BUTTER CHICKEN

 

Ingredients

1. Boneless chicken pieces – 500gms
2. Butter – 200gms
3. Tomato -200gms (make puree)
4. Onion – 200gms (make paste)
5. Cashew nuts- 100gms (soak in warm water for ½ hr and grind to paste)
6. Ginger – 1 small piece
7. Garlic – 2 tbsp
8. Cardamom -5
9. Cloves – 8
10. Cinnamon – 4 small pieces
11. Chilly powder (Kashmiri) - 3 tbsp
12. Coriander – 1 tbsp
13. Turmeric powder – 1tsp
14. Kasuri methi – 1tsp
15. Salt

Method

1. Wash and cook the chicken pieces in a deep vessel adding 1 cup water, turmeric powder and salt keep aside.
2. Heat butter in a pan add cardamom, cinnamon and cloves, sauté well, add crushed ginger-garlic, sauté until light brown.
3. To the above add onion paste, sauté well, then add chilly and coriander powders, sauté till raw smell goes,  add tomato puree, cook till oil comes up, then add cashew paste and stir well.
4. To it add cooked chicken pieces and enough water to get thick gravy and finally add kasuri methi, mix well and turn off the stove
5. Serve hot with Roti, Naan or with Ghee rice.