Butter Chicken (Chicken in creamy tomato and Butter sauce)

Ingredients:

Chicken – 1Kg (cubed)

Onion – 2 large (finely chopped)

Tomato – 2 (finely chopped)

Ginger – 1 tablespoon (finely chopped)

Garlic – 1 tablespoon (finely chopped)

Green chillies – 2 slit

Coriander leaves – 1 small bunch

Cloves – 4-5 whole

Cardamom – 2-3 whole

Pepper corns – 10-12 whole

Fenugreek leaves – 1 pinch

Chilly powder – 2 tablespoons

Fenugreek powder – 1/2 teaspoon

Garam masala powder – 1/2 teaspoon

Butter – 3 tablespoon

Fresh cream – 1/2 cup

Sugar – 1 teaspoon

Salt to taste

How to:

Marinate the chicken in 1 tablespoon of ginger garlic paste and salt.

In a pan add 2 tablespoons oil, add the whole spices, onions, ginger, garlic, green chillies and sauté for a while, till the onions are golden brown. Add chilly powder, fenugreek powder, fenugreek leaves and garam masala powder and mix. Add chopped tomatoes and chopped coriander leaves and cook till the tomatoes are cooked. Put all the ingredients in a blender and grind to a smooth paste.

In a heavy bottomed pan, add 1/4 cup oil and fry the chicken on both sides till its slightly cooked. Remove the excess oil and add in the ground masala. Let the chicken cook in the gravy for 5 minutes. Add the butter, cream and 1 teaspoon sugar and cook till gravy thickens. Remove from flame and serve hot with chapattis and rice.

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2 comments

  1. Tammy Austin says:

    Thank you very much Shilpa glad to know you liked the recipe. Do let me know if you find ways to make the curry taste even better!

  2. Shilpa says:

    Hi Tammy,
    I love this recipe. Tried it at home, and everyone thinks I’m a great cook… well I did say it was my cousin’s recipe.
    It was YUMMY!!! … going to try out the chilly beef next :o )
    xxx
    Shilpa

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