Name: Butter chicken recipe by Megha Choudhary at BetterButter
Prep time: 60 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 90 min
Yield: 2
Ingredients: 1/2 kg Boneless Chicken; Lemon juice; Salt as per taste; Red chilli powder; Ginger garlic paste; Thick curd as required for marinating; 2 tbsp Butter; 1 thin cinnamon stick; 1 green cardamom; 2 cloves; 2 green chillies slit; 4 large tomatoes pureed; 10 cashew nuts paste; 1/4 tsp garam masala; 1/4 tsp sugar; Cream; Coriander leaves for garnish

Ingredients Serving: 2

1/2 kg Boneless Chicken
Lemon juice
Salt as per taste
Red chilli powder
Ginger garlic paste
Thick curd as required for marinating
2 tbsp Butter
1 thin cinnamon stick
1 green cardamom
2 cloves
2 green chillies slit
4 large tomatoes pureed
10 cashew nuts paste
1/4 tsp garam masala
1/4 tsp sugar
Cream
Coriander leaves for garnish

Instructions

Marinate chicken with lemon juice, salt, red chilli powder, ginger garlic paste and curd. Keep it aside for 1 hour.
After 1 hour grill the chicken in oven.
For gravy heat the butter in a pan. Add all the whole dry spices and fry till gets the aroma. Add ginger garlic paste, green chilies and fry it for a minute.
Add tomato puree, red chili powder, sugar and salt . Mix and cook until the tomato puree becomes thick and begins to leave the side of a pan.
Pour 1 cup of water into the pan, add cashew paste and let it cook for 2 minutes or adjust the consistency with water.
Add garam masala in a gravy then add chicken and simmer for about 5 minutes, till it becomes soft and tender.
Switch off the gas and mix cream
Garnish the butter chicken with coriander leaves.

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