Thursday, August 30, 2007

Butter Chicken

Ingredients for chicken marination:
1/2 kg bonless chicken cut into 1 inch pieces
1 tsp tandoori masala
2 tsp curd
salt to tast

Procedure:
1. mixed all above ingredients and keep aside for 6-7 hrs
2. Preheat oven to 350 dgree F and bake chicken for 20-25 min using skewer.

Ingredients for masala:
2 medium onion
2-3 red tomatos
6-7 garlic
1 inch ginger
1 tsp coriender
1 tsp chili powder
1/4 tsp turmaric
3 clove
2 cardamom
3 half inch cinnemon
5-6 cashew
1 tsp poppy seeds
1/4 cup milk
1/4 cup cream
2-3 tsp yogurt
2 tsp butter
2 tsp kasoori methi
1/4 tsp evrest garam masala
1/2 tsp sugar
water or chicken broth
salt to tast

Procedure:
1. Blanch 2 medium size red onion in water for 5-7 min and crush them using mixer( do not make fine past)
2. blanch 3 red tomatoes in water for 5-7min and make fine past.
3. make fine powder of cashews and poppy seeds.
4. make mixture milk, yogurt, cashews and poppy seeds powder.
5. crush garam masala such as cloves, cinnemons, and cardamums.
6. take a pan add 2 tbls oil , and butter and crushed garam masala and fry for 3-4 mins
7. add crushed onions and fry till it gets light brown then add ginger-garlic past and cook for 5 mins.
8. add past of tomatoes and keep stiring for 5-7 mins.
9. add chili powder, coriender powder and 1/4 tsp evrest garam masala cook for 3-4 mins.
10. add mixture of milk, yogurt, cashews and poppy seeds powder and cook for 3-4 mins.
11.add water or chicken broth to make gravy and add salt, sugar as per tast.
12.cut baked chicken into small pieces and put into gravy.11.when gravyy becomes start boiling add crushed kasoori methi and cook for 5 min more.
13.just before serving add cream and close pan lid for 5-7 min. and serve hot with parathas or naan.

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