Grilled Chicken Tikka

This is a recipe that I developed from a mixture of recipes, adapting to our tastes. I hope you enjoy it :) Time to make doesn't include time to marinate. Cooking time is an estimate, depending on how hot your grill is and how big your chicken cubes are. :)

• Ready In: 32 mins
• Serves: 4

Ingredients

• 3  large boneless skinless chicken breasts
• 2  tablespoons fresh lemon juice
• 1  cup plain yogurt
• 1  tablespoon  pressed garlic
• 1  tablespoon  freshly grated ginger
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground turmeric
• 2 1⁄2 tablespoons cayenne pepper
• 1⁄3 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄3 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
•  melted butter or  olive oil, for brushing
•  lime, for serving

Directions

1. Clean your chicken, and cut it into cubes for threading on skewers.
2. Take a fork and prick the chicken many times.
3. Put lemon juice in bowl with chicken, stir well, and set it aside.
4. In a large bowl, mix yogurt, garlic, ginger, cumin, turmeric, cayenne, salt and pepper.
5. Place the chicken in the bowl with the marinade, and marinate for at least 2 hours, preferably 4-6 hours.
6. Thread chicken onto skewers.
7. Heat your grill with a nice flame and place chicken skewers on the grill.
8. Brush with butter or olive oil, and grill approximately 6 minutes on each side, or until done, having nice grill/char markiings.
9. Once you have grilled one side for 6 minutes, turn them over and brush with butter or olive oil, and grill 6 more minutes or until done.
10. Serve with lime wedges on the side for squirting on chicken pieces; YUM!