Indian Butter Chicken

Ingredients

• For the chicken marinade:
• 1 cup plain yogurt
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• 1 tsp chili powder (or coarse hot pepper)
• 1 tsp ground coriander
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 2 chicken breasts, cut into cubes
• 3 tbsp butter
• Marinating:
• The sauce:
• 1/2 cup butter
• 2 tbsp tomato paste
• 2 tbsp cashews
• 1 tbsp grated ginger
• 1 small onion, diced
• 2 tomatoes, diced
• 2 cloves garlic, crushed
• 1 tbsp sugar
• 1 tsp garam masala
• 2 cups cooking cream
• Salt to taste
• Butter chicken by a friend and cook on Shou Tabkhin Today:
• Um Taha Al-Hamwi
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• For more Um Taha chicken recipes see: Chicken-Stuffed Pizza Rolls
• To make creamy mushroom chicken see: Chicken with Mushrooms and Cream

Method

1. In a frying pan, melt the butter, then add the pieces of chicken that we marinated for two hours and stir-fry over high heat until cooked through
2. Transfer them to a plate and set aside
3. In the same pan, add a little butter and sauté the onion briefly, then add the garlic and ginger and cook together, then add the remaining spices and cook until fragrant
4. Add the cashews and stir, then add the tomatoes and tomato paste and cook together until the tomatoes soften
5. Set the mixture aside to cool slightly, then blend until smooth, and strain it
6. Return the sauce to the pan and simmer until it thickens slightly, then add the chicken pieces, cooking cream and salt and stir
7. Let the butter chicken simmer for about two minutes, then serve
8. Butter chicken is delicious with white rice and naan bread, a type of flatbread popular in West, Central and South-East Asia and India
9. Umm Taha Al-Hamawi
10. For more of Umm Taha's chicken recipes, here is the link: Pizza Roll with Chicken Filling
11. To make chicken with cream in a delicious recipe, click the link: Chicken with Mushrooms and Cream