Butter Chicken

Total Time: 24 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 24 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 700 g roasting chickens (with bones cut into eight pieces)
• 1 teaspoon red chili powder
• 1 teaspoon ginger-garlic paste
• salt
• 1/2 kg curds
• 100 g butter
• 1/2 teaspoon black cumin seeds
• 1/2 kg tomato, pureed (i usually use 1 kg for extra gravy n also increase amount of butter n cream)
• 1/2 teaspoon sugar
• 1 teaspoon red chili powder
• salt
• 75 g butter
• 100 g fresh cream
• 4 sliced green chilies
• 1/2 teaspoon crushed fenugreek leaves

Recipe

• 1 for the marinade,mix red chili powder, ginger garlic paste, salt and curd together. marinade is ready.
• 2 now mix the raw chicken in the marinade and keep it in the refrigerator overnight.
• 3 then roast the marinated chicken in a tandoor or an oven for about 5-10 minutes till it is three fourth done.
• 4 for the gravy, heat butter (100gms) in pan. add black cumin seeds, tomato puree, sugar, red chili powder and salt. mix it well.
• 5 now add the prepared chicken, butter(75 gms), fresh cream, sliced green chillies and crushed fenugreek leaves.
• 6 cook till chicken is done. butter chicken is ready to eat. serve hot with rice or naan.