Butter Chicken 😍😍 No hunting down hard to find ingredients, this Butter Chicken - a Chef recipe! As someone who loves food with big, BIG flavours, it's no surprise that Indian is one of my favourite foods. Butter chicken is one of the most popular chicken recipes in India.

Ingredients of Butter Chicken 😍😍

  1. You need of Oil - 2 tblspn.
  2. It's of For Marination:.
  3. It's 1/2 kg of Chicken -.
  4. You need 1/2 cup of Curd / Yoghurt -.
  5. It's 1 tsp of Chilli powder -.
  6. It's of Garam Masala Powder.
  7. You need 1 of tsp.
  8. You need of Ginger Garlic Paste - 1 tsp Salt to taste.
  9. It's of For Masala:.
  10. It's of Butter - 3 tblspn.
  11. It's of Oil- 2 tblspn.
  12. Prepare 1 tsp of Cumin Seeds.
  13. You need 2 tbspn of Ginger Garlic Paste -.
  14. It's 1 pinch of Red Food Colouring -.
  15. Prepare 1 tsp of Chilli powder -.
  16. Prepare 1 tsp of Garam Masala Powder -.
  17. It's of Sugar - 1.5 tsp or to taste Salt to taste Tomato - 2 large pureed.
  18. It's of Cream - 1/4 cup (I mixed up 1/4 cup milk with 2 tsp cornflour).
  19. Prepare of Kasuri methi leaves - 1 tblspn.
  20. Prepare of Cashew nut paste -1tblspn.
  21. It's as needed of Water.

Butter Chicken 😍😍 step by step

  1. Take chicken and all the marination ingredients in a bowl and mix well. Leave it to marinate for 15 to 30 mins..
  2. Now heat 2 tblspn oil in a frying pan and place the marinated chicken in a single layer and cook them on high heat for 5 mins or till the chicken is charred. Flip them over and cook again till the chicken is charred. Switch off the flame and set it aside..
  3. Now in a kadai. Add oil and butter and let them heat up. Add in cumin seeds and let them sizzle. Add in ginger garlic paste and saute for a min. Add in red food colouring, chilli powder, garam masala powder, salt and sugar and mix well and cook for 30 sec. Add in tomato puree and mix well. Cover and cook for 5 mins to 8 mins till oil separates from it..
  4. Now add in required amount of water and bring that to a boil. I used 2 cups of water. Add in grilled chicken pieces and mix well. Simmer the flame and cover the kadai. Cook on a low heat for 15 to 20 mins till the chicken is tender and juicy..
  5. Once the chicken is cooked add in the 1/4 cup of cream and cashew nut paste. Simmer it for a min. Now crush in the kasuri methi leaves into the gravy andmix well. Simmer again for couple of mins. Switch off the flame and add coriander leaves..

A delicious chicken dish that can be made as hot or as mild as you wish - a perfect meal for curry lovers who want to keep it simple. Butter Chicken simmers in a buttery tomato sauce and is punctuated by several special spices and herbs. Skip the Indian takeout and cook up your Butter chicken is prepared with marinated chicken that's first grilled and then served in a rich gravy (a.k.a. curry) made with tomato, butter, and a special. Butter chicken was first created in India just a few decades ago, and was actually born out of a need to re-purpose unsold chicken. Indian butter chicken consists of pieces of tandoori chicken cooked in a tangy, velvety tomato cream sauce.

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