Tantalize your taste buds with this recipe for the perfect tikka, best served with warm roghni naan.
Ingredients:
Chicken 1
Garlic cloves 3-4
Papaya (small) 1
Red chillies 2
Salt (to taste)
White onions (very small) 10
Tomatoes (firm and medium-sized) 4-6
Ginger 30 grams
Green chillies 2
Onion 30 grams
Curds 115 grams
Oil for basting ½ cup
Method
• Dice the chicken meat into 2 inch cubes
• Grind the ginger, garlic, onions and green and red chilies together.
• Mix the mixture with the curd and add salt to taste.
• Add the papaya pieces.
• Marinate the chicken cubes in this mixture for about 2 hours.
• Put the chicken cubes on a skewer and brush them with oil.
• Cook the chicken over the tawaa, turning it often to ensure it is fully done.
Zeenat Iqbal is a stay-at-home mother of three. In her free time, she enjoys devising new recipes and writing short stories for children
Published in The Express Tribune, Ms T, June 9th, 2013.
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what do we do with the tomatoes?