Name: Tawa malai chicken
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Ingredients: 500 grams chicken (any pieces of your choice. I recommend marylands, drumsticks); 1/3 cup natural yogurt/greek yogurt; 1 cup cream/malai; 1 tbsp Mayonaise; 2 tbsp milk powder; 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste; 1 tbsp green chilli paste; 1 tsp garam masala; 1 tsp coriander powder; 1/3 tsp nutmeg and mace powder/paste; 2 tbsp ketchup; 1 tsp sugar; 1 cup fried onion; 4 tbsp ghee (butter works too.); 5-7 green chilli slitted; 1 lemon sliced

Tawa malai chicken

malai chicken, tender chicken is marinated in a creamy blend of spices and grilled to perfection on a tawa. With some ghee drizzled on top and some paratha or naan on the side this dish is a banger!

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Prep Time 20

Cook Time 30

marination time (optional) 1

Servings: 2 servings

Course: chicken roast, creamy chicken, dinner, lunch, tawa chicken

Cuisine: bangladeshi, pakistani

Ingredients Equipment Method

Ingredients

500 grams chicken any pieces of your choice. I recommend marylands, drumsticks
1/3 cup natural yogurt/greek yogurt
1 cup cream/malai
1 tbsp Mayonaise
2 tbsp milk powder
1 tbsp ginger garlic paste
1 tbsp green chilli paste
1 tsp garam masala
1 tsp coriander powder
1/3 tsp nutmeg and mace powder/paste
2 tbsp ketchup
1 tsp sugar
1 cup fried onion
4 tbsp ghee butter works too.
5-7 green chilli slitted
1 lemon sliced

Equipment

1 tawa/ cast iron fry pan you can use a regular fry pan too.

Method

In a bowl chicken and add everything listed above except for lemon,chilies and fried onions
Mix very well and marinate for at least 30 minutes to overnight in in the fridge.
In a pan heat up some ghee or butter and add the marinated chicken. Not the gravy.
Cook in medium heat covering with a lid and check on it every 3-4 minutes. stir making sure all the sides are cooking evenly.
add the marination and base the chicken with that constantly with the help opfa brush.
Now put the heat down to lowest and simmer the chicken in that gravy for another 10-20 minutes or until chicken is tender.
add some more cream on top, fried onions, chillies, lemon slices and cover for another few minutes.
serve hot with some spicy salads and some pulao, naan or porota on the side.