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Ingredients for Hariyali Chicken Tikka:

(Tsp-Teaspoon; Tbsp-Tablespoon)

– Boneless Chicken – 500 gms (thigh pieces cut into tikka shapes)

For the Green Paste:
– Coriander Leaves- 1 cup
– Mint leaves- 1/2 cup
– Green Chillies- 4 nos.
– Ginger chopped- 1” piece(8 gms)
– Garlic Cloves- 5-6 (5 gms)

For the Marinade:
– Hung Curd/Yogurt- 1/4 cup (around 75 gms after draining the water)
– Green Paste made earlier
– Turmeric Powder- 1/4 tsp
– Cumin Powder- 1/2 tsp
– Pepper Powder- 1/4 tsp
– Garam Masala Powder- 1 tsp
– Kasuri Methi Powder (dry roasted and crushed)- 1/2 tsp after crushing
– Salt- 1 tsp
– Lemon Juice- 1 tsp
– Oil- 1.5 tbsp

Other Ingredients-
– Piece of Charcoal (for infusing smoke to the chicken for a barbecue flavour)
– Ghee or clarified butter melted- 1 tsp
– Oil – 3 tbsp

Preparation:

– To prepare the hung curd, strain the water from the curd or plain yogurt using a strainer or cloth to have a thick curd without any water. This may take 1.5 to 2 hrs, so plan accordingly. Please do check the video to understand the thickness.
– For the chicken, you can use chicken tikka pieces or alternatively cut boneless chicken thighs and/or fillets into tikkas.
– To prepare the Green Paste, chop coriander leaves, take out the mint leaves, peel ginger and garlic and cut the ginger and green chillies into pieces.
– Add these into a blender/grinder jar and blend it coarsely. Now add around 2 tbsp water and blend it again. Shouldn’t be too thin or watery.
– For marinating the chicken, add all the ingredients for the marinade in a bowl and mix it well. Now add all the chicken tikkas/pieces and mix it well to coat the pieces with the marinade.

Skewering:

– Remove the steel bowl containing the piece of charcoal and mix the chicken tikkas once again before skewering.
– Now skewer the marinated chicken tikkas on a kebab stick or small wooden skewer 3 at a time.
– To skewer, fold each of the tikkas and then put in the skewer.
– Repeat for all the skewers.

Process:

– Heat oil in a pan or tawa and place the skewers side by side.
– Fry on medium high heat for 3 mins till light brown and flip on the other side.
– Fry again on the other side for 3 mins till light brown.
– Now turn all the kebab sticks/ skewers on to the side, and continue roasting for 2 mins on medium heat.
– Now flip on the other side and continue roasting for 2 mins on medium heat.
– Keep frying on medium heat on all the sides for a total of another 5-6 mins, flipping every 2 mins till the kebabs are browned and cooked evenly.
– Serve as an appetiser.

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