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Butter chicken
How is butter chicken made?
Sumitha Nachappa, Toli Chowki
K.Sreevani, Kukatpally
Sagarika
FOR THE ingredients one needs: Chicken curry cut - 1kg; hung curd 200 gms; chilli powder; 20 gms; coriander powder - 50 gms; ginger-garlic paste; 25 gms; salt to taste; tomatoes - 4 kgs; sugar 50 gms; kasoori methi - 15 gms; garam masala powder 10 gms; chopped coriander; 5 gms; butter 250 gms; cream ½ litre; ghee 250 ml; lemon juice - 50 ml.
Method: Marinate chicken curry cut in yoghurt, chilli powder, half the ginger-garlic paste, salt and lemon juice. Allow to stand for two hours. Skewer chicken and cook in a tandoor.
For gravy: Boil tomatoes remove skin and puree well.
Add ginger-garlic paste, chilli powder, butter, ghee and cook. When tomatoes are cooked fully, add the chicken and cook over slow fire. Finish with cream, chopped coriander, kasoori methi, salt and garam masala.
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