Recipe: Perfect Chicken Tikka

Chicken Tikka.

You can have Chicken Tikka using 21 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Chicken Tikka

1. Prepare 1 kg of chicken breasts, skin and bones removed.
2. You need 1 cup of yogurt, plain.
3. It’s 4 cloves of garlic, crushed.
4. Prepare 3 tablespoons of lemon juice, fresh.
5. It’s 2 tablespoons of fresh ginger, grated.
6. It’s 2 teaspoons of ground cumin.
7. Prepare 2 tablespoons of bunch of coriander, chopped.
8. It’s 1 tablespoon of garam masala.
9. You need 1/2 teaspoon of black pepper.
10. It’s 1/2 teaspoon of cayenne.
11. Prepare 3 tablespoons of vegetable oil.
12. You need of salt to taste.
13. You need of For the garam massala mixture: (makes 1/2 cup).
14. Prepare 2 tablespoons of ground cardamom, seeds.
15. It’s 1 of cinnamon stick, broken up.
16. Prepare 2 tablespoons of cumin, seeds.
17. You need 1 teaspoon of whole cloves.
18. Prepare 2 tablespoons of black peppercorns.
19. You need 1 teaspoon of nutmeg, grated.
20. You need 2 tablespoons of dried coriander, seeds.
21. You need of Special equipment: an electric coffee/ spice grinder.

Chicken Tikka step by step

1. To prepare the garam masala: mix, then toast all ingredients in a pan for 10 mn, transfer to a coffee/spice grinder and grind them into a powder..
2. Put the yogurt in a deep bowl. Add in vegetable oil, cumin, coriander, ginger, garam masala, garlic, black pepper, cayenne, lemon juice and salt. Blend well until the mixture is smooth..
3. Cut the chicken into small cubes and add to the yogurt mixture.Make sure all chicken pieces are well coated. Cover the bowl and place in the refrigerator for a minimum of 4 hours..
4. Before grilling, remove the chicken from the refrigerator and bring to room temperature..
5. Insert the skewers into chicken pieces and grill until the chicken is cooked from both sides. If you don’t have a grill you can also cook it in the oven on a wire rack for 15 to 20 mn..
6. Garnish with lemon wedges and serve..