Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Easy Butter Chicken

This is easy butter chicken recipe. It really tastes fabulous. This recipe has no complicated steps. It is really easy to prepare. So try this recipe without hesitation. Here goes the recipe
Ingredients
Chicken: 1kg
Onion: 3 medium sized
Tomato: 3 big
Ginger paste: 2tbsp
Garlic paste: 1tbsp
Garam Masala Powder: 1tbsp
Chilli Powder: 2tbsp
Cashew Paste: 4-5tbsp
Curd/ Yogurt: ¼ cup (not too sour)
Lemon Juice: 3-4tbsp
Coriander Leaves: needed
Bay leaves crushed: 1tsp
Cloves: 5
Cinnamon ground: ¼ tsp
Cardamom Pods: 4
Butter: 3tbsp
Salt: needed
Method of Preparation
Cut chicken into medium sized pieces.
In a blender, add tomato, ginger, garlic paste, garam masala, cashew nuts, yogurt, bay leaves, cloves, cinnamon, cardamom and blend to a smooth paste.
Heat butter in a pan add chopped onion, when it slightly turns the color, add chilli powder.
Stir and add the ground paste and salt to it.
Add chicken pieces and stir. If needed add enough water to get the chicken pieces cooked.
Add lemon juice when the chicken is almost cooked.
When chicken is done and gravy becomes thick and creamy add chopped coriander leaves and switch off the flame.
Delicious butter chicken is ready to serve.

12 comments:

Spicy-Aroma said...

rich creamy and super delicious butter chicken..perfectly done!!

Julie said...

Yummilicious coating, loved it!!
Wishing you a happy New Year!!

Christy Gerald said...

Yumm and creamy B.Chicken Dear.Delish!

Torviewtoronto said...

delicious looking butter chicken looks wonderful

Kitchen Simmer said...

This looks like a winning chicken recipe. I have never made butter chicken and I appreciate you giving an easy recipe for me to try! :) Have a great week!

Nisha said...

Very nice chicken curry.

Urmi said...

Wish you and your family a very Happy New Year.
Butter chicken looks yummy and delicious.

Priya Suresh said...

Slurp,butter chicken looks super delicious and yummy.

Roshu said...

Butter chic.........ma favourite!!!!!!
Looks soooo yummy and tempting

divya said...

Wish you and your family a very Happy New Year...super delicious chicken.

Rahin said...

the chicken looks very delicious

Sudha said...

Thanks for the recipe,dear!I have always loved having Butter chicken in restaurants,but never tried it at home so far.Yummy and delish - worth a try soon:)