Preparation
Whisk all of the ingredients in Part A together in a large bowl. Add the chicken breast, cut into 2 inch cubes.
1
Marinate overnight in the refrigerator. Preheat oven to 350º F. Bake the chicken for 8 minutes, basting with margarine twice.
2Drain excess marinade and bake for another 2 minutes.
3While doing this, make the sauce in Part B. Deseed and chop green chilies. Put tomatoes, tomato paste and tomato puree in a pot and add approximately 4-1/4 cups of water.
4Add ginger and garlic paste, green chilies, red chili powder, cloves, cardamoms, and salt.
5Cook over low heat until reduced to a thick sauce. Strain through a strainer and bring to a boil. Add butter and cream. Stir.
6If the chicken tikka masala sauce tastes sour, add sugar to taste. Add fenugreek and ginger juliennes, stir, and serve with chopped green coriander.
Ingredients:
- 2 lbs.boneless chicken breast
- 1/4 cup yogurt
- 3 tsp Ginger Paste
- 3 tsp Garlic Paste
- 1/4 tsp Keya White Pepper
- 1/4 tsp cumin powder
- 1/4 tsp mace
- 1/4 tsp nutmeg
- 1/4 tsp Keya Cardamom Powder
- 1/4 tsp turmeric
- 3 tbsp lemon juice
- 4 tbsp vegetable oil melted margarine (for basting)
- 10 oz. tomato puree
- 2 lbs. tomatoes, chopped
- 2 tsp green chilies
- 2 tsp Keya Cloves
- 8 Keya Cardamoms
- Keya Salt to taste
- 3 tbsp butter
- 2/3 cup cream
- 1 tsp fenugreek
- 2 tsp ginger, julienned
- few sprigs of green coriander
- sugar to taste
- Keya shahi jeera