Butter chicken

Salam to all,

By far, this is my favorite indian dish... The creamy orange sauce on the pure white basmati just does it for me, I don't care if it has chicken in it or not.. I can eat that all day! Basically because it's the only dish I've eaten at Indian restaurants that isn't spicy at all..

Here is the book:

And here is the recipe straight from the book:

And here is my tweaked version:

Ingredients:

1 onion, chopped

1.5 tbsp garlic and Ginger paste. (u can buy at any Asian grocery, or make your own here)

14 oz can diced tomatoes (I drained them)

1/4 tsp cayenne pepper

Pinch of sugar

2 tbsp canola oil

1/2 cup water

1 tbsp tomato paste

3 tbsp butter, cut into pieces then split in 2 portions

1 tsp garam masala

1 tsp ground cumin

1 tsp ground corriander

2 large chicken breasts, skinless boneless (cooked tandoori style)

6 tbsp heavy cream

Salt and pepper to taste.. (I used about 1.5 tsp salt all together)

Cilantro to garnish.

I skipped the cashew nuts part, and it was still good.

Directions:

I followed the directions exactly as the book said, except that i made the complete sauce first, at end I put the finished orange sauce in the blender to make it smoother, then I added the chicken pieces..

place the chopped onion and garlic/ginger paste in food processor, mix till forms a paste.

 



add in the diced tomatoes and blend again





make sure to puree as much as you can



Heat up 2 tbsp of canola oil in a pan..





add the tomato puree and 1 tbsp tomato paste,
with 1/2 cup water and stir







when boils, turn on low heat and let simmer for 5 minutes.

get 1 tsp each of garam masala, ground cumin, corriander..



add the spices to the sauce



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get your heavy cream ready



beat it manually for 30 seconds



add few spoons of tomato sauce to cream, wisk together



the wisked cream with few spoons of the tomato sauce

add the cream to the pan, stir well

add 1.5 tbsp of the chopped butter.



before blending



after blending



i took 2 tandoori chicken breasts i already prepared..



chop into pieces

add chicken to sauce and stir til chicken is all heated through



Place in serving dish, garnish with cilantro,
 and serve hot



And here is the final product!

recipe picture from the book

my final product

Let me know if you do try it, how you like it!

Sa7teen w 3afya :)