Description
Juicy, tangy, flavorful, and beautifully smokey, this air fryer chicken tikka is the easiest way to achieve tikka flavor minus the hassle.
Equipment
1 Air Fryer
Ingredients
Chicken marinade
500gms chicken thigh, boneless, cut into 2 inch pieces, see note 1
¼cupwhisked, thick curds, see note 2
1tablespoonginger garlic paste
½teaspoonred chilli powder
¼cupkashmiri chilli powder
½teaspoongaram masala powder
½teaspoonsalt
2teaspoonskasuri methi, roasted & crushed
2teaspoonslemon juice
2 ½tablespoonsmustard oil
1tablespoonroasted besan
For tikka
4-5skewers
1 – 2teaspoonscooking oil for brushing
For dhungar / smoking
2-3incheslong charcoal
1teaspoonghee or oil
Instructions
Marinating chicken
- Take all ingredients for chicken marinade except chicken in a bowl & whisk well to combine all the ingredients. The marinade should be thick and not runny.
¼ cup whisked, 1 tablespoon ginger garlic paste, ½ teaspoon red chilli powder, ¼ cup kashmiri chilli powder, ½ teaspoon garam masala powder, ½ teaspoon salt, 2 teaspoons kasuri methi, 2 teaspoons lemon juice, 2 ½ tablespoons mustard oil, 1 tablespoon roasted besan
- Add chicken, toss until all chicken pieces get well coated with the marinade.
500 gms chicken thigh
Dhungar / smoking chicken
- Place charcoal on the gas flame and heat it for 5-6 minutes till it turns red.
2-3 inches long charcoal
- Meanwhile, keep a small steel katori or bowl in the centre of the marinated chicken bowl & keep a proper lid for the marinade bowl to trap the smoke.
1 teaspoon ghee or oil
- Hold the hot charcoal with tongs and put it in the bowl, pour ghee on it and immediately cover the lid. Rest it for 3 minutes, discard the charcoal bowl and keep the marinated chicken resting for 30 mins – 1 hour.
Air frying chicken tikka
- Preheat the airfryer to 200C. Brush the airfryer basket with oil.
1 – 2 teaspoons cooking oil for brushing
- Thread the chicken pieces onto the skewers and place them on the airfryer basket with some gap in between. Brush them with oil and air fry at 200C for 3 minutes, flip once, brush with oil & air fry at 200 C for another 3-5 minutes or until they are cooked through & slightly browned around the edges and serve.
4-5 skewers
