Thursday, September 3, 2009

Dhaba style Chicken Tikka Masala



This is different from what i usually do...i do it with tomato based gravy but i thought i ll just try for a change but to my suprise it was really creamier and delicious...and worth trying out this way

Ingredients


1 kg boneless chicken cut into small pieces


2 onion finely chopped


2 tsp ginger-garlic paste

1 chicken stock cube dissolved in 1 cup water
or 1 cup chicken stock

10 almonds(soaked and ground to paste)


2 tbsp oil

4 tbsp butter


3 tbsp cream


3 tbsp finely chopped coriander leaves


salt to taste


For Marination


Juice of 1 lemon


1/2 cup yogurt


1 tbsp garam masala powder

1 tbsp ground coriander


1 tsp cumin seeds


2 tsp red chilli powder


1 tbsp kasoori methi


salt to taste


For the dry Spice Mix

10 black peppercorns

3 green cardamom


1 bay leaf


6 cloves

1 small stick of cinnamon


Method

  • Mix all the marinate Ingredients in a bowl,add this to the chicken and coat well and allow it to marinate for one hour
  • Dry roast all the ingredients under dry spice mix and then grind it to a fine powder, then keep aside
  • In a pan, add 2 tbsp oil,2 tbsp butter, fry onion and ginger-garlic paste till golden brown and then add the Marinated chicken pieces(only the chicken pieces) leaving yogurt spice marinade aside
  • Fry chicken till it turns whitish and then add the dry spice mix, chicken stock and cook till the chicken is tender
  • Now add the yogurt spice marinade(remaining marinade) and allow it to cook for 10 minutes
  • Then add the almond paste,2 tbsp butter,cream, coriander leaves and cook for 2 minutes and then serve hot with Naan or roti.

44 comments:

  1. Thanks a ton for the award Sushma :)

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  2. Hey Sushma... Chicken gravy looks creamy will try this for my hubby next time :)

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  3. thanks a ton dear.feels great.
    I will try a veg version of your curry.

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  4. Congratulations for your award.
    I love Chicken tikka masala very much and shall try out your recipe. It looks yummy and delicious.

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  5. Wow chicken tikka masala looks fabulous Sushma...feel like grabbing that bowl..congrats on award and thanks for sharing with me Sushma, am honoured dear..

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  6. Sush....I cannot think about the dish much u kno....nd thanx a loz for the award.
    Even i crave for chaats here :( but i have started preparing it at home.

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  7. Congratulations on your award dear :)

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  8. yummy chicken tikka masala but it's very different.
    i make it woth a ritu dalmia recipe..it's good too.

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  9. congrats on the awards. Thanks for thinking of me. Nice to know one more kannadiga :)

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  10. Looks yummy...wow...pls pass that bowl here Sush..Congrats on your award

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  11. thanks everyone for ur lovely comments

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  12. i prepared this and everybody loved it..thank you for sharing this recipe.

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  13. WOW! WOW! Tikka Masala is creamier and slllurrrrpilicious! Congrats on your Award!

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  14. hmmmm....dis luks soo yummy.....it has got a very nice colour too.....

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  15. congrats on ur award and thanx a lot for thinking of me..Tikka looks creamy and delicious...yumm..

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  16. Chicken Tikka looks Gorgeous Sushma....nice to know abt u ...

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  17. Tikka masala looks very creamy and tempting Sushma... was nice to read more about you :)

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  18. thanks nandini,sneha,vrinda,priya and padma for such nice comments...keep in touch

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  19. Congrats on your award and thanks for sharing with me. And chicken masala looks so good and yummy.

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  20. Woah..just yummy chicken dish Sushma..:)
    Congrats..!

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  21. Sushma, Congrats on the award and tag and thx for passing it on to me:)It was nice reading about u...
    Love that curry too, that looks rich!

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  22. thanks valar, varsha and shabs...take care...

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  23. gravy does look like dhaba ones..gr8 recipe

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  24. I just had this yesterday. It was a red gravy, it is assuming tomato. Yours looks creamy and delish! Do check my blog to participate in an event and in a prize!

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  25. thanks sri,preety, and will def send in my entries to the event hosted by you ms experiments in kitchen...

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  26. lovely chicken tikka masala. Looks awesome...

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  27. Sushma,
    Great lookin tikka :) If I was somewhere close to your place I would have opened a restaurant in partnership with you dear :) Your dishes are so perfect looking and the recipe reads yummy too!
    I turned vegetarian recently shall make this with paneer sometime dear :)

    Many many congratulations on ur award dear, and thanks so much for passing it on to me :) you are a sweet heart :)
    Enjoy
    Hugs
    Dont be mad at me ;) I have to collect the awards from your blog soon, shall do it this weekend sweetie

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  28. Good to know more about you dear!

    Chicken tikka masala looks yummy, love to have it with nan and lassi.

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  29. Thanks a ton for the award sushma! yummy curry. Looks so tempting da.

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  30. Sushma, Thanks for the award!It was very thoughtful of you:)Have been away for the past few days..So the delay!Appreciate it though:)

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  31. thanks somoo,mythreyi,vijitha and shri for ur wonderful comments

    Thats a lovely idea suparna...we ll def have a great partnership together...what say???

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  32. Congrats on ur award ...u deserve many more dear!Tnx a lotttt for
    sharing this beautiful award with me.
    Tempting post !...will try&let u know.

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  33. Nice recipe, I'm so glad I stopped by... I have to bookmark, It looks so delicious!

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  34. Looks nice.Congrats on ur award and thanks for passing me dear..WIll do it soon :)

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  35. congrats on your awards and chicken gravy looks so creamy with a beautiful color.

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  36. I have passed an award to you, pls accept it :)

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  37. Thanks rekha...and thanks a lot parita for passing me the award..thats really nice of u...

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  38. That looks so good, I am bookmarking!

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  39. Hahaha, I just noticed I commented on this post twice... Well, here's the third. I finally made this tonight and it was a HIT! My daughter and I LOVED it, she ate seconds and this recipe is a keeper! Thanks for sharing :)

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  40. Thanks meeso its lovely to know that u liked it a lot :)....u made my day

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  41. This really cooked lovely.. I am going to try this when my parents come home next time

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  42. chicken tikka masala looks delicious and creamy in rich texture.

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