My Chicken Tikka Masala recipe is one of my weeknight heroes! My husband didn't complain when I made this three times in one week.
Pair with my Garlic Naan recipe for the perfect meal!
Chicken Tikka Masala
Ingredients
For the marinade:
- 2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp cumin
- 1 tbsp garam masala
- ½ tsp kashmiri chilli powder (or if you don’t have, ¼ tsp paprika and ¼ tsp cayenne)
- 1 tbsp garlic, minced or finely grated (approx. 4 cloves)
- 1 tbsp ginger, minced or finely grated
- 1 lemon, juiced
- ¼ cup cream
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1kg chicken thighs
For the curry:
- 1 ½ tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 brown onion, finely diced
- 8 whole cloves garlic, finely sliced, chopped or grated
- 2 tbsp coriander, ground
- 1 tsp cumin, ground
- 2 tsp turmeric
- 1 tsp garam masala
- 2½ tsp kashmiri chilli (or if you don’t have, 2 tsp paprika and ¾ tsp cayenne)
- 2 tsp salt
- 800g (2 tins) chopped tomatoes
- 1 tsp sugar
- ⅓ cup natural, full fat yoghurt
- ½ bunch of coriander, leaves picked
To serve:
- Rice
- Yoghurt
- My garlic naan recipe
Serves 4
Method
- Add all marinade ingredients (except chicken) to a bowl and whisk to combine.
- Trim thighs and cut into 4cm pieces (around 6 pieces per thigh).
- Add chicken to marinade, fold through so all pieces are coated. Let sit in the fridge for at least 15 minutes, or up to 4 hours.
- For the sauce, heat vegetable oil over medium heat in a large pan.
- Add onion and garlic, and sauté for 3-5 minutes, until translucent.
- Add in ground spices and fry off until spices are aromatic.
- Add tomatoes and sugar and reduce to low heat.
- Simmer 10-15 minutes, until tomatoes have broken down and sauce has thickened slightly. Taste and season.
- Turn off heat and stir through yoghurt.
- Whilst the sauce is cooking, prepare steamed rice and preheat a griddle pan (or a frying pan if you don’t have one) over the highest heat for 5 minutes.
- Grill chicken (in batches if the pan is small, to make sure meat doesn’t stew), turning once until charry and cooked through (4-5 mins on each side).
- Once done, add chicken #intothesauce 😁
- Stir through half of coriander leaves.
- Top with remaining coriander and serve with steamed rice, yoghurt and (optional) my garlic naan bread.