Butter Chicken Masala
From aravi_vel 15 years ago
- 25-30 minutes to make
- Serves 3
This is a popular chicken dish,which entomizes almost all the Indian flavours. People seem to love this preparation of chicken,when cooked in ground spices,butter and tomato paste and can never have enough of this dish. Read more It goes very well with naan or roti. See less
Ingredients
- chicken cut into small pieces - 1 kg shopping list
- Finely chopped onion - 3 shopping list
- tomato puree - 3 or 4 shopping list
- Chopped cilantro - 1 tbsp shopping list
- butter - 4tbsp shopping list
- oil - as needed shopping list
- salt - to taste shopping list
- ginger - 1 inch piece shopping list
- garlic cloves - 12 shopping list
- Kashmiri Chilly Powder/paprika - 2 tsp shopping list
- turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp shopping list
- Whole pepper - 1 tsp shopping list
- 1 inch sized cinnamon piece - 2 shopping list
- cloves - 3 shopping list
- cardamom - 2 shopping list
- Jeera seeds - a pinch shopping list
- cashews - 6 shopping list
- milk - 2 tsp shopping list
- heavy cream - 1 tsp shopping list
- Chopped coriander/Chopped spring onion - 1 tbsp shopping list
- Grated cheese/butter - 1 tsp shopping list
How to make it
- Grind the ingredients 8-16 to a fine paste. (ground spice masala)
- Make another paste with 17 and 18. (cashew paste)
- For garnishing: 19,20,21
- Heat oil in a pan and fry onion till brown.
- Add ground spice masala and salt, fry it well until oil starts to separate.
- Now add a little of butter and pour tomato puree into it. Simmer it till the gravy thickens.
- Now add the chicken pieces and cook in medium heat.
- Add a little butter ,ground cashew paste and 1 tbsp of coriander leaves.Simmer for 2 more minutes and remove from stove .
- Garnish with heavy cream,grated butter and chopped coriander.Serve hot with roti/naan.
The Rating
Reviewed by 4 people-
This is another of my favorite Indian dishes. The first time I had it was in Basel, Switzerland. So much flavor!
joe1155
in Munchen loved it
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Wonderful recipe!
HIGH 5!!!
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