Chicken Reshmi Kabab

Ingredients:-

1 kg minced chicken
1 tsp red chilli powder
2 tbsps fresh coriander leaves, chopped
3 green chillies, chopped
½ cup onion paste
1 tbsp ginger paste
1 tbsp garlic paste
1 tsp all spice powder
1 tsp black pepper
2 tbsp raw papaya paste
2 eggs
2 bread slices
Oil to fry
Salt to taste

Method:-

Mix well all the spices, coriander, green chillies, bread and eggs in the minced chickenand make elongated kebabs, deep fry them. Heat a piece of charcoal and place a piece of bread or roti in the dish with kebabs. Put the heated charcoal over the bread pieces and pour a few drops of oil over it. As soon as smoke starts coming out, cover the dish. The kebabs will develop a nice charcoal aroma in them as if they have been cooked over it. Remove the bread and charcoal piece before serving.

Garnish with chopped coriander leaves to serve.

Serve with Nan and salad.

Chicken Tikka

INGREDIENTS:

1 kg chicken (breast or leg pieces)

For Marination:

1 cup yoghurt
2 tbsps ginger paste
3 tbsps garlic paste
1 tbsps garam masala
1 tsp zeera powder
1/2 tsp black pepper powder
2 dry red chillies
3 tbsps Lemon juice
1/2 tsp food color orange
to sprinkle cooking oil (for shine)
Salt to taste

Method:

Mix all the ingrdeidients for marination to a smooth paste.
Mix well. Add the chicken pieces and mix well. Cover the bowl and refrigerate. Allow to marinate overnight.

Thread the chicken onto skewers and keep ready.

Preheat your oven or grill to medium high (200 C/ 400F/ Gas Mark 6). Place the skewers on the grill racks in your oven with a tray underneath to catch drippings. Roast open till the chicken is browned on all sides and tender. Keep aside.

For shine brush with some cooking oil.

serve hot with Naans, raw onion rings, tomato, cucumber & lemon pieces.

Tip: To get a genuine smokey restaurant taste in your homemade Chicken Tikka Masala: Make a small bowl out of aluminum foil

and place on top of the cooked Chiken Tikka Masala. Now burn a golf ball-sized lump of coal till red hot. Place this piece of

coal in the foil 'bowl' and immediately cover the chicken dish. Allow to stand for 5 minutes. Uncover, remove coal and foil 'bowl', garnish Chicken Tikka and serve.

Sprinkle lemon juice at serving time.