BUTTER CHICKEN

Ingredients
For butter chicken:
1 whole chicken (approximately 800 gm)
400 gm tomato (blanched and pureed)
2tsp ginger paste
¾ tsp garlic paste
4gm cardamoms
2 cloves
½ cup cream
1 stick of cinnamon 2tbs cashew nut paste
1tsp red chili powder
2tbs butter 1 green chilly salt to taste

Method:

For butter chicken
Wash and cut the chicken into 8 pieces.

Heat butter in a heavy –bottomed pan.

Fry green chili, ginger and garlic paste; add tomatoes and all dry masalas cook till masala is done.

Add chicken pieces fry for 10 minutes along with masala.

Then add 1 cup of hot water cover and cook till chicken is done.

Add cream; simmer over a low flame for 2-3 minutes.

Serve it hot with tandoori roti and onion rings.
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