Butter Chicken

Most delicious and quick, make-at-home butter chicken.

If you make it once you may not opt to order it from out again.

 

This is one such dish every non-vegetarian would look for on the restaurant menu to serve their child especially when they are young and newly introduced to the meat when they have a kind-off less spice tolerance as well. Only because butter chicken can be made sweeter as well as a good balance of sweet and spice to suit every age group this is one of the best chicken curries of all time.

Frankly, ours isn’t the sweetest version of it but the one striking a good balance of sweet and spice.

 

Try it and then let us know how you like it.

 

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Ingredients

 

1 medium-size onion

3 medium-size tomatoes

1 tsp Ginger garlic paste

2 tsp garam masala

1 tsp Kashmiri red chilly powder

½ tsp kasoori methi

½ tsp coriander powder 

2 tbsp cooking cream 

Fresh coriander for garnish

2 tbsp butter for cooking

½ tsp cooking oil

Salt to taste

Sugar to taste (if required)

 

Chicken Marination

300 gms boneless chicken breast

2 tbsp yogurt

1 tsp garam masala

½ tsp turmeric powder

1/2 tsp Kashmiri red chilly powder

1/4th tsp coriander powder 

½ tsp Ginger garlic paste

Salt to taste

1 tbsp butter

1/4th tsp cooking oil

 

Procedure 

 

Marinate the slices of chicken with yogurt,garam masala, turmeric powder, Kashmiri red chilly powder, coriander powder, ginger garlic paste, and salt for around 30minutes.

Heat a flat bottom pan, add butter and oil.

Now add the marinated pieces of the chicken and fry on both sides until well roasted and aromatic.

 

Once the chicken is cooked well remove the pieces on a plate and set aside.

In the same pan add some more butter and oil. Toss in chopped onion, tomatoes, garam masala, turmeric powder, Kashmiri red chilly powder, coriander powder, ginger garlic paste, and salt. Let it cook well until the whole mixture gets mushy. 

Once ready let it cool for some time and then grind it to a smooth paste. Pour the paste into the same pan, sprinkle with kasoori methi.

Tip in the chicken pieces and mix well.

At this stage check the salt and sugar (See notes).

Pour in some cooking cream.

Cook well for 5 minutes. Garnish with freshly chopped coriander.

Serve hot with rotis/Paratha/bread.

 

 

Notes and Tips

 

Sugar is usually added if and when the tomatoes are sour or to bring a good balance of sweetness and sourness to the gravy. Hence adjust the sweetness accordingly.

 

 

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