Chicken tikka masala

Ingredients for marination of chicken :
Boneless chicken breast - 500 gms  ( cut into 2 inch pieces ),
Yogurt - 1/2 cup (  put curd in a strainer for 1 hour ),
Garlic -1 tsp paste or crushed,
Ginger - 1 tsp minced ,
Pepper  pwd  1/4 tsp ,
Mace pwd  - 1/4 tsp.
Nutmeg  pwd  - 1/4 tsp,
Green cardamom pwd - 1/4 tsp ,
Red chilli pwd -1 tsp ,
Turmeric pwd - 1/4 tsp ,
Lemon  - 1 ( juice ).
Oil - 2 tbsp ,
Salt- 1/2 tsp,
Butter or oil for basting .

Ingredients for sauce :
Tomato - 400 gms ( chop and blend ),
Tomato puree - 2 tbsp ,
Ginger and garlic paste - 2 tsp ,
Green chilli -3 ,
Red chilli - 1 tsp ,
Fennel seeds - 1tsp,
Cloves - 4 ,
Green cardamom - 4 ,
Black caradamom -4 ,
Butter - 1 tbsp ( can add more ),
Cream - 1/2 cup ,
Dry methi leaves - 1 tsp ,
Ginger juilennes .1 tsp ,
Water - 1 cup, 
Salt to taste .

Method:
To make chicken tikkas  make sure there is no water in the chicken .Pat dry it  before you marinate it .
Whisk all the ingredients  of marination in a large bowl . Add the chicken pieces cut into 2 inch cubes .Mix .

Cover with a cling film and put in the fridge to marinate overnight .
Pre heat oven to roast or 300 C .
Take a baking tray and grease it and  also grease the skewers .

Pierce the chicken pieces into the skewer with little space in between .Before putting in the oven brush the pieces with little oil .

Transfer the tray to the oven and let it roast for 10 minutes then take out the tray and turn the skewer and brush the chicken pieces with little oil and again put the tray back to oven for 10 minutes  to roast.

 Chicken will be lightly roasted and tender ( check ) . Take out from oven and cover with a foil for 5 minutes .

Take out the chicken pieces in a plate and cover with a foil .Pour the juice from the tray to a bowl .

Chicken sauce or gravy :
Take a pan or kadhai and put  all the ingredients  - except butter ,cream and ginger juilennes .

Raise the heat to high and let the sauce come to boil  and then lower the heat and put a lid on it .

Let it simmer till the sauce is half reduced and thick .( 7 to 8 minutes ).

Strain the the sauce through a strainer .

In the same kadhai put 1 tbsp butter and pour the strained sauce and salt and the juice from the tray.

Let it come to boil and then add the roasted chicken tikkas . lower the heat and cover for 5 minutes .
Open the lid and then add cream .Stir and close gas .
Chicken tikka masala is ready .

Enjoy chicken tikka masala with roti or naan .