Chicken Tikka Masala

Ingredients

• • Boneless chicken - 500 grams

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Ingredients For Marination

• • Garlic paste - 1 teaspoon
• • Ginger paste - 1 teaspoon
• • Curd - 2 tablespoons
• • Kala namaks/Rock salt - ¼ teaspoon
• • Lemon juice - 1 teaspoon
• • Salt - as required
• • Kashmiri mirches - ¼ teaspoon
• • Red food colouring - a few drops

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Ingredients For Masala

• • Onions (large, roughly chopped) - 2
• • Tomatoes (big, roughly chopped) - 6
• • Ginger (roughly chopped) - 2 inch pieces
• • Garlic (chopped) - 6 flakes
• • Garam masala - 1 teaspoon
• • Red chilly powder - ½ teaspoon
• • Salt - as required
• • Malai - 2 tablespoons
• • Oil - 5 tablespoons

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Ingredients For Garnishing

• • Green chillies (cut into strips) - 2
• • Ginger - 1 inch

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Method

• 1. Cut the boneless chicken into 2 inch tikkas.
• 2. Mix all the ingredients given under marinade together and rub the tikkas with them. Marinate for 2 hours.
• 3. Heat 2 Tablespoon oil in a pan.
• 4. Add the marinated chicken along with the marinade and cook on high flame for about 2 min or till dry, stirring all the while.
• 5. Remove from fire.
• 6. In the same oil, add roughly chopped onion, tomato, ginger & garlic.
• 7. Cook on medium heat until onions & tomatoes turn a little soft.
• 8. Remove from fire.
• 9. Cool the onion-tomato mixture and blend to a smooth paste in a mixer.
• 10. Heat 2-3 Tablespoon oil in a clean pan. Add the onion-tomato paste. Cook until masala thickens a little.
• 11. Add the tikkas and cook covered on slow flame till chicken is tender & oil separates. Reduce flame.
• 12. Add malai and stir for 1 minute. Serve garnished with slit green chillies & ginger match sticks.