Creamy Chicken Tikka Masala

My daughter loves Indian food and asks me to buy frozen tikka masala from Trader Joe's all the time. I found a very authentic Indian supermarket in West Los Angeles so I decided to buy all the right ingredients and make it from scratch at home.

I found the "Tikka masala" spice so it was easy to make a dish with authentic local Indian flavor! Here is my recipe, hope you enjoy!!

1. Marinade chicken in yogurt with ginger, garlic, salt, and black pepper for 2 to 3 hours .

2. Wash the rice and soak in water for 1 hour before cooking.

3. Combine rice, chicken stock and salt, cover and bring to a boil. Simmer for 20 minutes.

4. Arrange the chicken on the rack and broil for 4 to 5 minutes.

5. In a medium pan cook Serrano chili with olive oil and ghee/butter for 5 minutes.

6. Add the ginger, garlic and tomato paste, along with the fenugreek and tikka masala spice then cook 3 more minutes.

7. Add chopped tomato and water, bring to a boil and simmer for 10 minutes.

8. Blend the tomato mix until smooth. Put back on stove.

9. Add chicken then cook 10 more minutes.

10. Garnish with cilantro and ready to go!

Samosa House

10700 Washington blvd

Culver City, CA 90232

<Ingredients for marinade chicken>

• 1 pund Chicken thighs

• 1 cup Indian yogurt/plain yogurt

• 1 tbsp crushed ginger

• 3 tbsp crushed garlic

• 1 tsp salt

• 1/2 tsp black pepper

<Ingredients for the sauce>

• 3 medium size chopped tomato

• 3 tbsp ghee/butter

• 2 tsp olive oil

• 2 tbsp crushed garlic

• 2 tbsp crushed ginger

• 1 chopped serrano chili

• 2 tbsp tomato paste

• 1/2 heavy cream

• 1 tbsp tikka masala spice

• 1 tsp fenugreek spice

• 2 tsp salt

• 2 tb chopped fresh cilantro

• 1 cup water

<Ingredients for rice>

• 1 cup Jazmine rice

• 1.5 cup chicken stock

• 1/2 tsp salt

You might think Indian food is hot and spicy but this Tikka masala is very mild

and fruity. I bet your family (kids especially) will love this!