Barbecue Chicken Macaroni / Tikka Macaroni

Barbecue Chicken Macaroni would make a yummy lunch for kids and a perfect evening snack.

Macaroni noodles itself are tasteless but cooked with barbecue chicken /tikka adds an irresistible spicy flavor to this dish. Ketchup is used in this recipe, and so kids would love it.

Ingredients

• 300 gm ‏chicken (boiled and shredded)
• 1 packet (450 gm) ‏macaroni
• 1 ‏onion
• 2 ‏tomatoes, grated
• 1/4 cup ‏ketchup
• 2 tablespoons ‏tikka masla
• 2 ‏carrots, cut into cubes
• 1 ‏capsicum, cut into cubes
• 3/4 cup ‏green peas
• 5-6 olives ‏olives
• 1 1/2 teaspoon ‏salt
• As required ‏red pepper
• 1/2 cup ‏oil
• 4 tablespoons ‏yogurt

Directions:

1. Bring water to boil, add 1 TBS oil and a tsp salt and cook macaroni in it until cooked and tender. Drain out water, keep them under running water for 5 seconds while stirring them. Keep them aside.

2. Boil peas, carrot and capsicum and keep them aside.

3. (While performing step 1 and 2) Heat 1/2 cup oil in a pan and fry onion in it till golden brown.

4. When onion is done, add yogurt, boiled chicken, salt, red peppers in it and fry over low flame until yogurt is cooked.

5. Then add grated tomatoes with veges and tikka masala and cook over medium flame till tomato paste become thick and done.

6. Then add ketchup (adjust the quantity of ketchup according to your liking) and macaroni to the pan, mix all very well and cook over very low flame for 5 minutes.

7. Dish it out, garnish with olives if you like, serve hot. Enjoy yummy chicken macaroni with your kids.