Butter Chicken

45m
Serves 1
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Directions

  1. 1Chop the tomatoes and onions.
  2. 2Add oil to a pan.
  3. 3Add cardamom, cinnamon stick, cumin seeds, garlic cloves, ginger, dried red chillies, cashews, and coriander stems to the pan.
  4. 4Add turmeric powder, chilli powder, and salt to the pan.
  5. 5Add water to the pan, cover it, and cook until tomatoes and onions are soft.
  6. 6Cut chicken breast into cubes.
  7. 7Add mustard oil to the chicken.
  8. 8Add ginger and garlic paste to the chicken.
  9. 9Add yogurt to the chicken.
  10. 10Add kasoori methi to the chicken.
  11. 11Add coriander powder, cumin powder, turmeric powder, chilli powder, lemon juice, garam masala, and salt to the chicken.
  12. 12Add food color to the chicken and mix well.
  13. 13Spread the marinated chicken onto a baking tray.
  14. 14Cook the chicken in the oven at 220°C for 14 minutes.
  15. 15Remove the cinnamon stick from the cooked tomato and onion mixture.
  16. 16Blend the mixture until smooth.
  17. 17Strain the blended mixture to get a smooth gravy.
  18. 18Add butter to a pan.
  19. 19Add kasoori methi and a little bit of chilli powder to the butter.
  20. 20Add the strained gravy to the pan.
  21. 21Add the cooked chicken to the gravy.
  22. 22Add cream to the butter chicken.
  23. 23Add condensed milk to the butter chicken.
  24. 24Add a little bit of salt and more butter to the butter chicken.
  25. 25Add fresh coriander and final kasoori methi to the butter chicken.
  26. 26Serve the butter chicken with a swirl of cream.

Ingredients

  • 5 pc Tomato
  • 0.5 big one white onion
  • 5 cloves Garlic cloves
  • 1 small Ginger
  • 4 Cardamom
  • 1 Cinnamon stick
  • 1 teaspoon Cumin seeds
  • 4 Dried red chillies
  • 20 pc Cashews
  • 6 Coriander stems
  • 1 teaspoon Turmeric
  • 1 teaspoon Chilli powder
  • 1 teaspoon Salt
  • Water
  • 500 gram Chicken breast
  • 4 tablespoons Mustard oil
  • 1 tablespoon Ginger and garlic paste
  • 2 tablespoons Greek Yogurt
  • 1 tablespoons Kasoori methi
  • 1 teaspoon Coriander powder
  • 1 teaspoon Cumin powder
  • 1 teaspoon Garam masala
  • 1 pc squeezed Lemon juice
  • 1 teaspoon Food color
  • 1 tablespoon Butter
  • 1 tablespoon Condensed milk
  • 4 tablespoons Cream
  • Fresh coriander leaves

Equipment

PanKnifeCutting boardSpoonBlenderStrainerBaking trayOvenBowl