My friend, Ganga, is always so sweet and thoughtful.  Plus she not only gave me her yummy Chicken Tikka which she cooked herself, she even shared the recipe with me and allowed me to share it at Heart2Heart.  I am so lucky we live near each other 🙂  Thanks Ganga! 

 INGREDIENTS

A. Marinate

I kilo chicken fillet-( breast or thighs) – cut into cubes

1 cup yogurt

1/2 tsp – grated ginger

3 pcs. cardimons- remove seeds fr pod and pound finely

1 tsp coriander powder

1/4 tsp garam masala powder

1/4  crushed black pepper

5 calamansis

1/4 tsp rock salt

 only ing. mentioned above for marinate

B.)

Separate spices for coating skewers before frying

 1- tbsp coriander powder

1- tbsp dried mango powder

1/2- tsp- garam masala

1/2- tsp crushed black pepper

pinch of fine salt

      Mix all the 4 spices together with salt – keep aside on a plate

C)

1 Whole bell pepper- cubed into 1 inch size

1 big onion- cut into wedges

  Get some of the marinate sauce fr chicken and add to bell pepper n onion for taste, Keep aside  to be used when adding chicken into Skewers

Procedure

 marinate all the above ing. overnight, or at least 6-8 hours, put chicken in skewers, may alternate with bell pepper and onion cubes ( for every stick 3 pcs chicken, 1 pcs bell pepper, 1pcs of  cubed onion  and may top with a 1/3 of green chili )

 hold skewer over mixed spice powder and  pick up the powder with your fingers and gently sprinkle powder lightly over chicken, onion and bell pepper and deep fry, about 11/2 mins each side, drain and serve…. ENJOY !

 All indian spices available at Assad mini mart along Jupiter st.makati near Korean garden restaurant.. buy only the small boxes of spices, so as not to waste as they come in 1/2 kilo packs as well.

 [email_link]