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Lemongrass Chicken Tikka

Lemongrass adds on a new flavour to the popular chicken tikka. This is a Sanjeev Kapoor exclusive recipe.

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Lemongrass Chicken Tikka
Main Ingredients Lemon grass stalk, Chicken legs
Cuisine Indian
Course Snacks and Starters
Prep Time 1-1.30 hour
Cook time 16-20 minutes
Serve
Taste Mild
Level of Cooking Easy
Others Non Veg
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Ingredients list for Lemongrass Chicken Tikka

  • 1 Lemon grass stalk roughly chopped
  • 400 grams Chicken legs boneless, cut into 1 inch pieces
  • 1 teaspoon Lemon juice
  • to taste Salt
  • 3 tablespoons Ginger-garlic paste
  • 1 cup Fresh cream
  • 2 Green chillies slit
  • 2 tablespoons Gram flour (besan) roasted
  • 3 tablespoons Processed cheese grated
  • 1 medium Green capsicum diced
  • for basting Butter
  • to serve Onion rings
  • to serve Coriander-mint chutney
  • to serve Chaat masala

Method

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  1. Take the chicken pieces in a bowl. Add the lemon juice, salt and ginger-garlic paste, mix well and set aside to marinate for thirty minutes.
  2. Heat the cream in a non-stick pan. Add the lemongrass and green chillies, mix and bring to a boil on low heat. Remove the pan from heat and let the lemongrass stay in the cream for fifteen to twenty minutes. Strain and set aside.
  3. Combine togetherthe gram flour, salt, flavored cream and cheese in a bowl and mix well.Add the marinated chicken and capsicum and mix well. Cover with a cling film and refrigerate for half an hour.
  4. Thread the chickenpieces and capsicum dices alternately onto skewers.
  5. Heat some butter in a non-stick grill pan, place the skewers in it. Cook, rotating the skewers a few times, till grill marks appear on all the sides,basting with butter.
  6. Arrange onion rings and coriander-mint chutney on a serving plate. Place chicken tikkaon it, sprinkle chaat masala on the top and serve immediately.

Nutrition Info

Calories 1192
Carbohydrates 24.3
Protein 118.6
Fat 68.9
Other Fiber Vitamin B12- 2.2mcg
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