Chicken Shashlik Sizzler
Ingredients:
Oven Temp: 450 F- 220 C
500 gm boneless chicken-cut into fairly large cubes
1 tbsp garlic paste
1 tbsp ginger paste
1/4 cup vinegar
chilli powder to taste
1 tsp garam masala
1 tbsp coriander seeds
1 tsp salt or to taste
2-3 capsicums
2 onions
3-4 tomatoes
skewers
oil to brush
chaat masala to garnish
Method:
Prick chicken cubes and marinate in the garlic,
ginger, vinegar, chilli powder, black pepper,
powdered ingredients and salt.
Leave thus 7 hours or overnight.
Cut the capsicums, onions and tomatoes to match the chicken cubes.
Thread a piece of tomato, onion and capsicum into the skewer and follow with a piece of chicken.
Repeat thus till all the pieces are taken care of.
Pour whatever juices there may be over the prepared shashlik and place over a drip tray.
Brush with oil.
Bake in a preheated oven 20-25 minutes, till cooked through and browned at the edges, or over a barbecue pit, or a grill.
Brush again with a little oil when almost done.
Serve hot over a bed of boiled rice.
* * Before placing the chicken on the sizzler plate,
heat the iron plate very hot.
Place whatever accompaniments you are serving with it and immediately before serving on the table, splash some water and oil on it, and you will get the sizzling and fumes
Courtesy: Chef Niru Gupta