Butter Chicken
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Ingredients
- 6 chicken breasts cut into pieces Boneless chicken pieces
- Patak's tandoori paste
- ½ tea spoon Garam masala (readily available)
- ¾ tea spoon Cumin powder
- 4 table spoons Plain yogurt
- ¼ packet Butter
- 2 (mediun size) Chopped onions
- 1 Crushed ginger
- 3 Cloves garlic crushed
- 1 Whole green chilli
- Hardful of cashew nuts made into paste using water
- ¾ tea spoon Red chilli powder
- 4 oz Tomato paste
- ½ tin Plain yogurt
- 4 oz Whipped cream
- ½ tea spoon Cinnamon powder
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Description
Classic indian recipe.
Method
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Marinate the chicken pieces in the marinade of (could leave overnight): patak's tandoori paste, garam masala, cinamon powder, clove powder, cumin powderm plain yogurt,salt to taste.
Heat butter in a non-stick pan and fry the chicken pieces on high heat until it turns colour.
Re;ove the chicken, add a little bit more butter and fry the onions on med heat until golden brown.
Add ginger, cloves garlic and green chilli and sprinkle a little water to separate the onions.
Add the cashew nuts paste, chilli powder, tomato paste and cook for 10 minutes.
Add yogurt (1/2 tin), whipped cream (4 oz) and finally the chicken with coriander leaves.
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I made this dish and it was lovely. Recommended. Next time i will try and make my own tandoori marinade though. Sujata - do you have a recipe for this?
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Looks like a really delicious curry!