Butter Chicken with a twist

Name: Butter Chicken with a twist
Total time: 1200 s
Yield: Serves 4 servin
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 500 gms Chicken; 2 tbsp butter or ghee and 3tbsp refined oil; 2 onions; 2 tbsp ginger paste; 1 tsp garlic paste; 5-6 Cashewnuts; 1 tbsp white sesame seeds; 2 tbsp curd; 2 tbsp tomato puree; 2 tbsp malai or fresh cream; 1 the tbsp butter chicken or tandoori masala; 1 tbsp kasoori methi; 1/2 tsp ajwain; 1/2 tsp red chilli powder; 1/2 tsp garam masala; Pinch orange red food colour; to taste Salt and sugar; 1 cup water approx; Coriander leaves and fresh cream for garnishing

Kumkum Chatterjee @cook_12055532

Butter Chicken with a twist

Kumkum Chatterjee @cook_12055532

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Ingredients

20 mins

Serves 4 servin

500 gmsChicken
2 tbspbutter or ghee and 3tbsp refined oil
2onions
2 tbspginger paste
1 tspgarlic paste
5-6Cashewnuts
1 tbspwhite sesame seeds
2 tbspcurd
2 tbsptomato puree
2 tbspmalai or fresh cream
1the tbsp butter chicken or tandoori masala
1 tbspkasoori methi
1/2 tspajwain
1/2 tspred chilli powder
1/2 tspgaram masala
Pinchorange red food colour
to tasteSalt and sugar
1 cupwater approx
Coriander leaves and fresh cream for garnishing

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Steps

20 mins

1

Marinate chicken with 1tbsp curd,1tbsp tomato puree and little salt for an hour.Boil 1 onion, cool and make a paste of it alongwith cashew nuts, sesame seeds and malai.
2

Fry the chicken pieces lightly and set aside.Add some butter or ghee to the leftover oil. Sprinkle ajwain and when it splutters fry 1 chopped onion.Set aside.Now add the onion paste along with other masalas, ginger garlic paste, red chilli powder, food colour, salt and sugar to taste.Fry and add the chicken pieces.
3

Pour 1 cup water, cover and cook till chicken is done.Now add the fried onion, toss till masala coats the chicken.
4

Garnish with chopped coriander leaves, little butter and sprinkle fresh cream or malai. Serve with pulao, tandoori roti or butter naan.