food
Pesto Chicken Tikka
If the Italians try this, they’ll just go mama mia 🤌🏻
food
Pesto Chicken Tikka
If the Italians try this, they’ll just go mama mia 🤌🏻
Supplies
- 1 cup fresh basil leaves
- 1 cup fresh mint leaves
- 1/3 cup walnuts.
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1/4 tsp salt, or more to taste
- 1/8 tsp freshly ground black pepper
- 2 green chillies
- 2tbsp oil
- 2 cup chicken chunks
- 1cup pesto sauce
- 1/4th cup curd
- 1/2 tsp amchur powder
- 1/2 tsp garam masala
- 1/2 tsp red chilli powder
- Salt according to taste
- Oil for frying
Steps
- Place the basil leaves, mint leaves, nuts, garlic, salt, ground pepper, green chillies and oil in a blender and blend it well.
- Now add the chicken chunks, pesto paste, curd, amchur powder, garam masala, red chill powder and salt mix well, coating every single piece with the marinade.
- Let this sit for a minimum of 30 minutes.
- In a pan add a tbsp of oil and roast these chicken chunks on a low flame until they are slightly charred on the edges.
- Serve it with some onions and mint chutney.