Butter chicken

Butter chicken 

Ingredients for marination:-

Chicken pieces-1kg

Curd-1cup

Edible  orange-red color-1/2tsp

Ginger-garlic paste-1tbsp

lime juice-1tsp

salt-2tsp

Apply all the ingredients and marinate for at least 6-7 hours or overnight for that soft and juicy results.

Ingredients for the gravy:-

1. Tomato puree-2 cups
2. Ginger-garlic paste
3. Brown onion paste-1tbsp
4. Cashew nut -10(soak and make fine paste)
5. Cinnamon-2 pieces
6. Cloves-6-7
7. Fennel seeds-2tsp
8. Kasoori methi-2tsp
9. Green Cardamom-4-5
10. Cardamom(badi elichi)-2
11. Coriander-1tsp
12. cumin -1tsp
13. Red chilly powder-3tsp
14. Green chilly-2 chopped
15. Butter-1heaped tbsp
16. coconut paste(optional)-2tbsp

Method:-

• To prepare brown onion paste fry 4 medium sized onion sliced to golder brown and grind it to fine paste.
• Dry roast 3-9 ingredients and powder(use it as garam masala)
• Heat half the butter on a medium flame in a heavy-bottom pan,put it in the chicken along with the marinate.Cover and cook for about 20 mins.After the liquid has evaporated,stir fry the chicken for sometime.
• Heat the remaining butter in sauce pan add chilly powder,garam masala,tomato puree and salt to taste fry for sometime.
• Now add brown onion paste and the ginger garlic paste and saute further till the puree thickens and the fat separates.
• Now add the cooked chicken,chopped green chillies and both  cashew and coconut paste.
• Add 2 glasses of water ,a tsp of sugar and cover and cook over low flame for about 10 mins.
• Just before serving pour some melted butter and creme and finely chopped coriander leaves.
• Serve hot with indian bread(roti) or ghee rice.

 Note:you can use boneless chicken for this preparation.