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