Butter Chicken is a creamy Indian chicken curry recipe which is one of the most well known Indian dishes around the world
Ingredients
For Marinate 1:
Chicken: 1 kg boneless
Lemon juice: 2 tbsp
Salt: 2 tsp
Chili powder: 1 tsp
For Marinate 2:
For Marinate 1:
Chicken: 1 kg boneless
Lemon juice: 2 tbsp
Salt: 2 tsp
Chili powder: 1 tsp
For Marinate 2:
kasuri methi: 2 tbsp
haldi powder: ⅛ tsp
garam masla powder: 1.5 tsp
oil: 2 tbsp
Ginger paste: 1 tbsp
Garlic Paste: 1 tbsp
Hung curd: 1 cup
For Gravy
Butter: 8 tbsp
cinnamon: 2 – 1 inch sticks
cardamom: 4
cloves: 4
Tomatoes: 8 large
Cashew Nuts: ½ cup
Chili powder: 2 tsp
Garam Masala Powder: 1 tbsp
Kasuri methi: 1tbsp
Sugar: 2 tsp
Salt: 1 tsp
Chilled Cream: 250 ml
Instructions
Marinate the chicken with lemon juice, salt and chili powder and keep aside for 20 minutes.
For the second round of marination, apply kasuri methi, turmeric powder, garam masala powder, oil, ginger Paste, garlic paste and hung curd to the chicken. Keep overnight for marination.
Add 4 tbsp butter in a pan and fry the chicken pieces on high till the chicken is cooked and the pieces turn brown in color. Keep aside.
Add 4 tbsp butter in a pan. Add the cinnamon, cloves and cardamom and stir fry for 1 minute
Make a puree of the tomatoes and cashew. Pass it through a sieve to get a very smooth paste.
Add the tomato cashew puree and stir fry for 2 mins.
Add chili powder, garam masala, salt and sugar and mix well. Let mixture boil
Pour ¾ cup water. Let simmer for 5 minutes on low flame.
Add chicken and simmer for 5 more minutes
Add kasuri methi and stir. Pour the cream and switch off the flame.
Notes
Overnight Marination
Recipe by YourHungerStop at https://www.yourhungerstop.com/butter-chicken/