Chicken Tikka Masala Ingredients:

Marinate for about 1 hour

Chicken - 500 gms of boneless chicken

Ginger & garlic paste - 4 tsp

Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp

Chili powder - 1 tsp

Garam masala - 1 tsp

Cumin powder - 1/2 tsp

Dhaniya powder - 1 tsp

Salt to taste

Curd - 1/2 cup beaten well

To marinate the chicken:

Take the beaten curd and mix all the above powders together and add salt

Cut the chicken into medium size pieces and add it to the curd mixture, close the vessel with a lid and let it to marinate for about an hour.

Gravy Ingredients:

Onion - 1 chopped

Tomato puree - out of one small tomato

Ginger & garlic paste - 2 tsp

Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp

Coriander powder - 2 tsp

Ginger & garlic paste - 1 tsp

Salt to taste

Oil - 8 tsp

Garam masala powder - 2 tsp

Coriander leaves

Ground almond - 2 tsp (optional)

Fresh Cream is optional to garnish

Chicken Tikka Masala Preparation:

For the chicken:

After the chicken is marinated, take them and bake them well in a pan with the flame very low in the stove or we you can put the chicken on the grill and cook it till they are cooked

For the gravy:

Heat oil in a pan, fry onions till they turn golden brown. Add ganged & garlic paste and let them fry till the oil separates. Then add all the masala powders to it, and then add the tomato puree. Add salt to taste and then add little warm water and the ground almond paste its optional to add and let the gravy to come to a boil. Then add the cooked chicken pieces, and let the gravy come to a boil after adding the chicken pieces. Remove the dish from the stove and add the coriander leaves, and the cream (optional) to garnish. You can serve this hot with chapattis and rotis.

Tip:

Ground almond just adds a little more flavor but it’s not at all required. Fresh cream is also optional some may not like it; you can find the fresh cream in the diary section in all grocery stores where u can find the whipping cream