Butter Chicken

Ingredients:

• 500gms boneless chicken
• For Marinade :
• 4 tsp yoghurt
• Salt as per taste
• red chilli powder
• tandoori masala
• 1/2 tsp cumin
• 1/2 tsp coriander powder
• drops of lemon
• 1/2 cup butter
• oil for frying
• 1 tsp cumin seeds
• 1 large chopped onion
• 1 tsp ginger garlic paste

• 2 large tomatoes
• 1 tsp tomato paste
• 1-2 bay leaves
• 2-3 cardamom(green cardamom)
• 1/2 cup whipped cream
• 1/2 tsp garam masala
• 1/2 tsp black pepper powder
• 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
• 1/2 tsp mango powder
• 2 cinnamon (sticks)
• 1 tsp brown sugar
• 1 tsp Fenugreek leaves
• Cilantro for garnishing

Instructions:

• Cut chicken into small pieces.
• Making Marinade :
• Mix chicken pieces with 1 tsp red chilli powder, 1 tsp tandoori masala, 1/2 tsp cumin powder and 1/2 tsp coriander powder, 4 tsp yoghurt, few drops of lemon and allow it to marinate in fridge for about 1 hr.
• Take a pan and put some 1/2 cup of butter add 1 tsp cumin seeds, chopped onion, ginger and garlic paste. Fry them until onions are brown. Take out the mixture and grind them.
• In the same pan fry tomatoes in butter again grind them separately.
• In the same pan add 2 bay leaf, 2-3 cloves and fry them. Now, add the marinated chicken and when chick turns white add the onion paste and tomato paste to it.
• Adding Spices :
• Add 1 tsp cumin seeds, salt as per taste, turmeric pow, 1/2 tsp red chilli powder, 1/2 tsp mango powder, 1 tsp brown sugar, some cinnamon to the mix and simmer the stove to form a gravy. After some 10 min add whipped cream and keep stirring. Add fenugreek leaves, 1/2 tsp black pepper pow, 1/2 tsp garam masala.Our mouth-watering Butter Chicken is ready.
• Garnish with Cilantro leaves.
• Serve with roti.