Friday, September 7, 2012

BUTTER CHICKEN RECIPE


INGREDIENTS:

For the Chicken:
500 Gms Boneless chicken
1Tbsp Kasuri Methi
1/2 tsp Jeera powder 
1/4 tsp Black Salt
2Tbsp Butter
1 Tbsp Chilly powder
2 Tbsp Ginger & Garlic paste
2 nos Bay Leaves
Salt to taste

For the gravy:
4 nos Onions
4 nos Tomatoes
2 Tbsp Ginger & Garlic paste
1Tbsp Chilli powder
6 nos Cardommom
4 stick Cinomon
1/4 tsp Jeera powder 
3 Tbsp Cashews paste 
1 Tbsp Kasuri methi
50 gms Salted Butter

METHOD:

Cut chicken into small size and marinate with the ingredients given.
Refrigerate the chicken for minimum of 1hours for the chicken to absorb all the flavors.
Put the chicken in a skewer & cook in tandoor or The marinated chicken can also be deep fried in oil. Keep the chicken aside.
Heat the oil in a heavy kadai, add the onion, cardommom, bay leaves, cinamon, jeera, tomatotes, ginger & garlic paste and saute well until the onions turns golden brown , to this add the chilly powder and cook untill the tomatoes are cooked soft
Cool the mixture and grind to a fine paste.  
.Boil the gravy and, add cashews paste and cook for some time and add Kasuri methi 
Switch off heat and finally add the butter.