Butter chicken
This recipe is pretty simple to follow. There are three major steps . Start off with marinating chicken then make curry base and at the end cook them together.
Ingredients
For the chicken
- 300 gms Chicken Boneless Breast or thigh
- 1 tbsp Ginger garlic paste
- 1 tbsp Red chilli powder
- Salt to taste
- ½ cup Oil to pan fry
For the gravy
- 500 gm Tomatoes Roughly Chopped
- 100 gm Onions Roughly Chopped
- 1 tbsp Garlic Roughly Chopped
- 50 gm Cashew
- 1 tsp Kasoori methi
- 1/2 tsp Garam masala/ All spice powder
- 1 tbsp Sugar
- 1 tbsp Kashmiri chilli powder
- 6 tbsp Butter
- ¼ cup 35% Cream
- 2 tbsp White Vinegar
- Salt to taste
Instructions
For Gravy
- In a pan heat some oil then add spoonful of butter, onion and Garlic.
- Once the onions are cooked( they will turn transparent) add tomatoes and cashew, let it cook for few minutes.
- Now add some water, garlic paste, salt, vinegar, sugar, garam masala powder and Kashmiri chili powder.
- Evenly mix it and let it simmer for 15-20 minutes
- Churn the mixture into fine puree once its cold.
For Chicken
- Marinate the chicken with ginger paste, garlic paste, red chilli powder and salt and keep it aside for 15 to 20 minutes
- In a pan heat some oil with some butter then fry the marinated chicken pieces in it.
- After frying chicken add in the gravy in the pan.
- Add butter, cream, and kasoori meethi and let it simmer for 5-7 minutes.
- Garnish it with cream and kasoori meethi
- Butter Chicken is ready to be served!