Chicken Tikka Masala

Preparation time- 20 min

Cooking time- 1 hr

Ingredients-

For Chicken Tikka-

350gm Boneless chicken- cut into small pieces

Ginger paste 9 tsp

Garlic paste-3 tsp

Kashmiri red chilli powder- 3 tsp

Salt to taste

Rock salt- ½ tsp

Turmeric paste- ¼ tsp

Hung Yogurt- 2 tbsp

Garam masala Powder- 1 tsp

Roasted ajwain- ½ tsp

Lemon juice- 1

Oil- 2 tbsp

For Gravy-

Onions- 4

Tomato pureed- 1 cup

Ginger chopped- 1 tsp

Garlic chopped- 7 cloves

Coriander powder- 1tsp

Red chilli powder- ½ tsp

Sugar- a pinch

Garam masala- ½ tsp

Cardamom seed powder-a pinch

Dried kasoori methi- ½ tsp

Fresh Cream- 2 tbsp

Oil

Salt as per taste

Add all the chicken tikka ingredients to chicken pieces and marinate for 3-5 hours. Preheat the oven to 230°C, place the chicken pieces on the rotisserie rods and put on the normal mode for 10 min, apply some oil on the pieces and then on the rotisserie for 7 min. Switch back to normal mode for 5 min and then rotisserie with fan for last 7 min or till the pieces get the beautiful red color.

Sauté ginger, garlic, onion in oil , add garam masala and sauté for a min, add pureed tomato and cook till oil separates.  Remove from pan and blend the mixture to a smooth paste. Meanwhile remove the chicken pieces from the rod, heat oil the pan, sauté the pieces further for 5 min on medium flame, remove from the pan, add cardamom seed powder and sugar to the oil, add the blended paste, cook for 2 min, add chicken pieces, stir for 2 min, add water, kasoori methi and cook for 5 min. Finish by adding cream.

Second version- Heat the electric grill, skewer the marinated pieces and place on the grill at medium high. Baste with oil and keep on turning and apply the marinate, if needed. Grill on med high for 15 min and 5 min on high. Heat oil and add sugar and cardamom powder, then add the left marinate of chicken to the oil, sauté for 2 min, oil will separate very quickly, add the blended puree, cook till oil separates , add a bit of water at this stage about ½ cup and let the gravy cook, add the tandoori chicken tikkas to the marinate, cook for 2 min and finish by adding cream.