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One pot butter chicken

A mouthwatering, creamy chicken curry cooked in a tomato based gravy loaded with butter and cream! A fitting treat for your weekend indulgence
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Servings: 8 people
Course: Dinner, Lunch, Side Dish
Cuisine: Indian, North Indian, Punjabi
Calories: 330
Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 kg boneless chicken breast sliced
  • 4 large tomatoes roughly chopped
  • 1 large onion roughly chopped
  • 5-6 cloves garlic roughly chopped
  • 1½ inch ginger roughly chopped
  • 2 tbsp ginger-garlic paste
  • 2-3 fresh chilis roughly chopped
  • ¼ cup cashews soaked in water for 20 minutes
  • 1 tbsp tomato paste or tomato ketchup
  • ½ cup cream
  • 4 tbsp kasuri methi (dried fenugreek leaves) toasted
  • 1 tbsp garam masala
  • 1 tbsp Kashmiri chili powder for the colour
  • ½ tsp turmeric powder
  • 1 tbsp sugar
  • 4-6 tbsp butter
  • 2 tbsp oil
  • salt to taste

Equipment

  • Shallow cooking pot with lid

Method
 

  1. Rub the chicken pieces with some salt, red chili powder, ginger and garlic paste. Keep this aside for 15 minutes
    in a grinder
  2. Meanwhile, place the chopped tomatoes, onions, ginger, garlic and chilis in your cooking pot with ½ cup water and cook over medium flame. Once the tomatoes soften (in around 15 minutes) along with the onions, turn the flame off and let it cool
  3. Then run this, along with the cashews, in a grinder to make a smooth paste. Strain this mixture in a bowl and discard the tomato peels and seeds - this ensures a smooth curry
  4. Heat the cooking pot with 2 tablespoons butter and the oil and sauteé the chicken pieces, until completely cooked. Set these aside
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  5. In the same pan, add the strained tomato-onion puree´, butter, tomato paste, salt and sugar, mix well and cook this for about 5-7 minutes
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  6. Add the cooked chicken pieces, the cream, chili powder, garam masala and the kasuri methi. Simmer over medium low flame for another 7-10 minutes
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  7. Garnish the yummy one pot butter chicken with some more fresh cream and kasuri methi and serve hot with naan and/or rice. Enjoy!
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Notes

  • To make the toasted kasuri methi simply dry roast it for two minutes on a skillet, remove and then use
  • tbsp - tablespoon
  • tsp - teaspoon