Saturday, October 15, 2011

Butter Chicken






Ingredients
Chicken (1kg)
Oil (2 table spoons)
Butter (100gms)
Onions (1 big size chopped)
Tomatoes (2 big sizes chopped)
Tomato purees (100gms)
Cardamon (4 pieces)
Cloves (4 pieces)
Cinnamon Stick (Half Stick)
Curd (100gms)
Ginger & Garlic paste (3tablespoon)
Kashmiri chili powder (1 teaspoon)
Garam Masala Powder (1tablespoon)
Kasoori Methi leaves (1 tablespoon)
Lime (Half)
Cream (2 tablespoon)
Coriander leaves (half bunch) for garnishing
Salt to taste
Some slit Green Chilies to Garnish


Method-

First of all take a bowl marinade the chicken with curd, ginger& garlic paste, chili powder, squeeze lime, garam masala powder, and salt to taste. Let it marinade for 2 hours but if longer it taste better. Switch on your oven and heat up on broil on 400 degree. After 2 hours put in the oven for cook for 20 minutes until the chicken is light brown but make sure not to add water otherwise it will cook the chicken very moist and soggy. After it is done take a pan add oil and butter together, and cardamom, cinnamon and cloves let it get little brown then add chopped onions fry it until brown.
After its brown add ginger& garlic paste for 3 minutes, then add chopped tomatoes mix it up nicely make sure that you cook it in low flame then add tomato puree ,Kashmiri chili powder, garam masala powder mix it nicely and add salt.
Cook slowly till you see the oil is coming up, that means your spices had cooked; then add chicken mix it up with the spices then add 1 glass of water and simmer it for 10 minutes.
Before taking it out from the flame add cream, kasoori methi, stir and keep for another 2mins
For garnishing add coriander leaves and the slit green chilies; yummy butter chicken is ready to eat with paratha or Indian naan.
Bon Appetite

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