The Paleo Recipe Book

Tuesday, September 01, 2009

Indian Chicken Recipe - Butter Chicken


Butter Chicken

Ingredients :

• 2 tsp Sirka

• 8 tbsp Ghee

• 1 kg Chicken

• 4 tbsp Cream

• Salt as per taste

• 2 tsp Chilli powder

• 1 tsp Garam Masala

• ¼ Tomatoes, chopped

• 2 tsp Ginger-Garlic paste

• 150 gm Onions, chopped

• 4 tsp Cashewnuts, powdered


Method :

1. Remove skin of chicken and cut into big pieces.Wash and squeeze out the water.Add vinegar, salt. Allow to soak for half an hour.

2. Heat ghee in the pressure pan. Add 2-3 pieces of chicken at a time, cover ther pan and fry till brown and remove. Open it after 2 minutes.

3. In the remaining ghee fry the onions till brown.

4. Add ginger garlic paste and fry well.

5. Add chilli powder, garam masala and tomatoes. Fry till the tomatoes form a thick paste.


6. Add the fried chicken pieces and one cup of water.

7. Add salt to taste. Pressure cook for 8-10 minutes.

8. Cool the cooker for 10 minutes. Add cashew powder and simmer for 2 minutes.


9. Pour the cream on top and serve hot.



Source : TOI