Recipe - Aromatic Butter Chicken

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Last week we went to a restaurant for family dinner. The restaurant is famous for its Pakistani Cuisine. We ordered our food including different gravy based dishes and rice. One particular dish was extra ordinary tasty and it became an instant hit. It was the Butter Chicken that attracted us most.

Upon our family's demand, we tried Butter Chicken recipe at home and it turned out very delicious and aromatic dish. So, we are sharing our own recipe with you all.

Let's start our recipe:

Ingredients

Chicken boneless 750 gms
Lemon juice 2tbsp
Garlic paste 1tsp
Red chili powder 1tsp
Turmeric powder 1/2 tsp
Salt 1/2 tsp
Oil 1tsp

Onion chopped 1 medium
Ginger garlic paste 1tbsp
Tomato puree 1 cup
Yogurt 4tbsp
Red chili powder 2tsp
Turmeric powder 1/2 tsp
Garam masala powder 1tsp
Cumin powder 1/2tsp
Fenugreek dried leaves 1tsp
Salt (according to your taste)
Fresh cream 1cup
Butter 2tbsp
Coriander chopped 4tbsp

Method

Marinate boneless chicken pieces with lemon juice, garlic, red chili powder, turmeric powder, salt and oil. Keep it in fridge for 2 hours.

After 2 hours, fry above marinated chicken in 2tbsp oil. The color should not be dark nor white but light golden. Remove on to a plate.

In a pot, heat butter and add onions, fry till light golden color.

Add ginger garlic paste, cook 1 minute. Add tomato puree and cook till water dries.

Add all the remaining dry spices and keep stirring for 5 minutes.

Add yogurt in it, cook 4 minutes.

Now add above cooked chicken pieces. Cook 2 minutes.

Add fresh cream, coriander leaves and mix it in the gravy and chicken, cook for 2 minutes.

Delicious Aromatic Butter Chicken is ready to dish out. Garnish it with chopped coriander leaves and ginger.

Serve it with naan or rice.



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