{"id":113,"date":"2024-04-25T17:01:26","date_gmt":"2024-04-25T17:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fmidnight.com\/gourmet\/?p=113"},"modified":"2025-05-23T03:07:48","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T03:07:48","slug":"chicken-tikka-masala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fmidnight.com\/gourmet\/chicken-tikka-masala\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicken Tikka Masala"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Ingredients<\/h3>\n<p><em>Makes 1 serving<\/em><\/p>\n<h5><b>Curry Powder:<\/b><\/h5>\n<p>1 stick cinnamon<br \/>\n1 fresh nutmeg<br \/>\n2 bay leaves<br \/>\n1 tbsp whole cloves<br \/>\n2 tbsp cumin seeds<br \/>\n3 tbsp coriander seeds<br \/>\n1 tbsp cardamom<br \/>\n1 tsp red pepper flakes<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Marinade:<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>1 cup full fat yogurt<br \/>\n2 inches ginger<br \/>\n2 garlic cloves<br \/>\n1 tbsp curry powder<br \/>\n3 boneless, skinless, chicken breasts<br \/>\nKosher salt, pepper, and olive oil as needed<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Sauce:<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>2 inches ginger<br \/>\n1\/2 yellow onion<br \/>\n2 cloves garlic<br \/>\n3 serrano peppers<br \/>\n2 tbsp vegetable oil<br \/>\n1 tbsp tomato paste<br \/>\n2 tbsp curry powder<br \/>\n1 28-ounce can of crushed tomatoes<br \/>\n3\/4 cup heavy cream<br \/>\nSugar as needed<\/p>\n<p>Basmati rice as needed (~1-1\u00bd cups per person)<\/p>\n<p>*Adjust amount of serrano pepper and pepper flakes for spice factor<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>Procedure<\/h3>\n<h5>Curry Powder:<\/h5>\n<p>Toast cinnamon, bay leaves, cloves, cumin seeds, coriander, cardamom, and red pepper flakes over medium heat in a dry stainless steel saute pan; ensure constant motion as to not burn anything.<\/p>\n<p>Once they give off a nice aroma, grind in a spice grinder until fine.<\/p>\n<p>Place in a bowl and grate 1 nutmeg into it; set aside.<\/p>\n<h5>Marinade\/chicken:<\/h5>\n<p>Grate ginger and garlic into a bowl with yogurt; add 1tbsp of curry powder, as well as salt, pepper, and olive oil as needed,. Mix well.<\/p>\n<p>Cut chicken breasts into 1in cubes and add to yogurt mixture.<\/p>\n<p>Cover and place in fridge overnight (or at least 4hr).<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Place on a baking sheet and cook under the broiler until 160\u00b0F internally.<\/p>\n<h5>Sauce<\/h5>\n<p>Begin to steam basmati rice.<\/p>\n<p>Preheat vegetable oil on medium high heat.<\/p>\n<p>Mince garlic, onion, and serrano pepper, and grate ginger.<\/p>\n<p>Add onion to pan and cook for about a min.<\/p>\n<p>Add garlic, ginger, pepper, tomato paste, and 2tbsp curry powder.<\/p>\n<p>Homogenize and then add crushed tomatoes and sugar as needed to foil the acidity.<\/p>\n<p>Cook for another 5 min.<\/p>\n<p>Add heavy cream and combine.<\/p>\n<p>Add chicken and cook for about 5-10 minutes; add salt, pepper, and more curry powder as needed.<\/p>\n<p>Garnish rice and chicken with cilantro.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"xl-qi-tp-output-text\" class=\"xl-qi-tp__output-text\">\u0906\u0928\u0902\u0926 \u0932\u0947\u0928\u093e<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<br>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fmidnight.com\/gourmet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/PXL_20240410_011522667-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-129\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fmidnight.com\/gourmet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/PXL_20240410_011522667-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.fmidnight.com\/gourmet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/PXL_20240410_011522667-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fmidnight.com\/gourmet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/PXL_20240410_011522667-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.fmidnight.com\/gourmet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/PXL_20240410_011522667-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.fmidnight.com\/gourmet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/PXL_20240410_011522667-1-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ingredients Makes 1 serving Curry Powder: 1 stick cinnamon 1 fresh nutmeg 2 bay leaves 1 tbsp whole cloves 2 tbsp cumin seeds 3 tbsp coriander seeds 1 tbsp cardamom 1 tsp red pepper flakes Marinade: 1 cup full fat yogurt 2 inches ginger 2 garlic cloves 1 tbsp curry [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":114,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[24,10,42,9],"class_list":["post-113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indian","tag-aromatic","tag-chicken","tag-rice","tag-spicy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fmidnight.com\/gourmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fmidnight.com\/gourmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fmidnight.com\/gourmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fmidnight.com\/gourmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fmidnight.com\/gourmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.fmidnight.com\/gourmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":583,"href":"https:\/\/www.fmidnight.com\/gourmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113\/revisions\/583"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fmidnight.com\/gourmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fmidnight.com\/gourmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fmidnight.com\/gourmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fmidnight.com\/gourmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}