Butter Chicken is a Moghlai dish, and as is clear from the name, it's cooked in a lot of butter, which makes it extra delicious. Typically available in almost all Indian restaurants, in India and abroad, here's the recipe as it's made in India!
Ingredients
- 300 grams Chicken, cut into small pieces
- 2 inch pcs Cinnamon
- Salt to taste
- Cashew & Almond paste - A handful, ground smoothly
- 2 tsp Ginger & Garlic paste
- 1/4 tsp Turmeric powder
- 2 tsp Red Chilly powder
- 1 tsp Coriander powder
- One finely chopped Onion
- A pinch Orange color
- 3 tsp Butter
- 2 tsp Oil
- 2 tomatoes blended smoothly Tomato purée
- Fresh cream (Table cream)
Procedure
- Sauté (fry) onions in oil till transparent.
- Add cinnamon and continue frying.
- Then add ginger & garlic paste along with a little water.
- Stir continuously.
- Add turmeric, chilly, coriander powder with salt and mix well.
- Pour in tomato purée, cashew & almond paste - mix well with water.
- When it starts to boil, add the chicken which should be mixed with a little colour.
- Then add sufficient water for the chicken to cook.
- Add an appropriate amount of Fresh Cream & mix it well. Adding the cream will make the gravy thicker & it'll get the taste of traditional butter chicken.
- Garnish it with coriander, ginger juliennes & dab of cream.
- Serve hot with parathas or roti.
