Butter Chicken

Ingredients:

[Marinate]
-Chicken pieces
-Yoghurt
-Salt
-Tandoori masala
-Red chilli paste (boil the red chillies and then make
                     a paste of it after taking out the seeds from it)

[Gravy]
-Butter
-Garlic (choppped)
-Green chilli sliced
-Cumin powder
-Red chilli powder
-Garam masala
-Salt
-Cashewnut paste
-Tomato puree
-Sugar
-Cream
-Milk
-Pinch of kasuri methi powder
-Fresh corriander (here i used my own garden grown fresh corriander)

Procedure:

[Tomato puree]
-dice the tomato into small cubes
-add 2tbsp of oil and equal amount of butter in a pan and some finely
 chopped garlic and fry for a while
-add few cardamom and fry them as well
-now add the diced tomato and saute for a while to bring in the 
 pulpy texture.
-then grind the mixture in a grinder and then strain the grinded 
 mixture to separate the tomato skin and seed residue
-You'll get a nice silky texture puree.

[Marinate]
-in a blow take the ingredients for the marinate, mix well and keep it
  in refrigerator for around an hour or two.
-then add equal portion of oil and butter and fry the marinated chicken
  and keep is aside

[Gravy]
-heat a pan, add butter and immediately add garlic to prevent the butter
 from burning.
-now add the chopped green chillies, cumin powder, and red chilly
 powder and mix them properly.
-add the tomato puree and cook till the gravy thickens a bit.
-add the cashew paste and mix it properly
-as the gravy starts boiling add the fried chicken and mix well.
-now add milk to the pan as per the consistancy of gravy needed.
-once the chicken is cooked add around 3 tbsp of cream, few pinch of
garam masala and a pinch of kasuri methi powder.
-mix properly and let it simmer for a minute in low heat
-serve it hot and garnish as u like it..

*Happy Cooking*
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