ALWAYS IN ORDER OF PRIORITY "BUTTER CHICKEN'

Hello friends again I am back with very popular recipe new a new and easiest style .
I have made some changes  to make it in a simplest way and to add little more flavours in home style.

My objective it to present my recipe in a very easy way and in available  resource and appliances so i keep giving you options so prepare it as per your own convenience.

So please try it at home and share how it comes out...

 

 

BUTTER CHICKEN

 

• INGREDIENTS
• Chicken (bone less or with bone )                            1/2 kg
• Large red tomatoes blanched and pureed                  5
•  Butter                                                                        2Tbsp
• Hung curd                                                                  2Tbsp
• Maida or refined all purpose flour                             1Tbsp
• Oil                                                                              1 Tbsp
•  Fresh cream or( whip cream)                                    3 Tbsp
• Milk                                                                            1/2 cup
•  Ginger garlic paste                                                     2Tbsp
• Lemon juice                                                                 2tsp
•  Degi mirch powder( or coloured chilli powder)         3tsp
• Kasoori methi(or dried fenugreek leaves)                    1tsp
• Bay leaf                                                                        1
• Garam Masala                                                              2tsp
• Tandoori masala( if you don't have that need not have to worry about)  1tsp
• Food colour orange( optional
• Sugar                                                                             1tsp
• Salt

Prep time:
Mari nation: 4 hours
Cooking : 30 mins 
 
MARINATION

It will need double marination

• Take wash and towel dried chicken in a large bowl
• Make slit on it so that the marination been absorbed properly and the chicken will taste more juice and tender
• Now put 2 tsp lemon juice , salt and refrigerate it for 30 mins in a closed box
• Take out the chicken after 30 min
• Now put all hung curd, Maida, 1tsp Ginger garlic paste, Degimirch 1tsp (food colour optional), 1tsp Garam masala and mix it together properly and keep it again in the fridge for 3.30hours.

GRILL THE CHICKEN( TANDOORI)

To make butter chicken we need to Grill the chicken before putting it in the gravy
So you simply have to put it in oven in 180C for 20 mins

But if you don't have an oven

Take a  deep wok (kadahi) put 2tbs butter and put the chicken pieces in a and let it cook.
once the water dries up put the flame high and keep tuning the pieces until cook.(high flame is to slightly burn the pieces to give it a smoky flavour).




GRAVY OF BUTTER CHICKEN

• Take oil 1tbs and butter(1tsb) in a deep pan and heat it together.
• Now put  bay leaf , kasoori methi and ginger garlic paste together.
• Sauté it till it turn golden brown
• Now put pureed tomatoes and keep stirring it till it starts leaving oil
• now switch off the flame for 5 min.
• Add fresh cream and start the flame in very low.
• Add Garam masala and Tandoori Masala , Degi mirch  ,sugar and salt and and chicken pieces 
• Put the Milk and add some water as per your own choice of thick gravy and cook it till boil .
• Serve Hot with the butter on the top..