Claires Chicken Tikka Masala

Ingredients

• 4 chicken thighs
• 3/4 cup yoghurt
• 1 lemon
• 1 large onion
• 1 thumb size piece ginger
• 1 tbsp corriander/cilantro paste or
• 2 tbsp fresh corriander/cilantro
• 1 sea salt and cracked black pepper
• 1 tbsp paprika sweet
• 2 can tomatoes whole or chopped
• 1 can evaporated milk
• 1 tsp chili powder
• 2 tbsp olive oil for frying
• 1 tbsp butter for frying
• 1 Next ingredients are the Tikka Masala
• 1 tbsp tomato paste
• 1 tbsp tomatoe sauce/kechup
• 1 tsp chili powder
• 1 tbsp smoked paprika
• 2 tsp garam masala
• 6 clove garlic chopped
• 1 inch size piece of ginger chopped
• 1 pinch sea salt
• 1 tsp ground cumin or seeds
• 1 tsp corriander/cilantro flakes or seeds
• 3 tbsp olive oil
• 1 tsp black pepper cracked
• 1 If you like real hot dishes add extra chilli to your own taste.

Steps

1. Chop chicken into small cubes,squeeze lemon juice add the yoghurt and the sweet paprika.Mix and marinate in fridge for 2 or 3 hours.
2. Make the Tikka Masala paste next if using seeds toast them then put into pestle and mortar and grind till fine add all other paste ingredients.Grind and mix paste.
3. In large heavy frypan add butter oil onions, chilli,ginger,corriander cook till soft.Add tikka masala paste and chicken.Add salt and pepper.
4. Add milk and tomatoes.Fill the milk can with water and add that to pan.Stir,boil then simmer for about 20 mins with lid on.Check it dosent boil dry.
5. To serve.Cook rice add lemon juice,zest and lemon black pepper.Cook peas add chopped garlic or garlic powder and butter.Cook and mash potatoes add mustard which ever type you like.
6. Enjoy