Chicken tikka - Indian style

One of our most favorite Indian restaurant in Germany is in Kaiserslautern [which is about 75 kms from the place where we live now]. We go there very often. In a way I can say that we are addicted to that restaurant. There is this one dish which we order each and every time we go there - which is 'Chicken Sekhwa'. It is a nepalese dish and tastes amazing. Well, having tasted it more than 50 times I decided it is time for me to try this at home. I have decided to split the recipe in to two parts, so that it is easy to understand. In this part I will show the procedure for making chicken tikkas [grilled chicken pieces]. You can find the recipe for the gravy in my other post.

Ingredients:

Chicken - 1000 gms
Ginger garlic paste - 1 tbsp
Thick yogurt - 1/2 cup
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Lemon juice - 1 tsp
Salt - 1 tsp
Chilli powder - 1 tsp
Garam masala - 1/2 tsp
Almond powder 2 tbsp
Oil - 1 tbsp

Procedure:

1. Clean the chicken and slice them in to bite size pieces. 
2. In a separate bowl add yogurt, salt, chilli powder, ginger garlic paste, turmeric powder, lemon juice, garam masala and mix well.
3. Add the chicken pieced to the above marinade and mix well. Add almond powder, oil to the above and mix well. 
4. Refrigerate the marinated chicken pieced for 2 to 6 hours. 
5. Heat the grill pan and spray some oil on top.
6. Grill the marinate chicken pieces till they are completely cooked.

Enjoy with some hot rice or even as a snack!!!

Note: You can use cashew nut powder in stead of almond powder. I like grilling the pieces, if you have a tandoor oven go ahead and bake them.