Simple Butter Chicken
Servings 4
Ingredients
- 800 gm chicken cut into medium pieces
- 1 tbsp oil
- 3 large onions sliced
- 2 tbsp cashews soaked in 1/4 cup hot water
- 2 tbsp butter
- 2 tsp ginger paste
- 2 tsp garlic paste
- 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
- 1 1/2 tsp Kashmiri chilli powder
- 3/4 tsp garam masala powder
- 2 large tomatoes pureed
- 2 tbsp fresh cream
- 1 tbsp kasoori methi
- Salt to taste
- Coriander leaves to garnish
Instructions
- In a wok, heat oil. Saute the sliced onions with a pinch of salt till soft. Allow to cool.
- Puree the cooked onion along with the soaked cashew and water till smooth.
- In a saucepan, melt the butter. Add the ginger and garlic paste and saute for a couple of minutes till the raw smell is gone.
- Add the onion puree, turmeric, chilli powder and garam masala and cook for a couple of minutes.
- Add the tomato puree and cook till oil floats on the top. Stir occasionally.
- Add in the chicken and cook till the chicken is done.
- Add in the cream and stir well till combined.
- Finally sprinkle in the kasoori methi, and adjust salt. Switch off the flame.
- Serve garnished with coriander leaves with rice, rotis or even bread... just tastes awesome!
Notes
In order to make it less rich, I sometimes skip one of them - the cashew paste or the cream. While having guest, we add both. Personally, I prefer adding the cream at the end, sometimes the cashew paste leaves bites which I don't like!