Name: Original Butter Chicken
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 1/2 kg Chicken breast or thighs boneless; 3 nos Onion; 4 nos Tomato; 10 nos Cashew or Almonds; 1 tsp Poppy seeds (Khashakhasha); 1/2 - Red chilly powder; 1/4 tsp Turmeric powder; 1 pinch Red colour; 1/4 cup Milk or Cream; 8 tbsp Butter (1 stick) or more as req); 3/4 tsp Garam masala (Everest); Ginger (garlic paste - 1 tsp); 1/2 tsp Cumin powder (Jeerakam); 1 tsp Soy sauce (light); 1/2 tsp Ajinomotto

Original Butter Chicken

Real version of butter chicken u taste in tamilnadu restaurants

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Prep Time 30

Total Time 30

Cuisine Tamil

Servings people

Ingredients

1/2 kg Chicken breast or thighs boneless
3 nos Onion
4 nos Tomato
10 nos Cashew or Almonds
1 tsp Poppy seeds Khashakhasha
1/2 - Red chilly powder
1/4 tsp Turmeric powder
1 pinch Red colour
1/4 cup Milk or Cream
8 tbsp Butter 1 stick) or more as req
3/4 tsp Garam masala Everest
Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
1/2 tsp Cumin powder Jeerakam
1 tsp Soy sauce light
1/2 tsp Ajinomotto

Instructions

Fry 2 onions in oil and make a paste. Chop the other onion and keep it aside.
Boil tomatoes in hot water and peel skin and grind it.
Soak poppy seeds and cashews in warm milk for 1 hr and grind it.
Heat butter in pressure cooker.
Add the chopped onion and fry well.
Add ginger-garlic paste and fry it a little.
Add chicken and fry for 5 mins.
Add red chilly powder, turmeric powder, cumin powder, salt and tomato puree and fry till oil separates.
Add little water and cook upto 1 -2 whistles.
Add rest of milk with cashew and poppy seed paste, ajinomotto, soy sauce and red colour and cook it till butter comes out.
:- If u want, u can add more butter at this time, but it is optional.
Garnish with coriander leaves.

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Original Butter Chicken