Creamy Butter Chicken

Name: Creamy Butter Chicken
Total time: 1800 s
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 400 gms chicken; 1 onion; 1 tbsp ginger paste; 1 tsp onion paste; 7-8 cashewnuts; 1 tbsp white sesame seeds; 1 tbsp fresh cream or malai; 2 tbsp refined oil; 1 tbsp ghee or butter; 1/4 tsp orange red food colour; 1 tbsp kasoori methi; 1 tbsp chopped coriander leaves; 1 tsp kashmiri red chilli powder; To taste salt; 1 tsp ajwain; 1 tsp tandoori masala; 1 tsp garam masala; 2 tbsp curd; 1 tbsp tomato puree; 2 tbsp lemon juice; 1 cup water

Kumkum Chatterjee @cook_12055532

Creamy Butter Chicken

Kumkum Chatterjee @cook_12055532

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Ingredients

30 minutes

400 gmschicken
1onion
1 tbspginger paste
1 tsponion paste
7-8cashewnuts
1 tbspwhite sesame seeds
1 tbspfresh cream or malai
2 tbsprefined oil
1 tbspghee or butter
1/4 tsp orange red food colour
1 tbspkasoori methi
1 tbspchopped coriander leaves
1 tspkashmiri red chilli powder
To tastesalt
1 tspajwain
1 tsptandoori masala
1 tspgaram masala
2 tbspcurd
1 tbsptomato puree
2 tbsplemon juice
1 cupwater

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Steps

30 minutes

1

Marinate chicken with lemon juice,little salt and curd for 2 hours.
2

Boil 1 cubed onion.Cool and make a paste of it alongwith sesame,cashewnuts and fresh cream.Fry the chicken pieces in oil till light brown.Set aside.
3

In the same oil, add butter or ghee and sprinkle ajwain.
4

Fry the masala paste alongwith ginger and garlic paste, red chilli powder, tandoori masala, little food colour, kasoori methi and salt.Add the fried chicken pieces and toss till oil leaves sides.Add just enough water and cook the chicken covered in low flame till done.Add crushed kasoori methi and garam masala.Garnish with chopped coriander leaves and green chillies.Top it with little butter and malai. Serve with butter naan,tandoori roti or pulao.