Butter Chicken

butter chicken

Ingredients

Chicken -250gm

Tomato-5nos

Cardamom-1

Garlic chopped -2 tbsp

Butter -3tbsp

Fresh cream -3tbsp

Kashmiri Chilly Powder-1tsp

Ginger julienned 1 tbsp

Green chilly -3

Cardamom powder- 2 pinch

Oil-for frying

Water-2cup

Kasurimethi powder- 1/2tsp

 

For  marination

butter chicken

Chilly powder-1tsp

Corinader powder-1 tsp

Cumin powder-1/4 tsp

Garam masala-two pinch

Yogurt-2tbsp

Lime juice- few drops

Salt- to taste

Ginger garlic paste-2tbsp

 

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Method

Cut the boneless chicken pieces in to medium strips.Marinate the chicken pieces with the above mentioned ingredients and keep aside for minimum one hour .In between heat 2tbsp of butter and saute cardamom and mace for 1 minute in low flame .Then add chopped garlic and medium sized tomato pieces.cook well..when cooked wait for this mix to get cool..after the mix gets cool,grind to a fine paste..using a seive drain the purée and keep aside..

Shallow fry the chicken pieces by closing the pan .otherwise the chicken become very hard .

Heat butter and add ginger pieces and green chilly slits.(deseed the chilly and cut into lengthwise).Saute for one minute and then add tomato purée and water ,combine well.Cook in medium flame  for 15minutes.Then add Kashmiri chilly powder,cardamom powder and salt.Stir well again cook for 5 minutes.Now add the fried chicken pieces and fresh cream ..Combine all together very well..Check the salt ..Cook until the gravy thickens and by this time the sourness will be gone  goes..If u want u can add sugar also .Here I added 1 tsp of sugar..Its not a must  ..But it will def increases the taste ..Finally add kasuri methi powder..So the very delicious butter chiken is ready to serve.

Note : The amount of cream and masala powders can be change according to ur personal taste ..

 

Love

Veena