How to Cook Perfect Chicken Tikka Masala

Chicken Tikka Masala.

You can cook Chicken Tikka Masala using 30 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Chicken Tikka Masala

1. Prepare of To marinate the chicken:.
2. It's 500 g of diced chicken breast or thighs.
3. Prepare 1/2 cup of yogurt.
4. It's 2 tbsp of lemon juice.
5. You need 5 cloves of garlic.
6. You need 1 tbsp of ginger paste.
7. You need 1 tsp of cumin powder.
8. You need 1 tsp of turmeric.
9. Prepare 1 tsp of red chilli powder.
10. You need 1/2 tsp of sweet paprika.
11. Prepare 1/2 tsp of garam masala.
12. Prepare 30 g of besen (gram flour).
13. You need 30 ml of oil.
14. Prepare of For the sauce / gravy.
15. It's 20 ml of oil.
16. Prepare 1 of chopped onion.
17. You need 2 tbsp of ginger & garlic paste.
18. It's 400 g of chopped tomatoes.
19. You need 1 of green chilli.
20. Prepare 1 tsp of turmeric.
21. It's 1 tsp of cumin powder.
22. It's 1 tsp of coriander powder.
23. It's 1/4 tsp of garam masala.
24. Prepare 1/4 tsp of kasoori methi.
25. Prepare 2 tsp of honey.
26. Prepare 1/4 tsp of cardamom powder.
27. It's 1/2 tsp of red chilli powder.
28. It's to taste of Salt.
29. Prepare 20 g of fresh coriander for garnish.
30. You need 10 ml of single cream for garnish.

Chicken Tikka Masala step by step

1. To begin, make the gram flour roux by warming the flour with 20ml of the oil in a saucepan over a gentle heat. Mix and cook out a little, then set aside..
2. To marinate the chicken, add the ginger-garlic paste, yoghurt, ground spices and salt to a large bowl and mix well. Add the boneless chicken thighs, gram flour roux and remaining 10ml oil and mix well to combine. Transfer to a container and leave to marinate for a minimum of 4 hours in a fridge. Prefer overnight marinate..
3. To make the sauce, heat the oil in a large saucepan. Add the ginger-garlic paste and green chilli, sauté for a couple of minutes, then add the onions, cook till they translucent. Add chopped tomatoes, salt, chilli powder, cardamom powder, kasoori methi, cumin powder, turmeric and garam masala. Add half cup of water and simmer for 20 minutes, covered with a lid..
4. Preheat the oven to 200 degree C to gas mark 6. Allow the marinated chicken to come up to room temperature for roughly 30 minutes before grilling..
5. Place the chicken tikka on a wire cooking rack (with a drip tray below) and grill in the oven for 10–15 minutes. Turn on the grill and finish cooking the chicken tikka on the top shelf, turning occasionally until brown at the edges. Remove and set aside.
6. To serve, heat the onion and tomato sauce in a pan and add the chicken and the honey..
7. Serve drizzled with cream and a garnish of fresh coriander. Enjoy with your choice of chapati, Rice or Naan bread..