Chicken Tikka Masala
Directions
- 1Make the ginger garlic paste by processing ginger, garlic, and water in a food processor.
- 2Remove skin from boneless chicken leg and cut into pieces.
- 3Marinate the chicken in lemon juice, salt, ginger garlic paste, and chili powder.
- 4Let the chicken marinate for at least 1–1.5 hours at room temperature.
- 5Heat mustard oil in a small pan until smoking, then set aside to cool.
- 6In a large pot, combine tomatoes, water, ginger-garlic paste, chili powder, green chilies, and salt.
- 7Add cilantro stems in a cheesecloth bag to the pot.
- 8Cook until tender.
- 9In a pan, brown the red onions with salt.
- 10Add green chilies, ginger-garlic paste, chili powder, and a little water to halt the cooking.
- 11Add the cooked tomatoes to the onions.
- 12In a bowl, mix the cooled mustard oil, chili powder, turmeric, salt, garam masala, and ginger-garlic paste.
- 13Add yogurt to the mixture.
- 14Add the first marinated chicken to the second marinade and mix.
- 15Marinate for minimum 6 hours, preferably overnight in the refrigerator.
- 16Line the chicken pieces on a baking tray and put in the oven preheated at 350°F for 20 minutes
- 17Blend the makhni gravy (tomatoes) in a smaller pot using an immersion blender.
- 18Add dried kasuri methi, chili powder, salt, and butter to the blended makhni gravy.
- 19Stir in cream and honey.
- 20Add the cooked onions and tomato masala to the chicken.
- 21Add the makhni gravy to the pan.
- 22Garnish with cilantro and ginger.
Ingredients
- 1 ginger
- 1 cup garlic
- 2 tablespoons water
- 1 boneless chicken leg
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons ginger-garlic paste
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- 1 cup mustard oil
- 1 cup tomatoes
- 1 cup red onions
- 1 bunch cilantro
- 1 tablespoon chili powder
- 1 teaspoon turmeric
- 1 tablespoon garam masala
- 1 cup yogurt
- 1 green chili
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1 cup cream
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 tablespoon dried kasuri methi
- 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
- 1 teaspoon dried red chili
- 1 cup basmati rice
- 1 tablespoon ghee
Equipment
knifefood processorwhisksmall bowllarge bowlsmall panlarge potbaking tray with wire rackimmersion blender
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