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Malai Chicken Tikka, or murgh malai is a mouthwatering juicy grilled chicken recipe, with chicken pieces marinated in chilies, garlic, lemon, spices. and cream (malai in Hindi). A little different from regular grilled chicken tikka, this is a kind of chicken which can be served many ways - as appetizer, snack, or main course with naan bread or. A chicken malai tikka recipe for soft, juicy kababs on skewers that will simply melt in your mouth.
Chicken Malai tikka is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It is appreciated by millions every day. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. Chicken Malai tikka is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have chicken malai tikka using 16 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Chicken Malai tikka:
- Make ready 500 gm boneless chicken cubes
- Prepare 1/2 cup thick curd
- Take 1/2 cup milk cream
- Take 1 tablespoon fresh ginger garlic paste
- Take 2 tsp green chilli paste
- Get 1 tsp black pepper powder
- Take 1 tsp garam masala powder
- Get 1 tsp chaat masala
- Prepare 1 tsp cumin powder
- Prepare 1/2 tsp kasturi methi
- Get 2 tsp Coriander leaves for garnishing
- Get 1 tsp lemon juice
- Get 1 tablespoon butter
- Take 2 tablespoon oil
- Get to taste salt
- Get as needed coal/coconut shell for smoking
We prepare it from boneless chicken pieces. We cook these bite-sized chicken pieces with a creamy marinade. The marinade prepared from curd, fresh cream, ginger, garlic, and chilies induces deep flavor in it. Make methi malai chicken tikka just by adding blanched and chopped fresh fenugreek into the marination.
Instructions to make Chicken Malai tikka:
- Prepare marinade with 1/2 cup thick curd, 1/2 cup milk cream, 1 tablespoon of fresh ginger garlic paste, 1 tsp pepper powder, 1 tsp garam masala powder, 1 tsp chaat masala powder,2 tsp green chilli paste,1 tsp cumin powder, 1/2 tsp kasoori methi,salt as per taste,apply this to chicken, cover and marinate it for an hour
- Take a skewers, grease it well with oil and put chicken pieces to it one by one, in a pan heat 2 tablespoon of oil and gently place chicken skewers over it and fry chicken on moderate heat both sides first and then cover it with lid and cook chicken for 10 min on medium heat or until done. Meanwhile heat the coal other side, if coal is not available u can use coconut shell too.
- Once chicken is cooked well hold the skewers on direct flame it will give nice coat of brown colour spots on chicken and flavour will come out very well,
- Next step is, take a heated coal in small plate, place it on pan and on top of it place the chicken skewers as shown in pic, put little ghee/oil on coal it will start releasing smoke, immediately put the lid of the pan and leave it 5 min, it will give nice smokey flavor to out tikka.
- Once done transfer it on a plate, brush some melted butter, sprinkle some chaat masala, squeeze some lemon juice and garnish it with finely chopped coriander. Serve it with some pudina chutney or raita
Make a wrap with it, cut julienne of roasted chicken and raw onion mix with little mint sauce and wrap in chapati. Note-Never use cornflour for binding or thickening of marination. Chicken malai tikka is marinated with yogurt, dry spices and kaju green chilli paste, mixed well, marinated for some time and then cooked or sauteed in a pan with oil or butter. This particular dish can be served with any kind of dip, chutney or accompanied with salad and works wonders as a starter recipe. Chicken malai tikka is also known as murgh malai kebab is a rich kabab of mughlai cuisines.
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