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The authentic Chicken Tikka recipe step by step

Chicken Tikka is an dish in which chicken peices are marinated and later grilled or barbecued. This dish is popular in north India and Pakistan. Mostly the boneless chicken pieces are used in this recipe, but I’ve used the chicken with bones.

This Dish is really easy to make, just gather your ingredients, marinate the chicken and then grilling them. If you don’t have an oven then just fry this pieces in less oil. This dish can turn favorite to your non-vegetarian friends.

So lets prepare Chicken Tikka…

Ingredients-

Chicken – 1 kg(boneless/bones, I’ve used bones)
Thick yogurt- 1 cup(remove excess water for thick yogurt)
Ginger-garlic paste- 2 tbsp
Turmeric powder- 1 tsp
Red chilly powder- 2 tbsp
Coriander powder- 1 tbsp
Garam masala powder- 1 tbsp
Chat masala- 1/ 2 tbsp
Red food color- 2 pinch (optional)
Lemon juice- 1 whole lemon
Semolina- 4 tbsp
Salt- as per your taste
Oil- 2 Tbsp

Method-

Check ingredients for making Chicken Tikka
In a big bowl, add chicken, yogurt, Turmeric powder, red chilly powder and mix them well
Add salt, chat masala, lemon juice and red food color. Mix well
Marinate the chicken for 1 hour.
The marinated chicken is ready for grilling
Apply oil on the oven-proof pan.
Take 1/2 marinated chicken.Roll the marinated chicken pieces in Semolina one by one and keep them on pan. Apply oil on them with the help of brush.
Grill the chicken on 450° for 32 mins. Stop the oven after 17 mins, flip the pieces and start grilling.
When done, remove pan and let it cool . In the same way grill the another batch of marinated chicken.
Serve the Chicken Tikka with Roti/Naan, onion rings and lemon.

Happy New Year. May your family be blessed with peace and happiness this coming year.

Chocolate Cake with lots of strawberries……… The bestest combo that’s ever been made. Yummy Chocolate cake with delicious chocolate cream and drizzled with chocolate ganache. Perfect for Christmas- The most wonderful time of the year.

In winters plenty of strawberries are available in market, you should not miss this time and make it for Christmas.

Here’s the recipe of Yummilicious Strawberry Chocolate cake

Ingredients-

For Chocolate cake-

All purpose flour- 2 cups
Condensed milk- 3/4 cups
Baking powder- 1 tsp
Baking soda- 1 tsp
Oil- 8 tbsp
Vanilla essence- 2 tsp
Water- 1 cup
Chocolate chips(dark)- for garnishing
Strawberries- sliced, 10 to 12
Strawberries- whole,for garnishing, as much as you wish 😉

For Chocolate cream-

Whipped cream- 1 cup
Dark chocolate- 1/4 cup,chopped or chocolate chips

For Chocolate Ganache-

Dark Chocolate- 1/2 cup,chopped or chocolate chips
Fresh cream- 1/2 cup

Method-

We will start by making chocolate cake.
In a bowl, add oil.
Add condensed milk. Whisk until Oil is immersed well in condensed milk.
In another bowl, sieve All purpose flour. Sieve baking powder and baking soda.
Then sieve cocoa powder. With help of spatula mix well.
In wet ingredients add Vanilla essence and whisk it.
Add wet ingredients in dry ingredients and mix everything well.
With the help of Blender/whisker/Mixer mix the cake batter until well blended. Then slowly add 1/2 cup water. Blend. Again add 1/2 cup water and blend it well.
Brush baking tin with oil.Add 1/2 of the cake batter. Microwave on 450 degrees for 1/2 hour.
When done, insert toothpick in center of the cake. If it comes out clean, that means your cake is ready. Remove cake from tin and let it cool down completely on a cooling rack. Similarly bake the remaining batter.
When the second cake cools, prepare the frosting. For that prepare double boiler.
Take whipped cream and heat it in double boiler. When the whipped cream becomes warm, add chocolate. Mix until the chocolate completely dissolves in it. Let it cool. Wrap the plastic on bowl and refrigerate it.
Now prepare chocolate ganache. For that take add fresh cream in a bowl and add chocolate. Microwave for 1 min and check. If the chocolate doesn’t dissolve, microwave it again. Let it cool completely.
Assembling cake- Take a serving platter or turn table. Place a cake.
Spread chocolate cream on top of the cake. Use a knife if you don’t have spatula.
Add chopped strawberries.
Then place another cake on top of first cake.
Now apply chocolate cream on the top of the second cake.
Apply cream on sides of the cake by rotating the cake.
Now start pouring the ganache on top of the cake.
Let it drip down sides of the cake.
Add chocolate chips on top of the cake.
Place strawberries on center of the cake.
Now place sliced strawberries at some distance of whole strawberries.
Set the cake in fridge for 2 to 3 hours.Your chocolate cake is ready.