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Butter Chicken
45m
Serves 5
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Butter Chicken
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45m
Serves 5
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Directions
1
Marinate the chicken with ginger paste, garlic paste, red chili powder, and salt.
2
Keep the marinated chicken aside for 15 to 20 minutes.
3
In a pan, heat some oil.
4
Fry the marinated chicken pieces in the oil until almost done.
5
Transfer the cooked chicken into a bowl.
6
In the same pan, add roughly cut onion, oil, and a spoonful of butter, and lightly sweat the onions.
7
Once the onions are cooked, add roughly cut tomatoes and cashew nuts.
8
Add some water, garlic paste, salt, malt vinegar, sugar, garam masala powder, and chili powder.
9
Evenly mix the gravy mixture and let it simmer for 15-20 minutes until it becomes nice and mushy.
10
Turn off the flame and transfer the mixture into another container.
11
Use a hand blender to churn the mixture into a fine puree.
12
Strain the pureed mixture back into the same pan, ensuring to press out as much as possible to minimize wastage.
13
Reheat the gravy.
14
Add butter, cream, kasoori methi, and the cooked chicken to the gravy.
15
Let the gravy simmer for 5 to 7 minutes.
16
Garnish with fresh cream and crushed kasoori methi.
Ingredients
300 gms boneless chicken breast
1 tbsp ginger garlic paste
1 tbsp red chilli powder
to taste salt
to pan fry 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
to taste salt
Equipment
pan
mixer grinder
hand blender
bowl
container
Tips
This is a one-pot recipe, meaning it can be made in the same pan.
Strain the gravy mixture thoroughly to achieve a nice, smooth, and buttery texture, pressing out as much liquid as possible to minimize wastage.
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