Butter Chicken Or Tofu

Total Time: 8 hrs 40 mins Preparation Time: 8 hrs Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 5
• 2 lbs chicken, washed skin and fat removed and cut into bite sizes
• 1 large onion, pureed
• 2 tablespoons ginger paste
• 2 tablespoons garlic paste
• 3 medium tomatoes, pureed
• 2 tablespoons garam masala
• 4 bay leaves
• 1 teaspoon turmeric
• 2 teaspoons chili powder
• 1 tablespoon dried fenugreek leaves
• 1/2 cup butter
• 2 tablespoons butter, for basting
• 1 cup whipping cream
• 1 cup plain yogurt
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1/2 teaspoon of natural red food coloring
• green chili
• cilantro (to garnish)
• salt

Recipe

• 1 marinade chicken or tofu.
• 2 in a baking dish place chicken or tofu pieces pour lemon juice on top. add.
• 3 a pinch of salt mix and leave aside for 15 minutes
• 4 whisk together yogurt 1 tsbp of the garam marsala, food colouring, 1 tsp of the garlic 1 tbsp of the ginger.
• 5 add to the baking dish. mix and coat pieces.
• 6 refrigerate for 8 hours.
• 7 baking instructions.
• 8 heat oven to 350 degrees f.
• 9 mix the remaining spices in a pot and cook on low heat with a bit of the butter add the remaining garlic and ginger cook for about a minute sautee.
• 10 add tomato and onion cook for about 10 mins on meduim heat
• 11 turn off heat.
• 12 add cream and butter
• 13 now pour mixture over chicken in baking dish mix until pieces are all coated.
• 14 cover the dish and bake untill meat is done about 20 minutes. stir in fress cilantro and serve.