Recipe: Tasty Chicken Tikka Masala

Chicken Tikka Masala.

You can cook Chicken Tikka Masala using 32 ingredients and 16 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Chicken Tikka Masala

1. You need 500 gm of boneless chicken cut into cubes.
2. Prepare of For Marination.
3. Prepare 4 tbsp of yoghurt.
4. Prepare 1 teaspoon of cumin powder.
5. It's 1 teaspoon of chicken masala or garam masala.
6. Prepare 1 teaspoon of lemon juice.
7. You need 1.5 tbsp of kashmiri chilli powder.
8. It's to taste of Salt.
9. You need 1 tbsp of ginger garlic paste.
10. It's 1/4 teaspoon of pepper.
11. It's of For gravy.
12. You need 3 of onions finely chopped.
13. It's 3 of tomatoes roughly chopped.
14. It's 2 teaspoon of melon seeds.
15. You need 3 tbsp of cashews.
16. You need 1 of bay leaf.
17. Prepare 4 of cardamom.
18. It's 1 inch of cinnamon stick.
19. It's 1/2 teaspoon of jeera.
20. You need 1/2 cup of cream.
21. It's to taste of Salt.
22. Prepare 1/2 teaspoon of Garam masala.
23. You need 1 tbsp of kashmiri chilli powder.
24. It's 1/4 teaspoon of turmeric.
25. It's 1.5 tbsp of coriander powder.
26. You need 3 tbsp of chopped coriander leaves.
27. You need 1 teaspoon of lemon juice.
28. It's 1 of small capsicum cubed.
29. It's 1 of tomato deseeded and cubed.
30. You need of Water as required.
31. Prepare 3 tbsp of oil.
32. You need 1 tbsp of ginger garlic paste.

Chicken Tikka Masala step by step

1. In a bowl, mix all ingredients mentioned under Marination section. Add chicken and marinate well.
2. Cover and keep it aside for 1 hour.
3. Insert chicken into skewers. Grease grill pan and grill chicken on all sides. It should be well browned. Keep the cooked tikka aside.
4. Soak cashews in warm water for 30 minutes. Discard the water.
5. Grind cashews and tomatoes to form smooth puree.
6. Heat oil in a pan, add bay leaf, cinnamon, cloves, cardamom and splutter cumin seeds.
7. Add onions and saute until Brown.
8. Add ginger garlic paste and saute until raw aroma goes away.
9. Add all spice powders except garam masala to the pan and mix well.
10. Add salt and puree. Saute until oil starts leaving the sides.
11. Cut chicken tikka in smaller pieces. Add tikka to the pan and mix well.
12. Add water and bring to boil.
13. Add cubed onions and cook for 4 minutes.
14. Add cubed capsicum and tomatoes. Cook for 2 minutes.
15. Add coriander leaves, lemon juice, garam masala and cream. Mix well. Cook for few seconds. Switch off.
16. Serve hot with roti or naan.