Chicken Tikka Easy
Chicken Tikka (Murg Tikka)
Ingredients
- 1 kg Chicken 4 boneless chicken breasts cut into bite size pieces
- 1 nos Onion thinly sliced (for garnish
- 1 nos Lemon halved length wise and sliced thickly for garnish
- Coriander leaves washed and chopped for garnish
For marination:
- 3 to Garlic pods
- 10 gm Ginger
- Onion A small piece
- 150 ml Curd Yoghurt
- 1 tsp Chilly powder
- 2 tsp Coriander powder
- 1 tsp Garam masala
- 1/2 a Lemon juice
- 1 tbsp Oil
- Salt As reqd
Instructions
- Marinate the chicken with the ingredients listed under marination.
- Grind onion, ginger and garlic in a food processor.
- Add this to all other ingredients except chicken and mix well.
- Add chicken and mix well.
- Marinate overnight in a fridge.
- Keep in an airtight container otherwise everything else in the fridge will smell of garlic and spices!
- Preheat oven to maximum, 240 C or 475 F.
- Skewer the chicken pieces on thick skewers, not too tightly or they will not cook well on all sides.
- :- Chicken is dangerous eaten half cooked. It may cause salmonella food poisoning.
- Cook the Chicken Tikka in an oven for 10 minutes or so, turning over once. It can also be cooked in a grill or on a barbecue.
- Remove chicken tikka from skewers.
- :- Chicken Tikka is ready.
- :- Serve Chicken Tikka on a warm plate, garnished with thinly sliced onions, coriander leaves and slices of lemon or lime.
- :- Enjoy the yummy chicken tikka.
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