Butter chicken recipe

                                                                 

Ingredients

• 1/2 kg chicken
• 1tbsp chilli powder
• 2tbsp ginger garlic paste
• 1/2tbsp coriander powder
• Salt as per taste
• 1tbsp cumin powder
• 5 cashew nut pieces
• 1tbsp fenu greek leaves
• 2 green chillies, finely chopped
• 1/2 cup tomatoes, finely chopped
• 3tbsp butter
• 1tbsp tomato ketchup
• 1/2  cup cream
• 1/4tbsp garam masala
• a pinch of red food colour
• oil

Procedure for prepartion:


Step 1: Take a bowl, put chicken pieces, ginger garlic paste, chilli powder, coriander powder, salt and mix it nicely.

Step 2: Pour 6tbsp oil, put chicken pieces and fry for few minutes, do not cook the chicken fully.

Step 3: Remove the chicken from pan and keep aside.

Step 4: In the same pan there will be some oil, in that add cumin seeds, chopped onion, ginger garlic paste and stir it, then add little water, so that some masala in the pan will get mixed nicely,  then add coriander powder, cashew nuts, chilli powder, fenugreek leaves powder, green chillies and fry it.. Then add tomatoes and close the pan in medium flame, so that tomato will be cooked nicely.

Step 6: Then transfer the masala from pan to a plate and allow it to cool.

Step 7: Grind this masala nicely in food processor.

Step 8: Keep the pan on the stove, and put the butter, then add the grinded masala, a pinch food colour  and cook it for ten minutes, if the masala is too thicker you can add some water.


Step 9: Then add 1tbsp tomato ketchup and stir it, following that add cream and mix it and stir for 4 minutes.

Step 10: Then add the fried chicken in pan and cook the chicken and serve it hot.