Chicken Shashlik

Shashlik or shashlyk (Persian: شیشلیک‎ – Šišlik, Armenian: խորոված khorovats, Azerbaijani: şişlik or tikə kabab, Georgian: მწვადი mtsvadi, Russian: шашлы́к šašlýk, Ukrainian: шашли́к šašlýk, Polish: szaszłyk, Latvian: šašliks, Lithuanian: šašlykas, Turkish: şaşlık, Hebrew: שישליק‎ šíšliq, Urdu: شاشلِک śāślik, Bengali: শাশলিক śāślik), is a name given to a dish of skewered and grilled cubes of meat popular in Eastern Europe, eastern Central Europe, the Baltics, Caucasus, Central Asia and some parts of the Middle East, including Iran, Israel, and Turkey.

Shashlik (meaning skewered meat) was originally made of lamb. Nowadays it is also made of pork or beef, chicken depending on local preferences and religious observances. The skewers are either threaded with meat only, or with alternating pieces of meat, fat, and vegetables, such as bell pepper, onion, mushroom and tomato.

My first attempt on pan fried Chicken Shashlik, must say this dish is worth cooking often :)

Ingredients.

Chicken Marination.

• Boneless chicken cubes - 500gms
• Ginger garlic paste - 1 tbsp
• Soya sauce - 2 tsp
• Vinegar - 2 tsp
• Red chili powder - 1 tsp
• Tandoori chicken masala - 2 tsp
• Black pepper powder - half tsp
• Cumin powder - 1 tsp
• Garam masala - half tsp
• Chat masala - half tsp
• Oil - 1 tbsp
• Salt as per taste

Marinate this chicken and refrigerate it for 6 hrs or overnight marination would be the best.

Veggies Marination.

• Onions cut in to cubes
• Capsicum cut in to cubes
• Tomatoes cut in to cubes
• Soya sauce - 1 tsp
• Red chili powder - half tsp
• Tandoori chicken masala - 1 tsp
• Black pepper powder - half tsp
• Cumin powder - half tsp
• Garam masala - a generous pinch
• Chat masala - a generous pinch
• Salt - half tsp
• Oil - 1 tsp

Marinate veggies and refrigerate it for an hour before cooking.

Puttin’em All Together.

• Take wooden skewers and soak it in water for 30 minutes.
• Thread cubes of marinated capsicum,onion, tomato and chicken in the skewer, repeat the process depending upon on the length of the skewer.
• In a non stick pan add 4 - 5 tbsps of oil and shallow fry it, keep it covered and cook it on medium to low flame, keep turning it every 5 minutes until it is cooked.