# Butter Chicken

A rich and creamy Butter Chicken recipe, perfect for a restaurant-style experience at home, featuring marinated chicken cooked in a luscious tomato-cashew gravy.

- Cuisine: Indian
- Category: Drink
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 500 gms boneless chicken
- 2 tsp ginger garlic paste
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- 3 tbsp hung curd
- 3 tsp tandoori powder
- 2 tbsp oil
- few drops food color
- 2 tbsp oil
- 3 cloves
- 1 inch cinnamon
- 3 green cardamom
- 1 black cardamom
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 onion
- 1 inch ginger
- 8 garlic cloves
- 14 cashew nuts
- 5 tomatoes
- 0.5 tsp salt
- 1 tbsp kashmiri chilli powder
- 30 gms butter
- 200 ml water
- 2 tbsp oil
- 2 tbsp butter
- 0.5 tsp kasuri methi
- 3 tbsp fresh cream

## Instructions

1. Add boneless chicken to a bowl.
2. Add ginger garlic paste, salt, lemon juice, hung curd, tandoori powder, oil, and a few drops of food color.
3. Mix well to marinate the chicken.
4. Marinate for 30 minutes.
5. Heat oil in a pan.
6. Add cloves, cinnamon, green cardamom, black cardamom, and bay leaf.
7. Sauté for a few seconds.
8. Add sliced onion and sauté for 2 minutes.
9. Add ginger, garlic cloves, and cashew nuts.
10. Sauté for a minute.
11. Add chopped tomatoes, salt, and kashmiri chilli powder.
12. Sauté for a minute.
13. Add butter and mix.
14. Add water and mix well.
15. Cover and cook for 4-5 minutes.
16. Remove the black cardamom and bay leaf.
17. Cool the mixture completely.
18. Transfer the cooled mixture to a blender and blend to a smooth paste.
19. Strain the blended paste into a bowl.
20. Heat oil in a clean pan.
21. Add the marinated chicken and fry for 4-5 minutes on high flame.
22. Flip over the chicken pieces and fry for 3-4 minutes on medium flame.
23. Keep the fried chicken aside.
24. In the same pan, add butter.
25. Add the ground paste (strained mixture) and cook for 3 minutes.
26. Bring it to a boil.
27. Add kasuri methi and mix.
28. Add the fried chicken and mix well.
29. Cook for 3 minutes.
30. Add fresh cream and mix.
31. Simmer for 2 minutes.

## Equipment

- bowl
- frying pan
- spatula
- blender
- strainer

## Source

- Original video: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Kam6nKS49Pg
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/54e4f4df-811e-4f71-bac2-b1082ec2432b
- Extracted: 2025-10-26

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