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Reshmi kabab recipe | Chicken malai kabab

By swasthi , on September 14, 2019, 67 Comments, Jump to Recipe

Reshmi kabab or chicken malai kabab recipe – Kebab or kabab is a piece of meat or other food that is mostly grilled on the charcoal fire. Reshmi kabab has its roots from the Mughalai cuisine. It is not commonly prepared in the house holds due to the absence of charcoal fire. It is mostly found on the Indian restaurant menus and tops the orders among the list of chicken dishes. These are also known as chicken malai tikka.

chicken malai kabab , reshmi kabab

The marinade used to make these malai kabab is unique and lends a great taste to the soft and tender chunks of grilled chicken.

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In Indian & Mughlai cuisines, there are a lot of dishes to which malai aka fresh cream is added to enhance the richness and texture of the dish. Malai chicken curry and Paneer malai kofta are 2 such dishes which I shared on the blog.

This appetizer gets the name chicken malai kabab again since malai is used. It tastes rich and creamy due to the addition of cream, ground cashews and almonds.

Serve it as an appetizer or a side in a meal. This mint chutney and green chutney are usually accompanied with these kababs

For more kabab recipes, you may like to check
Chicken kabab recipe
Shami kabab
Dahi kabab
Hara bhara kabab
Veg seekh kabab

Preparation for malai kabab

1. Ingredients for preparing the marinade. Ginger, garlic, pepper corn or powder, salt, lemon juice, almonds, cashews, thick curd or hung curd/ greek yogurt and fresh cream.

ingredients to marinate malai kabab recipe

2. We will have to blend the ginger garlic, almonds and cashews along with fresh cream and yogurt. No water is added here.

blend nuts for marinade to make malai kabab recipe

3. The ground paste has to be thick.

creamy ground almonds for malai kabab recipe

Marination

4. We will need boneless chicken cubed.

cleaned boneless chicken for reshmi kabab recipe

5. Add all the ingredients.

addition of all the ingredients
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6. Squeeze the lemon juice.

addition of lemon juice for reshmi kabab recipe

7. Add 1 tsp oil.

addition of oil to the marinade

8. Mix up everything well and refrigerate for at least 4 hours to overnight. The longer we allow them to rest, the softer they turn out. If using wooden skewers, soak them for at least one hour.

marinate meat to make reshmi kabab recipe
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How to make chicken reshmi kabab

9. Preheat the oven to 240 C for at least 15 mins. Put them on to the skewers. Grill them for 15 mins. Flip the skewers and grill for another 10 mins. Keep an eye after 25 mins of grilling to prevent burning.

Grill chicken malai tikka in oven

Serve with mint chutney.

malai kabab recipe
malai chicken kabab

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Reshmi kabab (chicken malai kabab)

Creamy grilled chicken malai kebabs marinated in fresh cream, mild spices and nuts. Serve these chicken malai tikkas with green chutney or mint chutney.
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Prep Time4 hours
Cook Time30 minutes
Total Time4 hours 30 minutes
Servings3 to 4
AuthorSwasthi

Ingredients (US cup = 240ml )

  • 250 grams boneless chicken (or breast) (½ lb)
  • 2 tbsp fresh cream
  • 2 tbsp greek yogurt or thick curd or hung yogurt
  • 1 to 1 ½ tbsp lemon juice
  • ½ tsp ground pepper
  • 2 tbsps cilantro chopped or coriander leaves
  • 1 ½ tsp ginger garlic paste or 1 inch ginger 3 to 4 cloves garlic
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 5 almonds (or 1 tbsp cheese)
  • 8 cashewnuts (or 1 tbsp cheese)
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Instructions

Preparation for chicken malai kabab

  • Add chicken to a bowl and pat dry any excess moisture otherwise the chicken malai tikkas will let out lots of moisture.
  • If using cheese, then mix together all the ingredients. If using nuts instead of cheese, then add almonds, cashews with cream and yogurt to a blender jar. Make a smooth paste.
  • Add this to the chicken.
  • Mix together and marinate in the refrigerator for about 4 hours to overnight. Overnight gives best results.

How to make reshmi kabab

  • Preheat the oven to the highest. At 240 C or 470 F for at least 15 mins.
  • Put the chicken on the skewers and grill for 15 mins.
  • Flip them and grill again for 15 mins. Check after 25 mins of grilling to prevent burning.
  • The last 2 minutes grill them on a broil mode for charring. Remove the grilled chicken malai tikkas from the oven and brush butter over them.
  • Serve chicken malai kababs with mint chutney.
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Alternative quantities provided in the recipe card are for 1x only, original recipe.

For best results follow my detailed step-by-step photo instructions and tips above the recipe card.

NUTRITION INFO (estimation only)

Nutrition Facts
Reshmi kabab (chicken malai kabab)
Amount Per Serving
Calories 248 Calories from Fat 162
% Daily Value*
Fat 18g28%
Saturated Fat 6g38%
Cholesterol 76mg25%
Sodium 451mg20%
Potassium 195mg6%
Carbohydrates 2g1%
Protein 16g32%
Vitamin A 265IU5%
Vitamin C 3.3mg4%
Calcium 20mg2%
Iron 1.1mg6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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Aster
April 8, 2021 6:57 am

5 stars
Yum, really delicious and straightforward! I did the cashew+almond version, not cheese – tasted better than any I tried in restaurants. yum.

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swasthi
Reply to  Aster
April 9, 2021 12:44 am

Glad to know!
Thank you!

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Beacska
December 27, 2020 5:06 pm

What kind of cheese can I use instead of cashew and almods?

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swasthi
Reply to  Beacska
December 28, 2020 4:14 am

Hi,
Cream cheese goes well for this recipe. I haven’t tried with any other.

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Ashika
June 11, 2020 2:51 pm

5 stars
Hi swasthi,

Have you considered Master chef ? You really need to ,you are amazing, all your recipe is awesome, and has never failed.and this one truely adds to it.My husband just loves malai chicken,made it today and he was all praises. Thank you for the amazing recipe.

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swasthi
Reply to  Ashika
June 12, 2020 4:26 am

Hi Ashika!
Haha! Thank you! Glad to know the recipes are working out well.
🙂

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Shivani
May 24, 2020 2:31 pm

What can we substitute if there is no fresh cream or malai ?
Thanks

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swasthi
Reply to  Shivani
May 24, 2020 3:08 pm

Try skipping it.

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Mariyam
February 24, 2020 8:09 am

Didn’t have the time to use the oven, so grilled it on a tawa… Ma Sha Allah, Turned out great.

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swasthi
Reply to  Mariyam
February 25, 2020 6:47 am

Thank you! Glad the kababs turned out good

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Swapan kr das
September 15, 2019 4:01 pm

Developed my cooking skills

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Joseph
June 11, 2019 9:07 am

4 stars
I appreciate the Reshmi kabab

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swasthi
Reply to  Joseph
June 12, 2019 2:51 pm

Thank you

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Mini Dasgupta
June 3, 2019 10:12 am

5 stars
Today i tried your recipe and it made my day. Thank you very much for sharing this recipe with us.

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swasthi
Reply to  Mini Dasgupta
June 5, 2019 11:44 am

Welcome Mini
Glad you liked the kababs

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Sanchari
April 13, 2019 12:47 am

5 stars
This recipe is out of this world. Too, too good. Thank you for sharing!

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swasthi
Reply to  Sanchari
April 13, 2019 2:04 am

Hi Sanchari
You are welcome. Thank you so much for the comment. Glad you liked it.

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Mumtaz Begum
March 7, 2019 10:42 pm

Hi Madame…. If I wanna make this recipe for 500g and 1 kilo how I add the ingredients. I have party coming up. Pls help me.

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swasthi
Reply to  Mumtaz Begum
March 8, 2019 2:38 am

Hi Mumtaz
Multiply all the ingredients by 4 to make 1 kg reshmi kabab. Hope this helps

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Ankita das
February 14, 2019 8:00 pm

Superb recipe….tried it out for the 2nd time…

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swasthi
Reply to  Ankita das
February 15, 2019 2:17 am

Thanks for trying

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Selvam
September 30, 2018 3:39 am

Super for reshmi maSala Thanks

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swasthi
Reply to  Selvam
September 30, 2018 4:07 am

Welcome

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Pritish Paul
September 28, 2017 4:51 am

5 stars
Hi,

Today will be the 2nd time I’m trying our your recipe. The first time outstanding. Thank you.

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swasthi
Reply to  Pritish Paul
September 29, 2017 1:42 am

Welcome. Glad to know it turned out good. Thanks for the comment

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Mich
September 16, 2017 4:09 pm

5 stars
Tried this today. Was a clear winner. Plan to make this again for the offuce potluck next month. I doubled the quantity today and it was still vanishing from the plate before i could refill it. ?

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swasthi
Reply to  Mich
September 17, 2017 4:28 am

Hi Mich, Thanks for trying. Happy to know kababs turned out good

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Shweta
August 18, 2017 3:07 pm

5 stars
I have tried couple of your recipes like
Green round egg plant recipe and
Chicken rashmi kebab
Wow v nice, and now I will try many more, Too good ??

Thanks ??

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Divya Skariah
August 7, 2017 6:38 am

5 stars
Hi… I wanted to try this recipe using the oven at home since it looks and sounds heavenly! However I don’t have skewers so can I place it on a rack or a tray inside the oven and make.it??

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swasthi
Reply to  Divya Skariah
August 7, 2017 8:40 am

Yes you can grease a wire rack and then place the chicken over it. Place a tray beneath to collect the drippings

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Payel nandi
July 16, 2017 4:33 am

5 stars
Wow.. I tried this recipe last night.. Tastes so goood.. A big thanks.. keep posting more. ..

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swasthi
Reply to  Payel nandi
July 20, 2017 2:55 pm

Welcome Payel
Thanks for trying

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Sabah
April 25, 2017 5:00 am

5 stars
I’ve already tried this recipe multiple times. It’s so yum! How can I print the recipe card? I can’t seem to highlight anything.

Thanks for the awesome recipe!

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swasthi
Reply to  Sabah
April 25, 2017 5:20 am

Welcome Sabah.
Glad to know you liked the recipe. Due to technical problems there is no print option on this blog. Thanks for writing

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Priya
March 4, 2017 2:18 am

5 stars
How can 250gms change chicken serve 4?

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swasthi
Reply to  Priya
March 4, 2017 2:34 am

Yes it serves 3 to 4. It is on the heavier side since cream, yogurt and nuts are used. It may not be good to over eat these

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Ruhi
February 19, 2017 10:57 am

5 stars
Can we make these kabab using induction can u tel me the cooking time of these kabab on indiction….plzzz

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swasthi
Reply to  Ruhi
February 19, 2017 12:33 pm

Hi Ruhi
I assume you are asking about making these kebabs on induction stove using a pan. If this is your question, you can try on a high flame on the tawa, but it will release lot of moisture and stick up to the pan. You should be able to manage that. You can try with small quantity

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Shaheen
February 15, 2017 7:18 am

5 stars
It is so tasty n easy thank you

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swasthi
Reply to  Shaheen
February 16, 2017 8:22 am

welcome Shaheen

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