Creamy, Tender melt in the mouth grilled chicken skewers, marinated and then grilled to perfection.“Malai’ means cream and ‘boti’ means a piece of chicken. This grilled chicken is mildly spiced but is full of flavour. In most of the restaurants its served as entrée or appetizer but it actually can be served as main as well.

Ingredients for Chicken Malai Boti

The ingredients for chicken malai boti are as below:

Chicken – Boneless chicken, you can use breast fillet or thigh fillets. Cut them into 2 inch square pieces.

Garlic & Ginger – Use fresh garlic and ginger, it adds a great flavour to the marinade as compared to bottled paste.

Yoghurt – use natural set yoghurt or Greek Yoghurt.

Coriander and Mint – These 2 herbs add aroma to marinade and gives a colour to the chicken

Lemon Juice – freshly squeezed juice preferably , otherwise bottled juice can be used too.

Green Chillies – green cayenne peppers.

Cashews – help add creaminess to the chicken. You can also use almonds ( skinless).

Spices – You will need cumin powder, coriander powder, black pepper powder, white pepper and garam masala.

How to Make Chicken Malai Boti

First make a paste from garlic, ginger, coriander, mint, lemon juice, green chilli and cashews. Use a grinder or blender to make a smooth paste.

Add the green marinade to chciken, along with spices and yoghurt. Mix and marinate for atleast 2-3 hours. It can also be marinated upto 24 hrs ahead. Thread the chicken pieces on to skewers. The chicken malai boti skewers can be grilled in a pan or bbq and also over charcoal. You can also grill it in air fryer.

I like to finish it off by infusing charcoal smoke so it gets that chargrilled aroma.

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Serving Suggestion

Chicken malai boti can be served with Mint Chutney or Yoghurt, sliced onions, cucumber and tomatoes. You eat it with naan bread or make a paratha roll using store bought parathas. You can also make a wrap in flat bread.