Chicken Tikka Masala

 

"What's for tea?"

"What'd you like for tea?"

Here tea means dinner, it's just my partner's bad habbit since child and probably habbit from his mom. Sometimes, tea even means breakfast or lunch.....I was confused at the beginning but no more now.

Anyway, I feel like Indian food for tonight as I bought many different spices to fill up my "spices/ herbs drawer". Now, it's time to kill some of them :-)

 After few minutes google, chicken masala came up with my mind from Jamie Oliver's web and video tutorial from Videojug.

Here comes the recipe with little changes:

Chicken Tikka Masala

Ingredients for 2 servings:

  300g chicken breasts, cut into 2.5cm cube

  2 tbsp olive oil

  1/2 cinnamon stick

  1 medium onion, finely chopped

  Spices for masala paste

      1 tsp fresh ginger, minced

      1 clove of garlic, minced

      1/2 tsp cumin powder

      1/2 tsp coriander powder        

      1/4 tsp turmeric powder

      1/4 to 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper 

      1/2 tbsp paprika

      1/2 tsp garam masala powder

  1 medium tomato, diced
  1 tsp tomato purée
  1 punch salt
  70 ml water
  200 ml plain yogurt
  50 ml cream
  1 bunch fresh coriander, chopped to garnish

 

Steps:

1. Prepare masala paste - Put all spices in a bowl and mix well.
2. Heat olive oil in a frying pan with a medium heat, when hot, put cinnamon stick in and leave for a few seconds and then remove. This flavours the oil, giving it a wonderful aroma. Add the onions and cook until soft and brown.
3. Add the masala paste and stir for a minute.
4. Add diced tomato, tomato purée, stir well.
5. Pour in water and bring to a gentle simmer, stir constantly. 
6. Add cubbed chicken and mix well into the masala. Simmer for 10-12 minutes, stir occasionally, until the chicken is cooked and tender.
7. Pour in cream and yoghurt, simmer for another 2 minutes and season with salt.
8. Served with steamed rice and garnish with coriander leaves.



The recipe was quite spicy for me, so I put extra yoghurt and little bit sugar on the leftover. Now, ready to serve with garlic pita bread for my lunch. Time saved and delicious.