Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Butter chicken

Butter chicken 


Ingredients:

Chicken  boneless       - 1 lbs  (Preferably thighs) cut into small strips
Onion                          - 1/2 of an onion cut into big cubes
Plain Yogurt                -  11/2 tbsp
Cashews                      -  5 (soaked in hot water)
Tomato paste               - 3 oz(85g)
Ginger garlic paste      - 3 tsp
Unsalted butter             - 4 tbsp
Chilli powder              - 1 1/2 tsp(preferably  Kashmiri Chilli)
Turmeric  powder        -1 tsp
Garam masala              -1tsp
Dry fenugreek leaves  -2 tbsp crushed
Chicken stock             - 1/2 cup
Fresh cream                -1/2 cup
Oil                               -for shallow frying
Salt as required

Method:
Cut chicken  into 1-inch thin strips . Marinate chicken with enough salt, 1/2tsp turmeric power ,1 tsp of chilli powder and yogurt for minimum 2-3 hours or overnight if time permits .The longer it marinates, the more tender your chicken will be.
 Heat oil in a large skillet or pot over medium-high heat.Shallow fry  the chicken pieces until lightly browned on all sides,about 6-7 minutes..Remove it from heat and keep it aside .
Meanwhile microwave cubed onion pieces for 4-5 minutes. Remove from microwave and let it cool for 5 minutes. Grind together microwaved onion, 1 1/2 tbsp. kasturi methi(dry fenugreek leaves ) in a  mixer jar or food processor and keep aside  .Grind the cashews soaked to fine paste in  the same mixer .
Melt  4 tbsp. butter in a large heavy bottomed pan over medium heat.Add ginger garlic paste and saute it for 1 minute. To this add the ground onion paste and saute for a while . Then  add  1/2 tsp turmeric powder,1 tsp garam masala powder, 1/2 tsp chilli powder, salt and saute again..To this add the tomato paste and saute..pour the chicken broth and cook for 2 -3 min.Now add the  chicken we prepared earlier..To this add the cashew nut paste prepared. Allow it to cook for 8-10 minutes with the lid closed until the chicken is cooked thoroughly and gravy reduced by half .Now reduce the heat to low-medium and pour the fresh cream.Finally garnish with remaining dry fenugreek leaves  .Serve hot with roti, rice, naan .....

33 comments:

hamaarethoughts.com said...

very nice...I will try this definitely!

Swathi said...

Butter chicken adipoli.

Prema said...

very colourfull and tempting recipe...yummy

Suji said...

Kidilan butter chicken...Super yummy..

Love
Kairali sisters

Hamaree Rasoi said...

Lovely color dear. All I need with this delicious looking chicken is garlic naan :-)

Deepa

Hamaree Rasoi

notyet100 said...

slurp i am gng to try this today,,,.

Pete said...

He he, butter as an ingredients in cooking...nice, my favourite!

PranisKitchen said...

wow superb shahana if i get some chapathi i can finish this whole bowl..

Ash said...

The butter chicken is a perfect looking better chicken.... Love the tempting colour...... :-)

Ash...
(http://asha-oceanichope.blogspot.com/)

Sushma Mallya said...

No one can say no to this gravy,..and what a lovely colour, looks too tempting & yum

DailyChef said...

One of my favorite dishes to order in restaurants. Thank you for the recipe!

Shama Nagarajan said...

yummy and tasty chicken

Jaisy James said...

nice recipe dear

Deepti said...

luv the colour of the dish.

Suja Manoj said...

Butter chicken looks superb..tempting clicks,will surely try this one.

Jayanthy Kumaran said...

hy shahana,
Delicious recipe ...bookmarked it.
First time here...you have a very impressive collection of recipes...droolin g over here. Glad to follow u.
Do drop in at my space sometime.

Mythreyi Dilip said...

I used to make butter chicken with tandoori chicken pieces, ur version too sounds delicious. Beautiful pics dear:)

Krishnaveni said...

yummy yum butter chicken....my family's all time fav recipe

divya said...

very colorful and tempting recipe...yummy

Soma Pradhan said...

a true divine recipe from Punjab

Katie@Cozydelicious said...

This looks so fantastic and flavorful and rich!

Vineetha Sush said...

Last week ithu njan post cheythirunu..liked ur version..Adding cashew will definitly make it heavenly..looks superb.

Cheryl said...

Yummy!

Aparna said...

a gud combi with paratha..

Shriya said...

Nice recipe. It's my all time fav. Love the recipe. Thanks for sharing.

Reanaclaire said...

hello..great yummy post here...

reanaclaire.com

Adventures in Domestic Cooking said...

Oh goodness, looks so good!! and sounds so interesting.

Juliana said...

Shahana, what a nice chicken dish, love the color of it...it sure sounds and looks very tasty.

AdukalaVishesham said...

looks very rich and creamy... nice post

My Kitchen Antics said...

so creamy and thick..im sure it atsted awesome

Nisha said...

Yummy Yummy :)

shahana said...

Thanks everybody for the comments!

Unknown said...

i hav tried other versions of bc but dis one is very simple n too tasty.my family luvd it.a must try fr d beginners.

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