Butter chicken

Name: Butter chicken
Yield: 4 persons
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 500 gms chicken(boneless); 3/4 tsp lemon juice; 1 tsp salt; 1 tsp red chillie powder; 3/4 tsp crushed kasuri methi; 1 tsp turmeric; 1/2 tsp garam masala powder; 1 tbs Ginger Garlic paste; 1/2 cup thick yoghurt; 1 cinnamon stick; 2 cloves; 2 green cardamons; 1-2 green chillies slit; 4 large tomatoes pureed and filtered to remove seeds and skin; 14 cashew nuts blanched; 1/4 tsp sugar; 80 ml chilled cream; as needed Salt

Zaineb Mombasawala @cook_17482170

Super tasty

Zaineb Mombasawala @cook_17482170

Super tasty

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Ingredients

4 persons

500 gmschicken(boneless)
3/4 tsplemon juice
1 tspsalt
1 tspred chillie powder
3/4 tspcrushed kasuri methi
1 tspturmeric
1/2 tspgaram masala powder
1 tbsGinger Garlic paste
1/2 cupthick yoghurt
1cinnamon stick
2cloves
2green cardamons
1-2green chillies slit
4large tomatoes pureed and filtered to remove seeds and skin
14cashew nuts blanched
1/4 tspsugar
80 mlchilled cream
as neededSalt

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Steps

1

Marinade chicken with lemon juice, chillie powder and salt for 20 minutes.
2

Marinade again with yogurt, kasuri methi, oil, turmeric, ginger garlic paste and garam masala powder. Refrigerate for 3 hours.
3

Add cashew in a blender jar along with tomatoes and make smooth puree. Strain puree if not too smooth.
4

Heat 1tsp butter in a pan and add marinated chicken. Fry on high flame till moisture evaporates.
5

Heat a pan with butter and saute cinnamon, cloves and cardamons for a minute. Add ginger garlic paste green chilles and fry for few minutes. Pour in tomato cashew puree. Mix and cook till the paste becomes thick.
6

Pour 1 cup water. Bring mix to boil and simmer for 5 minutes.
7

Add chicken and simmer for about 5 minutes. Add garam masala and kasuri methi and simmer for 2 minutes.
8

Serve garnished with coriander and some cream. Can be served with rice or paratha.