Chicken Tikka Masala

This mouthwatering chicken dish adds flavour to you lunch as side dish.
Ingredients to marinate:
Marinate for about 1 hour
Chicken - 500 gms of boneless chicken
Ginger & garlic paste - 4 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
chilli powder - 1 tsp
garam masala - 1 tsp
Cumin powder - 1/2 tsp
dhaniya powder - 1 tsp
Salt to taste
Curd - 1/2 cup beaten well
To Marinate the chicken
Take the beaten curd and mix all the above powders together and add salt
Cut the chicken into medium size pieces and add it to the curd mixture, close the vessel with a lid and let it to marinate for about an hour.
For the GravyIngredients:
Onion - 1 chopped
Tomato puree - out of one small tomato
Ginger & garlic paste - 2 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
Coriander powder - 2 tsp
Ginger & garlic paste - 1 tsp
Salt to taste
Oil - 8 tsp
garam masala powder - 2 tsp
Coriander leaves
Ground almond - 2 tsp (optional)
Fresh Cream is optional to garnish
MethodFor the chicken
After the chicken is marinated, take them and bake them well in a pan with the flame very low in the stove or we you can put the chicken on the grill and cook it till they are cooked
For the gravy:
Heat oil in a pan, fry onions till they turn golden brown.
Add ginger & garlic paste and let them fry till the oil separates
Then add all the masala powders to it, and then add the tomato puree.
Add salt to taste and then add little warm water and the ground almond paste its optional to add nd let the gravy to come to a boil.
Then add the cooked chicken pieces, and let the gravy come to a boil after adding the chicken pieces.
Remove the dish from the stove and add the coriander leaves, and the cream (optional ) to garnish