Butter Chicken: Make this Butter Chicken and you will forget everything else. Tandoori Chicken bonus recipe

Ingredients

• 2 Whole Chicken, cut into half, Chicken
• 2 tsp Lemon juice
• Salt to taste
• 2 tsp Ginger Garlic paste
• 2 tbsp Mustard oil
• 1 ¼ cup Hung curd curd (yogurt)
• 2 tbsp Degi red chili powder, Degi Lal Mirch Powder
• ½ tbsp Roasted gram flour
• 1 tsp Black peppercorns, crushed
• 1 heaped tbsp Ginger Garlic paste
• Salt to taste
• 1 tbsp Mustard oil
• 2 heaped tbsp Ghee
• 2 no. Bay leaf
• ½ inch Cinnamon stick
• 3 no. large Onions, roughly chopped
• 6 no. large Tomatoes, roughly chopped, Tomato
• 1 tbsp Oil
• ½ tsp Turmeric powder
• 2 tbsp Degi red chili powder, Degi Lal Mirch Powder
• 1 tbsp Coriander powder
• Salt to taste
• 1 cup Water
• 1 cup Curd, beaten, curd (yogurt)
• 3 no. Green cardamom
• 2 cup Water
• 10-12 no. Cashew Nuts
• 2 tbsp Ghee
• Marinated chicken
• Prepared Gravy
• 1 cup Water
• Salt to taste
• 2 tbsp Honey
• 3-4 tbsp Butter, cubed, butter
• Salt to taste
• Cooked chicken
• ¼ cup Fresh cream
• 2-3 tbsp Butter, cubed, butter
• 1 tbsp dry Fenugreek leaves, crushed, kasuri methi (dried fenugreek leaves)
• Coal
• Butter, cubed
• Fresh cream, fresh Fenugreek leaves, crushed, kasuri methi (dried fenugreek leaves)
• Coriander sprig, coriander leaves

Steps

1. In a bowl, add chicken, salt to taste, lemon juice, ginger garlic paste and apply generously all over the chicken.
2. Keep it aside to marinate for 15-20 minutes.
3. In a bowl, add mustard oil, hung curd, degi red chili powder, roasted gram flour, crushed black peppercorns, ginger garlic paste, salt to taste, mustard oil and mix it well.
4. Add marinated chicken and marinate it well.
5. Keep it aside for further use,
6. In a handi, add ghee, once it’s hot, add bay leaf, cinnamon stick, onions and saute it for a while until golden brown.
7. Add tomatoes, oil, turmeric powder, degi red chili powder, coriander powder, salt to taste and saute it for 5-6 minutes on medium flames.
8. Add water, curd and cook it well for a while.
9. Add green cardamom, water, cashew nuts, let it cook for 10-12 minutes until mushy and cooked well.
10. Transfer it to a mixer grinder jar and grind it into a smooth paste.
11. Keep it aside for further use.
12. In a grill pan, add ghee, once it’s hot, place marinated chicken and grill it for 5-6 minutes on each side until half cooked.
13. Transfer it to a tray and keep it aside for further use.
14. In the same handi, add prepared gravy, water to adjust the consistency, salt to taste, honey, butter and give it a quick boil.
15. Add salt to taste, cooked chicken, fresh cream, butter and cook it for 7-8 minutes on medium flames until cooked well.
16. Finish it with fenugreek leaves and mix it well.
17. Place a small steel bowl in the middle, add burnt coal, butter, cover it with a lid and give it smoke for 2-3 minutes.
18. Transfer it to a serving bowl, garnish it with fresh cream, dry fenugreek leaves and coriander sprig.
19. Serve hot.