Butter Chicken

Name: Butter Chicken
Total time: 7200 s
Yield: 2 - 3 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 500GM's boneless Chicken; 1tbsp ginger garlic paste; 1tbsp red chilli powder; 1/2 tsp garam masala; 1/2 cup thick curd; 1/2 lemon juice; as per taste Salt; 1 Onion; 5-6 riped red tomatoes; 2tbsp chopped ginger garlic; 10-12 cashews; 1tbsp red chilli powder; 5 peppercorn; 3 cloves; 2 green cardomon; 1 black cardamon; 1 bay leaf; 1 Sliced ginger; 2 tbsp Butter; 1/4 tsp nutmeg powder; as required Oil; as required Cream; as per taste Kasoori Methi; 1 tsp Honey

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Butter Chicken

Hyacintha Lopes @cook_25138212

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Ingredients

2 hr

2 - 3 servings

500GM's boneless Chicken
Chicken Marination
1tbsp ginger garlic paste
1tbsp red chilli powder
1/2 tspgaram masala
1/2 cupthick curd
1/2lemon juice
as per tasteSalt
Gravy
1Onion
5-6riped red tomatoes
2tbsp chopped ginger garlic
10-12cashews
1tbsp red chilli powder
5peppercorn
3cloves
2green cardomon
1black cardamon
1bay leaf
1Sliced ginger
2 tbsp Butter
1/4 tspnutmeg powder
as required Oil
as required Cream
as per tasteKasoori Methi
1 tspHoney

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Steps

2 hr

1

Marinate the chicken with ginger garlic paste,chilli powder, garam masala, lemon juice,curd,salt and set it aside for at least 2 hours..I prefer to keep it overnight.
2

Take pan..add water..add chopped tomatoes, Onion,ginger, garlic,dry spices,chillipowder,salt,cashews.Bring it to boil..then reduce the flame and let it cook on simmer for 20 minutes...Let it cool and then remove the bay leaf and black cardamon..puree it in a blender.
3

Strain the pureed mixture and keep it aside.
4

Take the same pan..add oil and fry the marinated chicken pieces till golden brown.Keep it aside.
5

Add 2 tbps of butter in the pan..add finely sliced ginger.. saute it well..add the pureed mixture, nutmeg powder...and cook it on medium flame for ten minutes...add kasuri methi, chicken give it a mix and cook it for 5 minutes..you can add water to adjust the consistency of gravy as per your choice.1 tsp of honey to balance the tangyness from tomatoes.
6

Add cream and cook it for another 5 minutes..
7

Serve it with Roti or Jeera Rice.
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