Butter Chicken
Serves 1
Directions
- 1Cut the chicken into small pieces.
- 2Crush ginger, garlic and green chilli in a mortar and pestle.
- 3Mix the chicken pieces with yogurt, turmeric, paprika, salt, garam masala and the crushed ginger, garlic and chilli.
- 4Add lemon juice and mix well.
- 5Spread the marinated chicken on a baking tray and bake.
- 6Heat ghee in a pan and add cumin seeds, cinnamon stick and star anise.
- 7Add chopped onions and sauté until golden brown.
- 8Add tomato puree and cook until thickened.
- 9Add red chilli powder, coriander powder and cumin powder.
- 10Add the baked chicken to the pan.
- 11Add cream and stir until well combined.
- 12Add dry mint and fresh coriander.
- 13Serve hot with naan bread.
Ingredients
- 1 chicken pieces
- 2 pieces ginger
- 2 pieces garlic
- 1 piece green chilli
- 1 cup yogurt
- 1 tsp turmeric
- 1 tsp paprika
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp garam masala
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 2 tbsp ghee
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- 1 piece cinnamon stick
- 1 piece star anise
- 1 cup onions
- 1 can tomato puree
- 1 tsp red chilli powder
- 1 tsp coriander powder
- 1 tsp cumin powder
- 1 tbsp dry mint
- 1 handful fresh coriander
- 2 pieces naan bread
Equipment
knifemortar and pestleglass bowlbaking trayfrying panwooden spoon
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