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This is an easy recipe for Chicken Tikka Masala–chicken marinated in yogurt and spices and then served in a tomato cream sauce. Serve with rice or warm flatbreads. It's a spicy, tomato-based dish seasoned with garlic, ginger, fenugreek and garam masala.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have chicken tikka masala using 16 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Chicken Tikka Masala:

1. Get 6 clove garlic, finely grated
2. Make ready 4 tsp finely grated peeled ginger
3. Prepare 2 tsp ground turmeric
4. Take 2 tsp garam masala
5. Make ready 2 tsp ground coriander
6. Get 2 tsp ground cumin
7. Make ready 1 1/2 cup whole milk yoghurt
8. Get 1 tbsp salt
9. Get 2 lb boneless chicken breast, halved lengthwise
10. Take 3 tbsp vegetable oil
11. Make ready 1 small onion, thinly sliced
12. Make ready 1/4 cup tomato paste
13. Prepare 128 oz can whole peeled tomatoes
14. Get 2 cup heavy cream
15. Take 3/4 cup fresh cilantro
16. Make ready 1 steamed basmati rice

Chicken Tikka Masala is creamy and easy to make right at home in one pan with simple ingredients! Full of incredible flavours, it rivals any Indian restaurant! Aromatic golden chicken pieces in an incredible creamy curry sauce, this Chicken Tikka Masala recipe is one of the best you will try! And the chicken is perfectly tender with the creamiest, most flavor-packed sauce ever!

Instructions to make Chicken Tikka Masala:

1. Combine garlic, ginger, turmeric, garam masala, coriander and cumin in a small bowl. Whisk yoghurt and half of spice mixture in a medium bowl. Add chicken and turn to coat. Cover and chill for 4-6 hours. Cover and chill remaining spice mixture.
2. Heat vegetable oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add onion, tomato paste, and cook, stirring often until tomato paste has darkened and onion is soft. About 5 minutes. Add remaining half of spice mixture and cook stirring often until bottom of pot begins to brown. About 4 min.
3. Add tomatoes with juices. Bring to a boil,reduce heat and simmer stirring often and scraping up browned bit from bottom of pot until sauce thickens about 8-10 minutes.
4. Add cream and chopped cilantro. Simmer, stirring occasionally, until sauce thickens for about 30-40 minutes.
5. Cut the chicken into bike size pieces and than fry it.
6. Add it to the sauce and simmer for about 8-10 minutes. Serve with rice and cilantro springs.

Slice the chicken into bite-sized chunks. Combine the cubed chicken with the yogurt, lemon juice, garlic, ginger, salt, cumin, garam masala, and paprika and stir until well-coated. Line a high-sided baking pan or roasting tray with parchment paper. Heat vegetable oil in a large skillet over medium heat. There are various tales about the origins of Chicken Tikka Masala, and most are along the lines of the following: That a British aristocrat was served Chicken Tikka (chicken on skewers chargrilled in a tandoor) and sent it back to the kitchen, complaining it was dry.

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