Chicken tawa tikka is a quick version of chicken tikka, if you dont have charcoal barbecue grill accessible, then this is the best way to make barbecued flavoured chicken tikka, do try this and enjoy …

Ingredients:

• 1 chicken skinless 16 pieces
• 1 big lemon (squeezed)
• Some oil

MASALA

• Some salt
• Some red chilli powder
• ¼ tspn turmeric
• 1 dried red chilli
• ½ tspn carom seeds
• ½ tspn nigella seeds (kalonji)
• 2 – 4 black peppercorns
• ½ tspn dry coriander
• ½ tspn cumin seeds
• 1 big cardamom
• 1 piece of bay leaf
• 2 curry leaves
• ½ tspn methi dana
• A pinch of crushed Kasoori methi*

Procedure:

-Combine all the masala ingredients in spice blender and make fine powder.

-Take it out in a bowl and add lemon juice.

-Place chicken pieces in a mixing bowl and add this mixture.

-Coat well and keep aside For 8 hours.

-Heat some oil on tawa* (Flat pan), and place half of the chicken pieces on it and on low heat cook them.

-When they slightly changes their colour and no water remains, remove the tawa* from heat and then on naked flame with the help of tongs, cook each of the chicken piece until well coloured.

-Do the same with the remaining chicken.

-Serve hot with tamarind sauce, and mint Raita.

Outcome:

Tasty tawa* tikka is ready to serve.

Tips:

-Serve immediately.

-When water is no more cook each and every piece of chicken on naked high flame. Be careful while doing that.

Servings:

This will serve 4 persons easily.