Written recipe for Chicken malai tikka
Prep time: 1.5 hours
Cooking time: 30 mins
Serves: 4
Ingredients:
- Chicken 500 gm
- Salt to taste
- Black pepper 1/4th tsp
- Garlic paste 1 tbsp
- Ginger paste ½ tbsp
- Hung curd 3/4th cup
- Fresh cream ½ cup
- Almond paste 2 tbsp
- Green chilli paste 1 tsp
- Garam masala 2 tsp
- Kasuri methi 1 tsp
- White pepper powder 1/4th tsp
- Salt to taste
- Fresh coriander leaves 1 tbsp (chopped)
- Corn starch 1 tbsp
- Live charcoal + oil
- Bamboo skewers as required
- Ghee 2 tbsp
Methods:
- Slice the chicken breast from between and further slice the chicken into thin slices, transfer it to a mixing bowl, add salt & pepper, ginger paste and garlic paste, mix and marinate the chicken for 15 minutes.
- In a separate bowl, add hung curd, fresh cream, almond paste, green chilli paste, garam masala, kasuri methi, white pepper powder, salt and fresh coriander, mix well, add corn starch and add the marinated chicken, mix and coat the second marination properly, marinate the chicken for at least 1 hour.
- Place a bowl in the centre and Place a live charcoal in it and add few drops of oil, cover and smoke for 3-4 minutes. Discard the coal.
- Skew the marinated chicken in the bamboo skewers.
- Heat a pan on medium heat, add ghee and grill the chicken from all the sides for 3-4 minutes.
- Your chicken malai tikka is ready to be served, sprinkle some chaat masala and squeeze some fresh lemon to elevate the taste, serve hot.

chef you are simply amazing! !!! Thanks for your great recipes.
can i keep the marinated chicken in fridge for 2 nights?
sir can I grill on the gas as I have the griller pan
sir can we cook grilled chicken or kabab in a round oven which we generally use at homes for preparing cake????
kali charan patra
hello chef thanks for the great recipe with what should we eat this dish ?
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chef because of u i started cooking well……………!
the most friendly and helpful chef! can see love he puts in his food
hello chef, i have a convection mode microwave. in which mode and what temperature i should cook? tandoor or just normal cook ? because i already tried it but the output was not good , it was very dry and sticky..
could sour cream be used? I live in the US and I don't think we get the cooking cream.
how can I make it in OTG???
Thank you Harpalji for the amazing recipe. My kids loved it! Keep up the good work!
chef I would like to know if we dont have barbeque so what is other alternate to make BBQ Chicken,Tandoori chicken, seekh kebab kindly suggest can we use bone less chicken breast instead of bonless chicken legs plse suggest one request If u know some hotels because I am 1 commie searching for job in hotels if possible kindly revert back to me.
Chef Bhai, why can't I use chicken breast? Why just leg meat of chicken?
chef which cheese we can use name some????????
Chefharpal I am sorry I didn't mean to pull you down or criticise you with my comment earlier. I am a fan and have learnt a lot from you. The comment earlier was a light hearted sarcasm