BUTTER CHICKEN


BUTTER CHICKEN



Ingredients:

Chicken - 1 kg (cut into small pieces)
Red Chilly pwd - 2 tbsp
Turmeric pwd - 1/4 tsp
Tomatoes - 2 big (pasted)
Ginger paste - 1 tbsp
Garlic paste - 1 tbsp
Garam Masala pwd - 1 tsp
Onions - 4 (sliced)
Cashew nuts - 50 gm (soaked in water)
Kasoori Methi pwd - 1/2 tsp
Corriander leaves - 1/4 cup (chopped)
Butter - 3 tbsp
Water - 1 cup
Salt - To taste
Oil - To saute onion


Preparation:


Heat 2 tbsp of oil and saute the sliced onion till soft (no need to brown it)and keep aside.Grind together the sauted onions and soaked cashews together to a fine paste and set aside.
In a thick bottomed vessel melt the butter and add the cleaned chicken pieces with turmeric pwd (till the water from the chicken gets completely evaporated and the butter clears up).Add the ginger garlic paste till the raw smell dissappears and add chilly pwd and garam masala and saute again.At this stage add the pasted tomatoes and water with enough salt and let it boil till the chicken is done.When the chicken is done add the onion - cashew paste and mix well and once it starts to boil add the kasoori methi and remove from fire.


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