Easy Butter chicken recipe

Ingredients

Boneless chicken (preferably dark meat)- 3 to 4 pieces of chicken thighs

Yogurt- 4 tbs

Ginger garlic paste- 2-3 tbs

Green chilly paste (as per your taste)

Gram masala powder 1tbs

Lime juice 1tbs

Salt as per taste

Food red color (optional)

Red chilly powder

2 Tomatoes

One whole bunch of coriander/ cilantro

4 red kashmiri chilies soaked overnight and then de seeded ( or microwaved for 1 min)

Handful of cashew nut soaked over night (or microwaved for 1 min)

Handful of dried kasuri methi

 

Procedure

1.      Marinate the chicken either over night or for couple of hours with 2 tbs of Yogurt, ginger garlic paste, chilly paste,  red chilly powder, garam masala powder, lime juice ( avoid lime juice if the yogurt is already sour).

2.      Put the marinated chicken in a pot and put one spoon of oil and cook on high heat till all the water evaporates and the entire chicken is cooked.

3.      In the mean while put 2 tomatoes, 2 spoons of yogurt, bunch of coriander/cilantro , kashmiri chilies, soaked cashew and bled into a smooth paste

4.      In a sauce pan put one stick of butter and cook the paste in step 3 (oil will separate from the mixture when it is cooked)

5.      Once step 4 is cooked mix the chicken in step 2 to the above sauce

6.      Add red food color (optional) and salt to the above mixture.

7.      Once the entire mixture is bubbling add handful of Kasuri methi after rubbing it between your palm.

8.      Add 1-2 spoon of sugar or ketchup to the gravy (optional).

9. Add cream or half and half (optional)