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Butter Chicken

Sep-10-2016
Kalpana Deep
90 minutes
Prep Time
60 minutes
Cook Time
4 People
Serves
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ABOUT Butter Chicken RECIPE

This is Nita Mehta recipe. I love to cook this recipe and my husband loves to eat this.

Recipe Tags

  • Non-veg
  • Medium
  • Dinner Party
  • Punjabi
  • Baking
  • Sauteeing
  • Main Dish

Ingredients Serving: 4

  1. 1 medium sized chicken (800 gm) - cut into 12 pieces
  2. For first marinade:
  3. juice of 1 lemon,
  4. ½ tsp chilli powder
  5. 1¼ tsp salt, or to taste
  6. For second marinade:
  7. 1 cup hung curd
  8. 2 tbsp cream
  9. 1 tbsp ginger- garlic paste
  10. 1 tbsp kasoori meth
  11. ½ tsp black salt,
  12. 1 tsp garam masala
  13. 1 tsp degi mirch powder
  14. 1 tsp dhaniya powder
  15. For the gravy:
  16. 1 tablespoon Ginger Garlic paste
  17. 500 gm of tomatoes blanched, Pureed and strained
  18. 1/2 cup of readymade tomato puree
  19. 1 tablespoon of cashewnut paste
  20. 1 tsp garam masala
  21. ¼ tsp sugar or to taste
  22. salt as per taste
  23. 1 cup milk
  24. 2-3 tablespoon butter or ghee
  25. Cream for garnishing

Instructions

  1. Wash, pat dry chicken. Prick all the pieces with a fork on all sides.
  2. Marinade the chicken with lemon juice, salt and chili powder. Keep aside for ½ hour.
  3. In a another bowl, mix all the ingredients of the second marinade well.
  4. After half an hour, add chicken to second marinade and mix well. Keep aside for at least 2 hour or overnight in fridge.
  5. Pre - heat your oven at 200 degree centigrade.
  6. Bake the marinated chicken in the preheated oven for half an hour.
  7. Remove from the oven. Keep aside.
  8. For the Gravy:
  9. In a wok add ghee. Heat the ghee.
  10. Add ginger garlic paste, cook it for 1-2 minutes, until its color change slightly.
  11. Add pureed tomato, tomato puree and all the masala of the gravy.
  12. Cook it on medium heat till the raw smell of tomato goes.
  13. Add 1 cup of water and bring to a boil.
  14. Add in your tandoori chicken.
  15. Cover with the lid and cook it for 3-4 minutes.
  16. Add milk and cook it for another 2 minutes.
  17. Turn off the gas.
  18. Garnish it with cream.

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Rahul singh
Mar-29-2022
Rahul singh   Mar-29-2022

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aliza singh
Sep-12-2016
aliza singh   Sep-12-2016

classic dish that has been cooked very nicely!

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