Friday, June 1, 2012

Chicken Tikka Masala



Ingredients
Chicken tikka: prepare the chicken tikka as per the recipe; you can avoid the cubes of capsicum, onion and tomato in it.
Cumin Seeds: 1tsp
Bay leaves: 2 leaves
Cardamom, cloves and cinnamon: few
Onion: 3 (finely chopped)
Ginger and garlic paste: 2tbsp
Coriander powder: 1tbsp
Kashmiri chilli powder: 2tbsp
Salt: needed
Garam Masala: 1tbsp
Cashew paste: 3tbsp
Tomato: 3
Coriander leaves: few
Cardamom: 3 pods
Cumin seeds: ½ tsp
Curd: 2tbsp
Lime juice: 1tsp
Onion: 2 (cut in cubes)
Capsicum: 2(cut in cubes)
Tomato: 1 big (cut in cubes)
Oil: 4tbsp
Method Of Preparation
In a blender, add tomato, cashew paste, coriander leaves, cardamom, garam masala, cumin seeds, curd and lime juice to a smooth paste and keep aside.
Heat oil in a pan and add cumin seeds, bay leaves, cardamom, cloves and cinnamon.
Stir for a while and add in finely chopped onion and salt. When onion starts to brown add in ginger garlic paste to it and stir the raw smell of it leaves.
Now add in coriander powder and Kashmiri chilli powder to it.
Stir for a while and add in the blended cashew-tomato paste.
Stir for a while in low flame till it starts leaving from the sides and oils starts oozing through the sides.
Now add in the prepared chicken tikka pieces to it. Close with a lid and lower the flame.
Let it be there for 10-15 minutes in low flame.
Now add in the onion cubes and stir. And keep for 5 minutes in low flame with the lid closed.
Now add in capsicum cubes and tomato cubes and switch off the flame.
If needed, you can garnish with coriander leaves.
Serve hot with chapathi/roti.



Sending to EP Series hosted by Prathibha which is started by Julie at Erivum Puliyum


16 comments:

Julie said...

Delicious chicken tikka masala..yummy!

Ongoing Events at(Erivum Puliyum)-
1. The Kerala Kitchen(June'12)

2.EP Series-Basil OR Cardamom

jasna varcakovic said...

One of my family favourites; I usually buy prepared sauce, but now I have recipe to make it from scratch ;-)

Gloria Baker said...

Love this recipe faseela look nice!

Amina Creations said...

wow... tikka masala looks delicious... one of my favourites...

Spicy-Aroma said...

chicken tikka masala looks super tempting..love it!
Spicy-Aroma

Asiya Omar said...

Yummy rich masala.

Shabbu said...

yummy chicken tikka masala...
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R.Punitha said...

Hi Fasee ,

Week end special recipe:):)

chicken Tikka masala inviting me...

Tempting more.

'll wait one more day to sunday:)

Akila said...

So inviting

Kit @ i-lostinausten said...

Yum! this looks so delicious! Love to have some now!:)

Rosh said...

Looks so delicious and tempting Faseela! You are a cooking genius :)

Kitchen Simmer said...

One of my favorite dishes!! :) Well done! Have a great weekend!

Spice up the Curry said...

awesome.chicken tikka masala looks so delicious. As usual nice recipe

Only Fish Recipes said...

wow....the chicken tikka looks so so delicious dear !!!!!!!

Priya Suresh said...

Irresistible chicken masala,makes me drool.

PrathibhaSreejith said...

Delicious Chicken tikka masala, one of my fav. thanx for linking into the EP Series event :)