Chicken tikka masala
Recipe type: Main
Cuisine: Indian
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Serves: 3
 
Ingredients
  • Cashews – 1 tbsp (soaked in water for half an hour)
  • Cinnamon stick – 1”
  • Cloves – 3 nos
  • Green Cardamom – 2 nos
  • Bay leaf – 1 no
  • Cumin seeds – 1 tbsp
  • Onion – 1 no (cut into cubes)
  • Ginger garlic paste – 1 tbsp
  • Tomato – 1 no (cut into cubes)
  • Green pepper – 1 no (cut into cubes)
  • Green chilli – 3 nos
  • Coriander powder – 1 tbsp
  • Cumin powder – ½ tsp
  • Kashmiri chilli powder – ½ tbsp
  • Turmeric powder – ½ tsp
  • Salt – as required
  • Cooked chicken tikka – 1 cup
  • Lemon juice – 2 tbsp
  • Fresh cream – 2 to 3 tbsp
  • Coriander leaves – for garnishing
Instructions
  1. Add soaked cashews with few pieces of onions and tomatoes in a blender, make a paste and keep it aside.
  2. Heat a wide open pan with a tbsp of oil. Add cumin seeds and whole spices. Once you get the nice aroma of cumin seeds and whole spices, add chopped onions. Sauté it and cook till the onions turns brown.
  3. Add a tbsp of ginger-garlic paste and stir fry till the raw aroma of ginger-garlic disappears
  4. Add the chopped tomatoes and green pepper. Cook the tomatoes until they are soft and pulpy.
  5. Add coriander powder, kashmiri red chilli powder, cumin powder, turmeric, salt and little water. Sauté for a minute.
  6. Add cashew paste. Cook until the oil oozes out.
  7. Now add in the cubes of cooked chicken tikka and mix well. Pour in some water if the mixture is dry.
  8. Add in cream and sprinkle some chopped coriander leaves and lime juice and mix it well.
  9. The tasty chicken tikka masala is ready to be served with hot butter naan or rumali roti.
Recipe by MyEdibleCravings at https://myediblecravings.com/chicken-tikka-masala/