Friday, September 16, 2011

Butter Chicken


INGREDIENTS:
  1. Chicken with bone or boneless chicken(cut to small) 1kg
  2. Ginger-Garlic paste 2Tbspns
  3. Coriander powder 1Tspn
  4. Garam masala powder 1 and 1/2 Tspns
  5. Fresh lemon 1
  6. Mustard seeds (1tspn)
  7. Curd 400 grms
  8. Red chilli powder 2Tspns
  9. Tomato paste 1box
  10. OIl 3Tbspns
  11. Orange red colour a pinch
  12. Unsalted butter 75Grms
  13. Salt to taste
  14. Green Chillies 4pcs
  15. Black Pepper 1Tspns
Step 1
ROASTED AND GRINDED TO PASTE
  1. Poppy seeds(khus khus) 1Tbspn
  2. Cashewnuts 10
  3. Almonds 8
  4. Dry coconut 1/4th tea cup
  5. Chironji 1Tbspn
METHOD:
Step 1
  1. Cut the chicken into cubes wash and drain well.
  2. Apply salt,fresh lemon juice and 2tbspns of ginger-garlic paste.
  3. Marinate for 30mins.
  4. Next add 1tspn garam masala powder,curd,dhania powder and orange red colour.
  5. Marinade this for atlesat 1hr.
  6. After marination roast the chicken pieces in the oven ,if ur not using the oven simply deep fry the chicken pieces to light crispy.(Drop the pieces without the masala,and save the remaining masala)
  7. Keep them aside.
Step2
  1. Heat oil in a vessel and add 1tbspn of ginger-garlic paste and fry to brown in colour.
  2. Add mustard powder,green chilli paste,black pepper powder,red chilli powder,1/2tspn garam masala powder and the masala that u roasted and grinded to paste.
  3. Now add the remaining masala i.e., the batter that was left after frying chicken.
  4. Add tomato paste and fry well.
  5. Now add the fried chicken pieces and cook till tender.
  6. Finally add butter and cook till oil starts floating.
  7. Garnish with almonds,cashewnuts and silver paper.
  8. Serve hot.
Suggested combination:
All type of Rotis,bagara khana,rice,Etc.,

10 comments:

Sana F said...

Looks yumm !! Slurp !

Aseem Saxena said...

Dear Anjum,

We do not get tomato paste... but I do have fresh tomatoes... can I use those?

if yes, then how many and when do I add them?

Aseem

Anjum said...

Hello Aseem, u can also lookout for tomato purée.
If not then a better way out is to grind 4-5 tomatoes in a grinder. Add this in the sequence mentioned in the recipe.

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Ayesha said...

Assalam alikum anjum, hope you are doing fine.
I was trying butter chicken recipe today but then realised that your recipe shows 'black pepper powder and green chilli paste' which are not listed in ingredients.So, I was not sure whether to put or not and how much if yes...
Btw I tried kaddu ki kheer and chicken 65 both turned out to be super yummy....thank youuu

Anjum said...

Wlks Ayesha,

I am sorry for the inconvenience.I was trying to edit the post and forgot to publish it as i got busy with Eid preparations.!! Hope you had a good time during Eid.
Take care. Goodluck

Unknown said...

wanna try this recipee tommorow but my in laws eat lot of khatta in every dish. so adding 3 4 lemon will do good for the dish. and i have amul butter not an unsalted one so can i use dis one

Anjum said...

Hello Sanober, yes u can use amul salted butter but make sure to use lesser salt

Anonymous said...

As salam alai kum anjum...
Can u plz tell me what to use if I don't have poppy seeds ..

Anjum said...

If poppy seeds are not available you can omit poppy seeds.