Butter Chicken

40m
Serves 5
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Directions

  1. 1Marinate chicken with ginger garlic paste, red chili powder and salt.
  2. 2Heat oil in a pan and fry the marinated chicken pieces. Transfer to a bowl once done.
  3. 3In the same pan, add chopped onions, oil, and a spoonful of butter. Once the onions are cooked, add tomatoes and cashew nuts.
  4. 4Add water, garlic paste, salt, malt vinegar, sugar, garam masala powder, and chili powder. Mix well and simmer for 15-20 minutes.
  5. 5Blend the mixture into a fine puree using a hand blender.
  6. 6Strain the puree back into the same pan, pressing to minimize wastage.
  7. 7Add butter, cream, the fried chicken, and kasoori methi. Simmer for 5-7 minutes.
  8. 8Garnish with fresh cream and kasoori methi.

Ingredients

  • 300 gms Chicken breast boneless
  • 1 tbsp Ginger garlic paste
  • 1 tbsp Red chilli powder
  • 1 Salt
  • 1 Oil
  • 500 gms roughly slit tomatoes
  • 100 gms roughly cut onions
  • 1 tbsp garlic paste
  • 50 gms cashew
  • 1 tsp kasoori methi
  • 0.5 tsp garam masala
  • 4 tbsp sugar
  • 2 tbsp Kashmiri chilli powder
  • 5 tbsp butter
  • 3 tbsp cream
  • 2 tbsp malt vinegar
  • 1 Salt

Equipment

bowlknifepanhand blenderstrainer

Tips

  • Marinate the chicken for 15-20 minutes
  • Press as much as you can when straining the mixture to minimize wastage