tomato – 2 blended
5. Dry fenugreek leaves – 1 tsp
6. Oil – 1/3 cup
7. Salt – 1 tsp
8. Red crushed chili – 1 tsp
9. Garam masala powder – 1/2 tsp
10. Fried and crushed dry coriander seeds – 1 tbsp
11. Fresh coriander – 1 tbsp chopped
12. Green chilies – 3 chopped
13. Tomato – 1 cut in julienne
14. Onion – 1 cut in julienne
15. Capsicum – 1 cut in julienne

Method:

• Take a pan, heat up oil and fry ginger garlic for 1 second.
• Then add chopped onion and fry until onion turn light brown.
• Then add blended tomato, salt, red crushed chili, garam masala and dry coriander, fry well.
• Now add green chili, fresh coriander and dry fenugreek leaves, mix and add BBQ or baked
• chicken. Mix and cook on dum for 5 minutes.
• Then add julienne cut vegetables and stir fry on high flame for 10 seconds and serve.