Chicken Tikka Masala

Ingredients

  • Chicken breasts (skinned) - 700 grams/1-1/2 lbs
  • Tikka paste - 90ml/6 tablespoons
  • Natural low fat yogurt - 120ml
  • cooking oil - 1 tablespoon
  • onion (chopped) - 1 piece
  • Garlic (crushed) - 1 cloves
  • Green chili (seeded and chopped) - 1 piece
  • Root ginger (grated) - 1 inch
  • Tomato puree -15ml/1 tablespoon
  • Water - 250ml
  • Melted butter - 1 table spoon
  • Lemon juice - 15ml/1 tablespoon
  • Fresh coriander leaves, natural low fat yogurt and toasted cumin seeds, to garnish
  • Naan bread to serve

Method

  • Remove fat from the chicken and cut into bite size
  • Add 45ml of tikka paste and 60ml of yogurt and marinate chicken for 20 minute.
  • To make tikka sauce, heat oil in pan and stir fry the onion, garlic and ginger for 5 minutes.
  • Add remaining tikka paste and stir fry for 2 minutes.
  • Add tomato puree and water, bring to boil and simmer for 15 minutes.
  • Thread the chicken pieces with skewer and preheat grill.
  • Brush chicken pieces with melted butter and grill both sides evenly.
  • Put tikka sauce into a blender or food processor and blend until smooth, then return to pan.
  • Add remaining yogurt and lemon juice, remove skewers and add to saucepan, then simmer for 5 minutes.
  • Garnish with coriander, yogurt and toasted cumin seeds and serve with naan bread.
  • Serves 4.

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