Servings : Serves 4-5
We all love having BBQ every now and then, and Chicken Tikka is one of the most beloved chicken recipes in our home, and am sure it is in many of your homes too!
Ingredients
- 1 chicken around 1.2-1.5kg, skin removed (cut into 4 or 8 pieces)
- 2 heaped tsp tandoori masala (if your tandoori masala is spicy, then use less and add a bit of red coloring to the marinade)
- 1 heaped tbsp. tomato paste/puree
- 2 tsp. salt - if using a smaller chicken OR your tandoori powder is very salty, reduce the salt by half a tsp.
- 2 tsp. red chilli powder
- 1 tsp. turmeric powder
- 1 tbsp. ginger paste
- 1 tbsp. garlic paste
- 1/2 cup plain yoghurt
- juice of 2 limes (approx. 4 tbsp)
- 4 tbsp. oil
- red or orange food colouring
Instructions
Combine all the ingredients (aside from the chicken) and mix until smooth. Taste and adjust if needed.
Make 2-3 deep slits on each piece of chicken, then slather the pieces with the marinade. The slitting ensures that the flavor from the marinade goes all the way into the chicken, and also helps with quick and even cooking. Refrigerate covered preferably overnight for best results, but even up to 4-6 hours is ok. I sometimes marinate for up to 2 days in the fridge for even better results.
BBQ this on a grill over hot coals, using low heat to ensure the chicken is cooked through. Make sure you oil the grill so that the chicken doesn’t stick, and turn the pieces over every few minutes to get all sides equally done. Alternatively you can grill these in an oven under a hot broiler/grill at around 200 C for about 25-30 minutes per side or until chicken is done. Similarly, turn them over once or twice on the oven tray so all sides are equally done. Of course, this tastes a LOT better done over coals, so if you have the option, use the bbq grill for best results!
For oven-grilled chicken, you can then ‘smoke’ the chicken with a lit coal and a drop of oil to give it a bbq aroma.
While the chicken is cooking, put the leftover marinade in a pan, add a cup of water to it and simmer it over low heat until it thickens and is cooked through. Adjust salt if needed. This can then be drizzled over your chicken when serving. Keep the chicken wrapped in foil until time of serving to retain heat and moisture.
Serve hot with salad, fries, cold drinks, raita, chutneys, naan…whatever you prefer!
Enjoy! 🙂
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MashaAllah a really successful recipe! Was a hit in my house! JazakAllah!
Is it advisable to use Tikka Boti Masala instead of Tandoori Masala?
Yes that is perfectly ok.
Awesome recipes. please tell me about tandoori masala?
Thank you, it is a type of coloured red spice powder used in cooking.
Asalamualikum, Is thr any substitute for tandoori masala?
W/Salaam, you can use tikka masala or red food colouring although you will miss some of the awesome flavour that tandoori masala has. 🙂
is it advisable to keep a charcoal piece in the oven to give it a bbq aroma.
I know that some people do that, but then I find it difficult to get rid of that smell from the oven later especially if you plan on baking cakes etc in the same oven. Best to do it outside the oven once the tikka is done.
Happy New Year!!! Thanks for this lovely and easy recepie. I made this for New Year’s day lunch. Turned out yummy.
Is tandoori masala available
Is tandoori masala available in stores or should I make it myself?
Yes it is normally available
Yes it is normally available in stores.
When you say can grill in
When you say can grill in oven at 200deg do you mean I can bake it or grill under 200degin my oven
My oven grill gets very hot at. Minimum of 50degrees, please advise.
I normally set the temp at
I normally set the temp at 200 C which turns on the grill of my oven, then I bake them directly under the hot grill. Not sure about your oven but if the grill operates separately then turn it on and use. 50 degrees is a very low temp for such a high heat, maybe your oven settings are off?
HI can i fry this instead of
HI can i fry this instead of grill in oven? i dont have BBQ
You can but the results will
You can but the results will not be authentic tikka. 🙂
thanks dear plz give a idea
thanks dear plz give a idea how to do it on gas top without BBQ grill
Best would be with a grill
Best would be with a grill but you can fry the chicken until cooked.
If the marination has become
If the marination has become spicy can u please suggest any measure to reduce the spice??
Add some yoghurt or cream.
Add some yoghurt or cream.
Hi can i use Shan Tikka
Hi can i use Shan Tikka Masala instead of Tandoori masala?
Hi, yes you can although be
Hi, yes you can although be careful as it tends to be very spicy and salty so reduce the salt and chilli from the recipe.
Hi can i use chicken breast
Hi can i use chicken breast instead of whole chicken?
Hi, yes you can.
Hi, yes you can.
Aswk. My oven has many
Aswk. My oven has many function on d knob
Lik grill.warm.toast n bake.doed it mean
Tht my grill operates separetly.
Or shud I lik u heat f grill n den use bake
Mode.plz advise
Thnkd
A.H
Is that a microwave oven? If
Is that a microwave oven? If so then I do not have any experience with them as I do not cook or bake using a microwave. Please check the manual it came with to understand how to use it.
Fauzia jazak Allah for this
Fauzia jazak Allah for this lovely site and recipes. in chicken tikka, can i just boil the chicken in a pot and do coal dum as i cant bbq and oven grill is not too good.
You could although it will
You could although it will not really be exactly the same.
Aoa..
Aoa..
The oven i have only lets me switch on one at a time either the grill on top or at the bottom.
While making chicken tikka should i use the top or the bottom burner.
Also wanna make the almond cake..for baking which burner should i use??
About the grills that need to
About the grills that need to be switched on, my oven works differently (I don’t have to switch on various rods at any time) but I believe for ovens like what you are using, start with the bottom one and then midway turn on the top. Accordingly see how the results are and adjust. However when grilling meats like tikka and so on, I believe using the top one is a better idea. 🙂
Oky..thankxx alot
Oky..thankxx alot
Sorry to bother again i jx
Sorry to bother again i jx dont want to make a mistake while making them..making it for an occasion ..i didnt get the part ‘under a hot broiler’…n also how do you smoke chicken with coal..do i place it over the prepared chicken n then drop o bit oil on coal?
Sorry if it sounds stupid.new at this cooking thing;)
Turn on the top grill of the
Turn on the top grill of the oven (that’s the broiler) and then place the chicken under it. And yes about the coal. 🙂
Thankxx alotttt;)
Thankxx alotttt;)