Instant Pot Chicken Tikka Masala is easy to make, delicious Indian dinner recipe. This is a simple recipe you can make with everyday ingredients from the pantry. This recipe can be served as a quick, delicious dinner for busy weeknights. This is a healthy recipe made with no fattening agents, gravy is made thick with cashew and yogurt paste.

Here I am back again posting a new recipe after a long gap. Where was I missing? I was busy as all of you, life happens as we say. What was I doing? If you are interested, I was taking some time off to rethink and prioritize things which are important to me. I have been busy juggling work, life and blog since January this year. Weekends were blocked for blog pictures and other personal work. Working on a blog is a lot of work and commitment when we see someone post a recipe we just do not realize it. When I actually started this blog, taking pictures, posting recipes is when this realization struck me.

My blog pictures are taken in natural light, so on weekends part of the day is blocked for taking pictures. Then editing, writing and sharing the post all of these activities needed more time. I wanted to do other things as well and restrictions on time were not going well with me. I was way too firm on myself on what needed to be done and when it had to happen. Slowly I realized the fun part in this blog just went missing. It became all about deadlines and more recipe trails.

I had to stop myself, take stock of where I was headed. This blog is not my primary job, it’s my creative outlet. So why do I need to post every week? I am not competing with anyone here,so why not post when I can. I decided to take it slow and enjoy the process. So that’s what I did, I paused and adjusted to the idea that I don’t need to post every week. I will post when I can if it’s every week great. If not, its fine with me.

That was my brief update. Now back to Instant Pot Chicken Tikka Masala recipe. I have tried many recipes and I was not happy with them. The reason was every recipe required fattening agents like heavy cream, which I wanted to avoid. The main flavor in this recipe comes from its rich gravy. I have made the gravy thick by grinding cashews in yogurt. This recipe is made from start to end in Instant Pot. This was our weeknight dinner. We were very tired after a long day at work and to grill chicken in the back yard was a big no for both of us. The recipe turned out perfect in Instant Pot and now I make this once in few weeks for dinner.

We paired Instant Pot Chicken Tikka Masala with the side of rice, vegetable raita and salad. Perfect weeknight dinner!

Try my other easy Instant Pot dinner recipes: Instant Pot Dal Makhani or Instant Pot Palak Chicken.

I hope you enjoy this recipe. If you give this recipe a try, do let me know. Leave a comment, Pin it, or take a picture and tag it #cookingyoulove on Instagram. I would love to know how it turned out for you.

