Butter Chicken
Butter Chicken
Chicken marinade
1.5 lb chicken breast cubed
1/2 cup plain yogurt
2 tsp garam masala
1 tsp tumeric powder
1 tsp ground cumin
1 tbsp freshly grated ginger or 1 tbsp of ginger powder
1 clove minced garlic
1 tsp lemon juice
Tomato purée (this makes enough for two rounds of this recipe)
1 can of 14.5 oz diced tomato
2 tbsp of roasted peanuts (can substitute with peanut butter)
Curry
2 tbsp butter
1 cup heavy cream
1 tsp salt
1 tbsp sugar
Marinade chicken
Combine the chicken marinade ingredients into a large bowl and mix.
Let sit for 10 minutes.
Make tomato purée
In a blender, add the entire can of tomato and peanuts then blend until you get a purée.
Cook curry
In a heated pan, add butter.
Add the entire bowl of marinated chicken to the pan. Cook for 10 minutes on high heat.
Add 1 cup of the tomato purée (which should be half of the total purée you made with an entire can of tomato).
Add cream, salt, and sugar.
Cook for 20 minutes.
To increase the aesthetics, you can finish by adding some extra cream and also garnish with cilantro.