Butter chicken is a creamy smooth gravy with boneless chicken. It is a simple and easy dish liked by kids and adults. It is not very spicy and is a rich and creamy signature Indian dish. This mouth-watering gravy goes very well with rotis as well as rice.
Butter Chicken
Ingredients
For Butter chicken sauce / gravy
- 2 tbsp Butter unsalted
- 2 nos Onions medium size
- 8 cloves Garlic
- 2 pieces Ginger small
- 2 nos Tomatoes red ripe
- 15 nos Cashews
- 1 tsp Kashmiri Chilly powder
- taste Salt
- 1/4 cup Water
- 1/2 tsp Garam Masala
- 1/2 tsp Cumin powder
- 1/4 cup Cream
- 3/4 tsp Kasuri Methi crushed
For Chicken Marination
- 300 g Chicken boneless
- 1 tsp Chilly powder
- 1/2 tsp Garam Masala powder
- 1 tsp Lemon Juice
Instructions
For Butter chicken sauce / gravy
- Add butter in a pan and let it melt on a low flame.
- Dice medium sized onions and add them to the pan.
- Add garlic and ginger and saute well.
- Then add the chopped tomatoes and cashews.
- Again saute well for few minutes.
- Follow it with Kashmiri chilly powder, cumin powder, garam masala powder and salt.
- Add a little water and cook well with a closed lid for 10 minutes.
- Let it cool down and then blend it to a smooth paste.
For Chicken Marination
- Marinate the chicken with salt, chilly powder, garam masala powder, lemon juice and set aside for 30 minutes.
Finishing the Butter Chicken
- Heat Oil in a pan.
- Fry the marinated chicken on both sides for 10 minutes.
- In the same hot oil, add the onion tomato mixture.
- Add butter, kasuri methi and the cooked chicken.
- To this, add fresh cream, mix well and cook for another 5 minutes.
Step by step method
For Chicken Marination
- Marinate the chicken with salt, chilly powder, garam masala powder, lemon juice and set aside for 30 minutes.
For Butter chicken sauce / gravy
- Add butter in a pan and let it melt on a low flame.
- Dice medium sized onions and add them to the pan.
- Add garlic and ginger and saute well.
- Then add the chopped tomatoes and cashews.
- Again saute well for few minutes.
- Follow it with Kashmiri chilly powder, cumin powder, garam masala powder and salt.
- Add a little water and cook well with a closed lid for 10 minutes.
- Let it cool down and then blend it to a smooth paste.
Finishing the Butter Chicken
- Heat Oil in a pan.
- Fry the marinated chicken on both sides for 10 minutes
- In the same hot oil, add the onion tomato mixture.
- Add butter, kasuri methi and the cooked chicken
- To this, add fresh cream, mix well and cook for another 5 minutes.
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