Tawa Chicken Taco

Tawa Chicken is a quick easy chicken side dish. It is often served as an appetizer, or as a meal with Naan. I occasionally like to go untraditional and make Tawa Chicken Taco.

📝 Ingredients

• 1 lb boneless chicken thigh (cut into bite size.)
• Thick Greek yogurt – 1/4 cup
• Dried fenugreek leaves - 1 tablespoon
• Cumin seeds – 1 teaspoon
• Fennel seeds – 1 teaspoon
• Coriander seeds – 1 teaspoon
• Kashmiri chili powder – 1 teaspoon
• Salt – 1 and 1/2 teaspoon
• Sugar – 1 teaspoon
• 1 red onion (thinly sliced)
• 1/2 cup thick greek yogurt
• handful of fresh cilantro leaves
• 1 teaspoon roasted cumin seeds (crushed to fine or course)
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• flour or corn tortilla
• sliced red onion and tomatoes
• Thinly sliced cucumber and
• Chopped lettuce
• Shredded cheese (optional)

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1Dry toast the cumin seeds, coriander seeds and fennel seeds in a medium hot pan until the color changes a shade darker. Then cool it down a bit and grind it either using a mortar pestle or a coffee grinder.
2. 2Marinate the chicken pieces with yogurt, dried fenugreek leaves, freshly grind spices, Kashmiri chili powder, salt and sugar. Leave it aside for at least 4 hours. Or overnight for better flavor.
3. 3When ready to prepare the dish, place a cast iron pan on medium high heat and drizzle some oil. You don’t need a lot of oil to prepare this dish. Layer the marinated chicken in one layer. Also scatter the sliced red onion in and around the chicken pieces and let it sizzle for 4 to 5 minutes on one side. Then flip the chicken pieces and let it char for 3 more minutes. Depending onthe size of the chicken pieces you might need more or less time. Remember tonot over crowd the skillet.
4. 4For the yogurt cilantro sauce, just put everything in the blender and blend it to a smooth consistency. Taste for salt and add any if needed.
5. 5One the chicken pieces are cooked and the sauce is ready, toast the tortilla and serve it as a Taco with all the sides and topping mentioned.