Chicken Tikka

Tikka :

Clean the chicken and Cut it in small 1 inch cubes.Marinate it with Salt ,chilly powder, turmeric and lime juice or vinegar.

Take bamboo skewers and place this chicken cubes on it alternate with onions ,small tomatoes ,capsicum( red /yellow/green) as shown in the picture.
Let it rest for around 5 hours.

Preheat the oven at 360 degree and bake this for 40 minutes depending on the oven.
Just before placing this in the oven, spray it with oil thoroughly and spinkle with chat masala.

Serve hot with onion slices and lemon.

Coriander Chicken

Coriander Chicken

Marinate chicken with 2 tspn Dahi(yogurt), chily powder, turmeric n salt.Add little Lemon juice / vinegar- few drops.

Dry masala -
dry ginger powder
kasuri methi
little clove powder
little pepper powder
little cinnamom powder
2 tbspn dhana jeera powder
little tandori masala (optional)
suntha powder(dry ginger powder)


Wet Green Masala

1 small onion
half tomato
fresh ground coconut( half in quantity as of onion)
little garlic
1 inch ginger
bay leaf
lot of cilanthro(coriander leaves)
5-6 cashewnuts soaked in water
salt and chiliy powder


Put oil in pan.Add bayleaf .
fry little cut onion n tomato
put turmeric n chilly powder accordingly
then put dahi (yogurt) 5 - 6 tbspn
when it becomes liquid put chicken in it and fry it nicely.
after 10 mins put green wet masala n let it cook for 10 mins.Then add dry masala.Stir it and mix well.
Then put water for cookin chicken properly.put lid and let the chicken cook.Takes around 30 minutes on medium flame in a pan with lid.

Garnish it with cilanthro n onions.Serve hot with Roti , phulka , naan or hot basmati rice.

Tandoori Chicken

Take 6 Chicken Leg pieces .Clean them.Make gashes in them so that the marination reaches inside.

Process of marination
Ingredients -
First rub chilly powder ,salt & lemon juice in the gashes.

Prepare the mixture of following for coating the pieces of chicken -
6 tbsspn yogurt - 1 tbspn for 1 leg
ginger garlic paste 2 tbspn
chilly powder to taste
salt - 1/2 tbl or to taste
pepper powder - 1/2 tsp
turmeric -  little
garam masala - 1/2 tsp
cumin powder- 1 tbsp
corinder powder- 1 tsp
lime juice little
fenugreek powder (Kasuri methi)  - 1/2 tsp
red color optional
Mix the above ingredients and apply it to all the chicken legs.
After marination add oil on top of the legs.

Preheat the oven at 425 degrees and then bake for 35 - 45 mins. depending upon your oven.You can make this in advance and serve it hot by heating it on the skillet.
Serve with onion and lemon slices....Yummy...