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Butter Chicken - Easy To Make

Butter chicken - Butter Chicken - Easy to Make
Prep Time 30 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Cuisine North Indian
Servings 5 people

Ingredients
  

  • 1 kg Chicken skinned, boned
  • 2 tbsp Oil
  • 3 tbsp Butter
  • 3 nos Onions sliced
  • 1 1/2 inch Ginger crushed into a fine paste
  • 2 tbsp Garlic paste
  • 1 1/2 tsp Chilli powder
  • 1 tsp Coriander powder
  • 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
  • White pepper(optional)
  • 3 tsp Cashew nuts paste
  • 2 tsp Almonds paste
  • 1 no Tomato Big, pureed
  • 1 glass Coconut milk
  • 3 tbsp Cream thickened
  • Coriander leaves for garnishing

For marinade:

  • Yogurt – 4 tbsp (plain, thick, use fat free yogurt if you would like to reduce the fat content of this dish), plain, thick, use fat
  • 1 1/2 tbsp Garam masala
  • 1 1/2 tbsp Tandoori masala
  • 1 tbsp Lime juice
  • Salt As reqd
  • 1 tsp Cumin powder Jeerakam
  • 1 pinch Orange color optional

Instructions
 

  • Choose your favourite flavours and soak up chicken in that, refrigerate for 3 hours for better extraction of flavour.
  • Heat oil and butter on a medium heat.
  • Fry onion until golden colour.
  • Add ginger and garlic paste and fry till oil separates.
  • Add chicken mixture and fry for 10 - 13 minutes.
  • Add chilli powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder and white pepper powder, tomato, cashew and almond paste.
  • Mix well and cook for 7 - 10 minutes.
  • Add coconut milk, mix well, and bring it to boil.
  • Cover and cook on a low flame for 10 mins.
  • Pour over the cream and stir in well.
  • :- If you want, you can add orange colour here.
  • :- This is the stage u can find the thickened gravy.
  • Garnish with coriander leaves.
  • :- Serve hot with rice, roti, Chapathi, or as u like ...
  • Cheerssss!!
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