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Chicken Tikka Salad-Cook Smart

Chicken tikka mixed with a unusual dressing is simply delicious This recipe is from FoodFood TV channel

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Chicken Tikka Salad-Cook Smart

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Main Ingredients Boneless chicken, Thick yogurt
Cuisine Fusion
Course Salads
Prep Time 4-5 hour
Cook time 16-20 minutes
Serve 4
Taste Tangy
Level of Cooking Easy
Others Non Veg

Ingredients list for Chicken Tikka Salad-Cook Smart

  • 500 grams Boneless chicken cut into small pieces
  • 4 tablespoons Thick yogurt
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons Red chilli paste
  • 2 teaspoons Ginger-garlic paste
  • 20-25 Almonds blanched and peeled
  • to taste Salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon Garam masala powder
  • 1/2 tablespoon Lemon juice
  • for grilli Oil
  • 1 Spring onion bulb
  • 6-7 Fresh basil leaves
  • 15-20 Fresh mint leaves
  • 4-5 Iceberg lettuce leaves
  • 6-7 Lollo rosso lettuce leaves
  • Dressing
  • 1/3 cup Tomato juice
  • 2 teaspoons Mustard paste
  • 1 teaspoon Balsamic vinegar
  • to taste Salt
  • 1 tablespoon Olive oil
  • to taste Black peppercorns freshly crushed

Method

  1. Take yogurt in a bowl. Add red chilli paste and ginger-garlic paste.
  2. Toast almonds in a non-stick grill pan till lightly browned.
  3. Add salt, garam masala powder and lemon juice to the yogurt and mix well. Add chicken pieces and mix well. Set aside to marinate for 4 hours.
  4. Transfer toasted almonds into another bowl and cool down to room temperature.
  5. Heat some oil in the same non-stick grill pan. Place marinated chicken pieces on it and grill, turning sides, till the chicken is fully cooked.
  6. To make salad, diagonally slice spring onion bulb and place in a bowl. Roughly chop basil leaves and add. Add mint leaves. Tear Iceberg and lollo rosso lettuce leaves and add.
  7. To make dressing, take tomato juice in a bowl. Add mustard paste, Balsamic vinegar, salt, olive oil and freshly crushed peppercorns and mix well.
  8. Remove chicken tikka from the pan and cut into smaller pieces.
  9. Add some of the dressing and half the chicken pieces to the salad and toss well.
  10. Transfer the salad onto a serving plate, place the remaining chicken pieces top and drizzle some more dressing on top. Sprinkle the toasted almonds on top and serve immediately.
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