Butter Chicken

Butter Chicken is a tasty chicken dish rich in gravy and tandoori taste. The recipe is of Indian style wherein first tandoori chicken is made and then it is cooked in gravy.

Recipe Ingredients

* Chicken (cut) - 6 pieces
* Oil - 2 tbsp
* Onions (chopped) - 1
* Tomato Puree - 4 tbsp
* Butter - 150g
* Green Cardamom - 6
* Bay Leaf - 1
* Cinnamon stick 1" - 1
* Ginger Garlic Paste - 4 tbsp
* Red Chilli Powder - 1 tsp
* Cumin Powder - 1 tsp
* Garam Masala - 1/2 tsp
* Yogurt - 1/2 cup
* Lime Juice - 2 tbsp
* Tandoori Masala - 1 tbsp
* Green Chillies (slit vetically) - 3
* Cream - 1/2 cup
* Coriander Leaves (chopped) - Hand full
* Salt to taste

Preparation

First make a marinade by mixing yogurt, garam masala, lime juice, cumin powder, salt(1 tsp) and tandoori masala in a bowl. Marinate the chicken in the marinade and keep it aside for 2 hours.

After two hours take a pan and heat oil in it and sauté chicken pieces in it. You can grill or use tandoor also to fry the chicken pieces. Take off from the heat and keep aside.

Take a thick bottomed pan and melt half quantity of butter in it. Sauté onions, cinnamon, cardamoms and bayleaf till onions turn little golden. Then add ginger garlic paste and cook till a thick paste is formed.

Now add tomato puree, salt and water (1 cup) in the paste and simmer for some time. Then strain the gravy through a soup strainer into another pan.

Melt the remaining butter in a kadai(wok). Add green chillies, red chiili powder and strained gravy and bring to a boil. Gently put in the chicken pieces, simmer for 10 to 15 minutes till the chicken softens. Add cream on top and garnish with coriander leaves.

Enjoy the dish with Fried Rice or Tandoori Rotis.

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