Butter Chicken.
You can have Butter Chicken using 30 ingredients and 18 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Butter Chicken
- It’s of For the marinade.
- It’s of Chicken (boneless).
- Prepare 2 tsp of curd.
- You need Pinch of salt.
- You need 1/4 tsp of red chilli powder.
- It’s 1/8 tsp of turmeric.
- You need 1/4 tsp of garam masala.
- Prepare 1/4 tsp of kasuri methi.
- It’s 1/2 tsp of ginger-garlic paste.
- It’s 1 tsp of oil.
- You need of For the gravy.
- You need 1 tsp of oil.
- Prepare 1 tbsp of cashew nuts.
- Prepare 1/2 of medium onion, roughly chopped.
- You need 1 of medium tomato, roughly chopped.
- It’s 1/2 tsp of ginger-garlic paste.
- It’s of For finishing the sabzi.
- It’s 1/2 tbsp of butter.
- It’s 1/4 tsp of cumin seeds.
- It’s 1-2 of cloves.
- Prepare 1-2 of cardamom.
- Prepare 1/4 of " cinnamon.
- Prepare 1 of green chilli slits.
- Prepare 1/4 tsp of red chilli powder.
- Prepare 1/2 tsp of cumin-coriander powder.
- Prepare 1/2 tbsp of sugar/tomato ketchup.
- It’s 1/2 tsp of salt (to taste).
- It’s 1/4 tsp of garam masala.
- You need 1/4 tsp of kasuri methi.
- Prepare 1 tbsp of cream (or butter and milk).
Butter Chicken instructions
- Mix all the ingredients (except chicken) for the marinade in a bowl. Taste it, adjust flavour if needed..
- Add chicken and coat it in the marinade fully. Let it rest for few hours (1-2 hours at least)..
- Grill the chicken on stove top with butter..
- For the gravy, add oil to a pan..
- Add cashew nuts and roast till they are light brown..
- Add onions and cook till translucent..
- Add the ginger-garlic paste and cook till the raw smell fades..
- Add the tomatoes and cook till oil separates/gets mushy..
- Let it cool down and then blend to a paste..
- To finish the sabzi, add butter to a pan..
- Add the whole spices (cumin, cinnamon, cardamom, clove) and cook till it sizzles..
- Add onions, ginger-garlic paste and green chilli slits and cook..
- Add tomato ketchup/sugar and all the dry spices except garam masala and kasuri methi..
- Mix well and let it cool for 2-3 min..
- Add cream (or butter and milk) and mix well..
- Add kasuri methi and garam masala..
- Add the chicken pieces and cook for a minute..
- Serve hot with rice/paratha/naan!.