Murgh Malai Tikka

Murgh malai tikka as the name goes is an melt in mouth creamy tikka. It's soft and succulent and mild when compared to other kebabs. You can make this dish easily at home with little preperation.

Ingredients:
500 grams chicken with bone/boneless
4 tbsp fresh cream
2 tbsp thick curd/hung curd
2 tbsp coriander leaves
2 green chillies
1 tsp white pepper powder
1 tbsp lime juice
1 tbsp corn flour
1 tbsp ginger and garlic paste

Salt 

Oil 

METHOD :
1. Wash and drain chicken in colander and pat dry. To the chicken add in ginger garlic paste,lime juice,pepper and salt and mix well. Keep this marinated chicken in refrigerator overnight.
2. The next day take out the chicken and let it rest. In mixi add coriander leaves green chilly and curd and make a smooth paste.
3. Add the prepared paste to the marinated chicken and rub in well. Next add in fresh cream and mix well. Add in corn flour and mix all well. Season it with more salt if required. Keep the marinated chicken back into refrigerator atleast for 3 hours.
4. Take it out from fridge 20 minutes prior cooking.
5. Heat grill pan and add in some oil. Take the marinated chicken and place it on the pan one by one. Let it cook for 15 minutes on low flame . Then turn the chicken pieces again let it cook for 15 more minutes. You can keep adding little oil if you feel it's getting dry.
Once cooked both sides. Transfer it into plate and serve hot with garlic dip and  onion rings,lemon vedge and  green chilly. Enjoy

Grill:
You can also grill the chicken In oven. Preheat oven for 220*c . Place the marinated chicken on aluminium lined baking tray with little oil and bake for 10 minutes each on both sides. Then serve.

Grilled chicken tikka ( non kashmiri cuisine)

As I have already mentioned I love grilled food. This is one among my favorites. :-)

Ingredients:
3 boneless chicken breast
1 tsp ginger garlic paste
1 tsp red chilly powder
1 tsp garam masala powder
1 tsp crushed kasoori methi/ dry fenugreek leaves
1 tbsp curd
1 tsp vinegar
Salt as per taste

Method:
Wash and chop chicken breast into bite size pieces. In a bowl add in chopped chicken breast add in rest of the ingredients and nicely with help of your hand mix it. Then marinate it at least for an hour. After marination heat up grill pan and grill the chicken until nicely brown on all sides. Its ready. Serve it warm.

Grilled chicken sandwich

There isn't much variation in Kashmir breakfast. People love to eat Roti with chai which is the staple breakfast. But I love to keep breakfast different. So I make sandwiches. I make them different every time. Chicken sandwich is one of favorites.

Ingredients:
One chicken breast
One garlic pearl
1/2 tsp pepper powder
A pinch of salt
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1 small capsicum chopped
4 brown bread slices

Method:
Boil chicken breast in 2 cups of water in a vessel and add in pepper powder, salt and garlic. Boil until chicken breast is cooked. Now take out the chicken breast chop it up and put in bowl. Next add in chopped capsicum. And then followed by mayonnaise. Mix all this well with a spoon. Your filling is ready. Now spread this filling on bread slice and top it over with another bread slice. Do the same with other bread slices too then grill the sandwiches over hot grill plate or pan. Slice them into half and serve hot.

Tip:
You can add in some chopped green chilly to make it spicy. These sandwiches can be taken for picnic snacks too