Quick Butter Chicken

Quick Butter Chicken

Ingredients:

1. 1 kg chicken (leg pieces)
2. 2-3 tbsps white oil
3. 2 tbsps red chilli powder
4. 2 tbsps ginger paste
5. 1 tbsps cumin paste/powder
6. 1 tbsps coriander paste/powder
7. 1 tbsps paprika
8. 4-5 green chilli
9. 1 cup curd
10. 50 gm melted butter
11. 5-6 cashew nut (grinding)
12. 1/2 cups fresh cream
13. 2 tbsps sugar
14. 2 tbsps lemon juice
15. 3-4 green cardamom
16. 4-5 cinnamon stick
17. 1 tbsps vinegar
18. 1 onion paste
19. 1 tomato paste
20. Salt to taste
21. 2 tbsps garam masala (cardamon,clove,cinnamon stick)

Preparation:

• Marinate chicken leg pieces with vinegar, salt and red chilli powder for half an hour.
• Take a pan add 3-4 green cardamom and 4-5 cinnamon stick.
• Fry it for few seconds.
• Now add 2 tbsps sugar.
• Add onion and tomato paste.
• Add ginger paste.
• Stir and cook for 3-4 minues.
• After that add marinated chicken.
• Mix and add cumin powder, coriander powder.
• Add paprika.
• Stir well and add beaten curd.
• cook for 3-4 minues.
• There after pour melted butter.
• Cover the pan for few (10-15 ) minutes.
• Stir and add garam masala powder.
• Add fresh cream in it.
• Reduce heat and cover the pan again.
• When oil comes out from masala and gravy become thickness, remove the pan from heat.
• Add lemon juice.
• Garnish with green chilli and grind cashew nut.

          Serve hot with plain rice.

Tips----

            Fresh cream should be add lastly for better taste.