Butter Chicken
Ingredients
- 3 lb chicken drumsticks/ thighs/ sliced breast pieces
- 1 tbsp oil
- 1 tsp ginger paste
- 1 tsp garlic paste
- 3 tsp chilli powder, optional
- 1 cup yogurt or buttermilk
- 1 cup sour cream
- 0.5 cup/4 oz. tomato puree
- 4 oz butter
- 6 cardamoms
- 6 cloves
- 2 sticks cinnamon
- 3 tsp salt or to taste
- 1 lb minced meat/ground chicken/ground turkey
- 1 cup green peas, optional
- 2 onions pureed
- 1 tomato, pureed
- 2 tsp ginger paste
- 2 tsp garlic paste
- 1 tsp turmeric powder
- 1 tsp chilli powder
- 1 tsp cumin powder
- 1 tsp coriander powder
- 0.5 cup sour cream
- 1 potato, cooked and cubed
- 1 tsp salt or to taste
- 2 tbsp oil
Instructions
- 1
Heat the oil in a large saucepan. Fry the ginger, garlic, cardamoms, cinnamon and cloves on medium low heat for a minute, and add the chicken with the yogurt or buttermilk, tomato puree, sour cream, chilli powder and salt. Cook on medium low heat, stirring occasionally, for half an hour, keeping the saucepan covered with a lid. Add butter before serving. "Kheema"(minced meat) Curry Cooked with minced meat or ground chicken or ground turkey and potatoes, this dish can be combined with green peas, too.
- 2
Heat oil in a non-stick frying pan and fry the onions, tomato puree, ginger and garlic, together with cumin and coriander powders and cilantro/coriander leaves for ten minutes on a low flame. Add potato, minced meat/ground chicken/ground turkey, green peas if desired, turmeric and chilli powders, sour cream and salt together with a cup of lukewarm water and cook on medium low heat for half an hour. Fried Chicken