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Chicken Tikka (Punjabi Tandoori Grilled Chicken)

Chicken Tikka is the iconic Punjabi tandoori appetiser — boneless chicken pieces marinated in spiced curd-lemon-ginger-garlic mixture (red chilli, garam masala, ajwain, cumin, turmeric, gram flour binder) then skewered and grilled in a tandoor or oven until charred and juicy. A protein-rich Punjabi starter served with mint chutney, onion rings, and lemon wedges.

Time 60 min · Serves 4 · 254 kcal · North India, Punjab

Ingredients

Method

  1. To begin making the Chicken Tikka Recipe, add chicken with lemon juice, ginger garlic paste, turmeric powder and salt in a mixing bowl.
  2. Mix everything well and keep it aside for about 1 hour.Heat a sauce pan with oil, add ajwain seeds and allow them to splutter for few seconds.
  3. Reduce the flame and add the gram flour and cook for about 2 to 3 minutes till the gram flour is roasted well.
  4. Switch off the heat.Into the marinated chicken, add curd, red chilli powder, garam masala powder, cumin powder, coriander powder, salt and the gram flour mixture.
  5. Rest this marinated chicken mixture in the fridge for one more hour.After an hour, heat a grill pan, grease it with oil.
  6. Once it is heated, take the chicken pieces out and put them into wooden skewers.Place the skewers gently on the greased pan and cook on all the sides until the chicken pieces are charred and cooked well.
  7. Once done, take them off the heat and serve hot.Serve the Chicken Tikka Recipe along with Dahi Pudina Chutney and some Pickled Onions for your party starters.

Common questions

How many calories in one plate of Chicken Tikka (Punjabi Tandoori Grilled Chicken)?
254 kcal per plate.
How much cooking time?
60 min — 30 min prep, 30 min cooking.

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