Chicken Tikka/Chicken Tikka Recipe without oven

Chicken tikka and Tandoori Chicken are one of the most popular and most ordered non veg starters  chicken tikkas and tandoori are not only popular in India and Pakistan but it's also  loved and very popular across the world .

Tikka which actually means boti or chunks chicken tikka is very easy to prepare at hoke you can bake grill or pan fry it .

I prefer pan frying and later giving it coals dum or dungar for the real barbeque flavourf and aroma .Serve it with pudina chutney or with a lemon wedge. I'm sure you will love this succulent juicy chicken tikka .

Ingredients
500 gm Boneless Chicken
1/ 2 cup Hung curd
1 tbsp ginger garlic paste
11/2 tsp Kashmiri red chilli powder
1 tbsp lemon juice
1/2tsp garam masala powder
1 tsp cumin powder
1 tbsp Mustard oil /any oil
Pinch of red colour optional
salt to taste

Method
Wash the  chicken pieces and drain to remove excess water.
Apply salt and Lemon juice and leave it aside for half an hour
Mix together all the ingredients with hung curd and marinate the chicken .
Keep it in the refrigerator for 6 hours to overnight .
Remove it atleast 1 hour prior cooking.
You can grill it ,bake it or pan fry it .
I prefer pan frying with very little oil over medium flame .
Cook till done .
For the barbecue feel or the smoky flavour heat a piece of charcoal till red hot .
Place a small piece of foil in the plate /pan with chicken  and place the hot coal ,add a drop of oil and cover it tightly with a lid.
Cover it at least for 5 minutes .
Remove the foil and discard the coal .

Or as I did you could pan fry the chicken and later place the chicken over the coal directly on the flame placing a wire rack .
Place the chicken pieces on greased wore rack and just flip the chicken for few minutes until charred .
Serve hot with lemon wedge Pudina chutney or some green salad.