First marinade mix garlic and ginger paste with lemon juice add to chicken and leave for 1 hour
Mix yoghurt and all spices salt and then add to the chicken marinade
Leave for 24 hours for best results, but if you don’t have time or you can not wait for 2/3 hours. When ready either grill under a very hot grill or roast in the oven.
Your chicken tikka is ready once just soft, don’t over cook it, it will continue cooking in the sauce.
To make the sauce fry onions in hot oil once golden add garlic and ginger and fry for another 2/3 minutes
Add dry spices and sauté for a minute then add tomatoes stir till coated, add sugar and salt to taste and some water if required.
Reduce the sauce till it’s thicker then add your chicken tikka and cook for around 10 min or till fully cooked through
To finish stir in some some cream, now you can add as much o as little as you like to balance the spice.
Serve with chopped coriander, lovely with basmati rice or flat bread.
Serve with flat bread, cool mint yoghurt sauce