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chicken tikka

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boneless chicken pieces cooked in a tandoor

Key facts

Course
Hors d'oeuvre
Region or state
Indian subcontinent
Associated cuisine
Indian , Bangladeshi , Pakistani
Main ingredients
Chicken , curd ( yogurt ), red chili powder, ginger and garlic paste, lemon juice
Variations
Paneer tikka

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Encyclopedic overview

Chicken tikka is a chicken dish in the Indian subcontinent and amongst the South Asian diaspora. It derives from Mughal cuisine, as the Mughals brought the tandoor oven from Central Asia and the Persian habit of marinating meat in yoghurt, combined with the Indian habit of cooking with spices. The dish gave rise to the British chicken tikka masala.

History

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “chicken tikka” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.