BUTTER CHICKEN

BUTTER CHICKEN

Ingredients

For the chicken and marinade:

For the sauce:

Instructions

  1. Marinate the chicken:

    Bring the chicken and the rest of the marinade ingredients together in a large bowl and mix it together and marinate for few hours.

  2. Boil the Cashewnut and make a paste .

    Cook the marinated chicken in tandoor and keep it aside.

    Melt 1 1/2 tablespoons of the oil in pan on medium low heat. Add the ginger garlic paste cook well.

    Add tomato puree and cook for 8 to 10 minutes on medium high heat, until all the extra liquid is cooked off. The sauce should be a loose, paste-like consistency.

    Add coriander, garam masala, Kashmiri Lal Mirch, and salt. Stir and cook on medium heat for 2 to 3 minutes. Turn off the heat.

    Transfer the gravy to a blender or the bowl of a food processor. Add the Cashewnut paste and blend together and make a fine paste.

    Return the paste to the cooking pan over medium heat. Add the water to the paste and stir to make a smooth sauce.

    As the sauce begins to boil, add the grilled chicken and heavy cream. Stir well. Cover the pan and simmer for 5 minutes.

    Turn off the heat and uncover the pan. Stir in the remaining butter and the Kasuri methi. Cover again, and let the dish rest for 8 to 10 minutes so the flavor of Kasuri methi can marry into the butter chicken.