If you suddenly found yourself, like most of the world, unable to eat out, and missing Indian food, fear not!
These 13 Indian inspired Chicken appetizer recipes are super easy to make at home, and have all the flavours you would find in your local Indian restaurant.
Probably the most famous Indian Chicken dish, it is prepared by roasting chicken that is marinated in yogurt with various spices, and is cooked in a cylindrical clay oven called a tandoor.
2. Peshawari Chicken Seekh Kebab
These popular chicken seekh kebabs are made of minced chicken mixed with onions and Indian spices, which are then shaped into cylinders and grilled.
The restaurant style Methi Malai Chicken Tikka, or Murgh Methi Malai as its commonly called, is a simple yet delicious Indian starter or appetiser. The fenugreek (dry kasoori methi), along with the other spices and yogurt combines to give it a very unique flavour.
Another popular appetizer is the Chicken Shami Kebab, which is minced chicken, flavoured with Indian Spices and mixed with Chana Dal and Chickpea Flour, which then rolled into round discs and golden fried on the outside.
5. Murgh Kali Mirch (Black Pepper Chicken)
This recipe requires only 8 ingredients to make and can be made under 30 minutes – tender and juicy chicken pieces are cooked with salt, pepper and ginger to give it a unique taste.
Tender pieces of boneless chicken marinated in equal parts of cream and yogurt, coated in spices and cooked till well done, are a huge hit with adults and kids alike, due to the lower spice level.
Probably the most famous dish to come out of South Asia, the mighty Chicken Tikka is made by marinating small boneless pieces of chicken with thick yogurt and various indian spices, and cooked on metal skewers inside a red hot tandoor. And that is how Chicken tikka got its name, where tikka means ‘bits’ or ‘pieces’.
A twist on the old fashioned Chicken Tikka, this recipe adds a zing of your favourite achar to the chicken marination.
Almonds are ground into a fine paste, and added into the marination for a unique nutty flavour to this recipe!
Cream, yogurt and cheese, along with cashew nuts and spices, create a twist to the classic recipe of Murgh Malai Tikka, which is low on heat, but bursting with flavours.
This soft and succulent kebabs which are made of minced chicken and indian spices are cooked in an oven or tandoor. Try this recipe which has a twist with dried rose petals added to the minced chicken
Flavourful chicken pieces marinated with a host of spices, with a twist of carom seeds, and shallow fried to perfection!
Chicken tenders marinated with yogurt, cream and cashew nut paste, along with spices and mango powder for a twist!