Butter Chicken

Butter Chicken is one of the most popular

dish around the world . It is one of favorite

dish for my daughter Nandhu . After a lot

of tried and tested recipes I found this recipe

tasted great.

For Marination

Chicken - 1/2 lb

Yoghurt - 1/2 cup

Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp

salt - 1 tsp

chillie powder - 1/2 tsp

coriander powder - 1/2 tsp

Lemon juice - 1 tsp

For the gravy

Onion chopped - 1 big

Tomatoes chopped - 2

Almonds - 10

coriander powder - 1 tsp

chilli powder - 1/2 tsp

Green chillies - 2

Tomato sauce - 2 tblsp

Heavy cream - 1/4 cup

Kasoori methi - 2 tblsp

Salt to taste

sugar - 1tsp

Orange color

Butter - 3 tblsp

Oil - 2 tblsp

Method

• Chop the chicken into 2 " pieces.
• Soak almonds in water.
• Marinate the chicken with the ingredients specified under marination for 3 hrs.
• Heat oil in a kadai and shallow fry the chicken . ( Alternatively you can fry the chicken in preheated oven )
• Remove the chicken from the oil .
• In the same oil add chopped onions , tomatoes.Saute well.
• Add coriander , chilli powder , green chillies , almonds and kasoori methi . Add 1/2 cup of water.
• switch off the flame and cool down completely.
• Grind this to a nice paste.
• Now heat butter in a kadai.Add cumin seeds and grinded paste.
• Allow it to boil .Add the chicken pieces and salt.
• Now add tomato sauce and 1 tsp of sugar and orange color. Keep this in medium flame till getting desired consistency.
• In the end add heavy cream .
• Serve with Naans , Rotis and parathas.

Again this too goes to Srivalli's Curry Mela.