Butter chicken

Source : Mix All The Ingredients In The Marinade Section To Free A Lump-free Paste Coat It With The Chicken Pieces And Let It Rest Overnight In The Freezer Next ...

PreTime
more Minutes
CookTime
a few Minutes
Yield
Some Servings

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at : September 28, 2026

Step:

  1. Mix all the ingredients in the marinade section to free a lump-free paste.

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  2. Coat it with the chicken pieces and let it rest overnight in the freezer.

  3. Next day in a grill, or in a pan or oven fry it till browns on each side.. Around 5 mins each side. I did it in oven

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  4. In a large kadhai. Heat the butter with oil and start frying the onion.. Add the ginger-garlic once the onion starts to turn transparent. Add the coriander, cumin and garam masala and wait till nice aroma comes out.

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  5. Now add the chopped tomatoes and salt and red chilli powder and fry it till the water dries.

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  6. Remove from heat and grind it to a silky smooth paste in a grinder. Add the ketchup to it and grind to smoothly.

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  7. Pour the gravy back to kadhai and add water as required and add cream and sugar to it. Also add the salt. Balance the gravy as per your liking and add the grilled chicken pieces to it.

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  8. Cook for 10 minutes until the sauce thickens and chicken absorbs the gravy.

  9. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot.

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Ingredients

  1. 1 kg chicken cut into cubes
  2. for Chicken marinade-
  3. 1/2 cup curd
  4. 2 tbsp minced garlic and ginger
  5. 2 tsp garam masala
  6. 1 tsp turmeric powder
  7. 1 tsp cumin powder
  8. 1 tsp salt
  9. 1 tsp kashmiri chilli powder
  10. For gravy-
  11. 2 tbsp butter
  12. 1 tbsp oil
  13. 1 large onion chopped finely
  14. 2 tbsp ginger garlic chopped
  15. 1 tsp garam masala (all the masalas or powder)
  16. 1 tsp cumin
  17. 1 tsp coriander seeds
  18. 3 tomatoes
  19. 1 tsp kashmiri chilli powder
  20. 1 cup fresh cream
  21. 1 tsp sugar
  22. as per taste Salt
  23. as required Coriander leaves for garnish
  24. 2 tsp Tomato ketchup

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