Butter chicken is a restaurant favorite curry dish. This is also called Chicken tikka masala. A thick creamy gravy with tikka pieces in it.
This recipe is as perfect as you eat in restaurants ,so try it and i am sure all of you will love it.
Serving = 5-6 persons
Ingredients,
List 1 for chicken tikka pieces,
- Chicken 600-700 gm
- yogurt 3 tbsp
- salt 1 tsp
- kashmiri red chili powder 1-1/2 tsp (use paprika powder if you don’t like spicy)
- cumin crushed 1/2 tbsp
- turmeric powder 1/2 tsp
- lemon juice 3 tbsp
- ginger garlic paste 2 tbsp
List 2 for gravy,
- butter 4 tbsp
- tomatoes 3 medium
- tomato puree 1-1/2 tbsp
- single cream 1/2 cup
- salt 1 tsp
- honey 1/2 tbsp (you can also use sugar 1 tsp)
- fresh green chilies 2
- fenugreek leaves(qasoori methi) 1 tsp
- Cinnamon stick 1 small
- whole cloves 4
- whole small cardamom 4-5
- whole big cardamom 1
Directions,
2. Mix well ,marinate it for 1 hour,or if you have time marinate it over night.
3. Preheat oven on 240 C, now place these chicken breast on a baking tray lined with foil.
4. Bake them on grill setting ,on the top shelve in oven for 15-20 minutes.
7. now add cinnamon stick,cloves,big and small cardamom, and stir for 10 seconds, do not burn it.
8. Add ginger garlic paste and stir for 30 seconds.
9. now in a blender make fine paste of 3 tomatoes, add in with 1-1/2 tbsp of tomato puree.Let it boil.
11. After 30 minutes ,stir it nicely until all juices evaporates.
12. now add 1/2 cup water in it.
15. When it melts,Add 2 green chilies cut in long slices(throw all seeds of chilies)… stir for 10 seconds.
16. Now add salt and tomato sauce we sieve above. and cook for 2 minutes, if you feel its thick ,just add 1/2 cup water in it.
tase salt at this point, if you feel its less add some more.
stir and turn off the heat.
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