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Butter Chicken - Tasty

Tender pieces of chicken cooked in butter
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Cuisine North Indian
Servings 4 people

Ingredients
  

  • 500 gm Chicken pieces
  • 4 tbsp Unsalted butter
  • Salt As reqd
  • Oil very little
  • 2 nos Onion chopped finely
  • 3" pieces Cinnamon Karugapatta
  • 1 tbsp Coriander powder
  • 2 tsp Chilly powder
  • Turmeric powder A pinch
  • Food colour A little orange
  • 3 tsp Cashewnut paste
  • Cream for garnishing
  • Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
  • 1/2 cup Tomato puree

Instructions
 

  • Marinate chicken with ginger and garlic paste, salt, food colour for 1 hr.
  • :- You have an option to grill, if time is on hand, otherwise do not bother.
  • Fry onions, till pink.
  • Add cinnamon stick and keep on low flame.
  • Add all the powder masalas and fry.
  • Add little butter and keep the remaining for the last serving along with the cream.
  • Add the chicken pieces along with the tomato puree.
  • :- Please taste to check the salt. :- Tomato should not make the dish sour. So be careful.
  • Once the chicken is cooked, pour in the cashewnut paste and stir for 5 mins.
  • Top this with the remaing butter.
  • Garnish with fresh cream drizzled on the top.
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