Lasooni Chicken Tikka

Ingredients

• • Chicken tikka (boneless) - 500 grams
• • Garlic (finely chopped) - 2 tablespoons
• • Butter - 1 tablespoon
• • Tils/Sesame seeds - 2 tablespoons
• • Malai/Cream - ½ cup
• • Jaiphals/Nutmeg powder - ¼ teaspoon
• • White pepper powder - 1 teaspoon
• • Salt - as required
• • Arrowroots - 1 tablespoon
• • Oil (for basting) - as required

Method

• 1. Melt butter and saute garlic until pale brown. Remove from flame.
• 2. Wash and pat dry the chicken tikkas.
• 3. Mix garlic butter with the remaining ingredients, except oil.
• 4. Marinate the tikkas in this mixture for 4-5 hours and put in the refrigerator.
• 5. Remove from refrigerator at least ½ hour before cooking.
• 6. Cook on a wire rack over a charcoal grill or under an electric grill.
• 7. If cooking under an electric or gas grill, leave a pan underneath for the drippings.
• 8. Baste with oil 2-3 times. Cook until tender and serve piping hot with chutney.