Friday, October 23, 2009

Delicious Butter Chicken with the Restaurant Taste

Butter Chicken


Hi everyone ! So Diwali is behind us now and so are all the rich sweets and treats. So it's time for something different now. I tried out this Butter Chicken a few days back and it turned out pretty good and tasted just like the restaurant one we get in India. I checked out a recipe from http://www.videojug.com/ which is a fabulous site with very clear and step-by-step easy videos on how to make lots and lots of delicious recipes. Do check it out yourself sometime. I almost followed the entire recipe just as shown except for one step, and that is regarding pre-cooking the chicken. On videojug they have sauteed the chicken before adding it to the curry but I find that makes the chicken very chewy. So I grilled the chicken breasts in the oven until completely cooked and then cut them into bitesize pieces.

You will need…
2 chicken breasts,
2 tbsp vegetable oil
2 tbsp butter
1 onion, chopped
¼ tsp cinnamon
1 tsp garlic, crushed
1 tsp ginger, crushed
½ tsp ground turmeric
1 tsp chilli powder
2 tbsp ground almonds
220 g can of whole peeled tomatoes/ or chopped tomatoes
1 tbsp tomato paste
1 tbsp natural yoghurt
2 tbsp fresh coriander or spinach, chopped ,
1 heaped tblspn kasoori methi (which was not in the original recipe )
salt and
pepper

Murg Makhani



Method:
Step 1:
Smother the chicken breasts with the vegetable oil and season well with salt and pepper
Step 2:
Grill the chicken breasts in the oven at approx 200 deg C for around 30 mins or until completely cooked .
Step 3: After removing from oven let it rest for a few minutes before cutting it into bite-size pieces and put it aside
Step 4:
In a frying pan melt the butter.
Step 5:
Fry the onion with the cinnamon.
Now add the onion and cinnamon and fry together in the pan.
Step 6:
Add the remaining ingredients.
At this point add the crushed garlic, crushed ginger, turmeric, chilli powder, almonds, peeled tomatoes, tomato paste and the natural yoghurt. Stir all of the ingredients together and mix thoroughly.
Step 7:
Bring to the boil and cook.
Bring the ingredients to a boil and stir for 4-5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
Step 8:
Add the chicken.
Put the chicken back into the pan and combine with the other ingredients.

In last stage of cooking add the kasoori methi. Before adding it microwave it for a few seconds and then crush it slightly between your fingers to release it's flavour.
Step 9:
Add the fresh coriander.
To compliment the dish, garnish with coriander,or fresh spinach ,or finely chopped spring onions and mix with the sauce.
Step 10:
Serve steaming hot and eat up with Naan Bread or Rice!

13 comments:

chakhlere said...

WOW!! Butter chicken looks nice and yummy!

I wanna try this out...will make your way now!!

Finla said...

I am sure bookmarking this. Delicous.

Dori said...

One of my daughters absolute favorites, looks awesome :)

Sanghi said...

Yummy blog anu.. Am following! Do check mine @ Sanghi-tastybites.blogspot.com

Anonymous said...

Hi

In all the Butter chicken recipes I have read Kasuri Methi is an ingredient used. This does not figure in your recipe. Will this not affect the taste of the authentic dish.

Neville
Toronto

Anupama said...

Hi Anonymous, Thanks for that comment. Actually I did add Kasoori Methi to the dish at the last stage of cooking. I forgot to mention that completely though. I microwaved a tblspn of Kasoori Methi for a few seconds to crisp it up a bit and also because that brings out it's flavour even more. Than I crushed it by hand and then added it to the finished dish. Thanks again. I will add that to the recipe post

suvi said...

butter chicken is one of our all time faves! looks yum!

Simi Tresa Antony said...

hey anu,

chicken looks so yummy....amm drooling....very nice presentation!!!

zobars said...

hi Anupama, it is the last day of 2009 and you haven't posted in so long so I was just wondering if all is well. Happy new year to you and your family.

Kalai said...
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zobars said...

Hi Anupama, long time no posts. Hope you are okay. Take care.

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