Pakistani•indulgent
Malai Chicken Tikka
Fatima Cooks recipe - Pakistani
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 18 min
- Yield
- 2 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1.1 lb boneless chicken (ideally breast)
- 3 tbsp full fat yogurt
- 3 tbsp double/heavy cream
- 10 cashews (can substitute for 10 blanched almonds or 1 tbsp cream cheese)
- 4 green chillies
- 6 cloves garlic
- 1 tsp fresh ginger
- 4 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 tsp coriander seeds (coarsely ground (or 1tsp coriander powder))
- 1 tsp cumin seeds (coarsely ground (or 1tsp cumin powder))
- 3/4 tsp kasoori methi (dried fenugreek)
- 3/4 tsp salt (or to taste)
- 1 tbsp chopped coriander fresh
Instructions
- 1
Blend the double cream, yogurt, cashews, garlic, ginger, green chillies till smooth. Add into a large mixing bowl.
- 2
Mix in the rest of the ingredients to the large bowl.
- 3
Allow the chicken to marinate in this paste ideally overnight, but for a minimum of 6 hours.
- 4
Once the marination time is up, you can proceed to cooking the chicken as per your preference - pan-fry for 10 minutes, air fry for 10-12 minutes, over an open flam/barbeque for 8-10 minutes or in the oven for 16-18 minutes. See the blog post for more details about these methods