Butter chicken recipe

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Created by Zahid's Kitchen

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Rating:

3/ 5 stars 8 Votes

Cuisine: Indian
Servings: Serves 4
Cooking Time: Less than 30 minutes
Course: Main

Ingredients

300g chicken, washed and cut into small pieces
2 cinnamon sticks
salt to taste
handful cashews and almonds ground into a smooth paste
2 teaspoons ginger and garlic paste
¼ teaspoon turmeric powder
2 teaspoons chilli powder
1 teaspoon coriander powder
1 chopped onion
1½ teaspoons orange food colouring
3 teaspoons butter
2 teaspoons oil
2 tomatoes, blended smoothly

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Preparation

Fry onions in oil until transparent.

Add cinnamon and fry. Add ginger and garlic paste, along with a little water. Stir continuously.

Add turmeric, chilli, coriander powder and salt and mix well.

Pour in tomato puree, cashew and almond paste. Mix well with water.

When mixture starts to boil, add the chicken that has been mixed with a little colouring. Add sufficient water for the chicken to boil.

Allow gravy to thicken according to taste. Add butter.

Remove from heat and serve hot with parathas.

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Comments (3)

09 May 2012 10:54 AEST

Michelle

Albany

No imagination

Sometimes you just need to make a little change to suit your taste. I use a 410g of tomato puree for extra flavour instead of the tomatoes, add a little extra of the spices and probably use a bit more than a handful of nuts for the paste and then just add water a little at a time until it looks right. I don't even add the chilli to it because my kids won't eat it. My husband just adds some homemade sweet chilli sauce to his before he eats it. And it gets devoured. I say give it a try.

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21 Feb 2012 10:51 AEST

mitch

perth

what form of witchcraft is this?

I just wanna start by saying I never write reviews because its a personal opinion but this needs to be done. This is undoubtedly the most bland curry in the history of man kind. The instructions are poor and this recipe should never be repeated. I beg you not to make this unearthly creation its for your own safety and well being. I'm not sure whether I'll make it throw the night.... p.s chicken was good

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22 Jul 2010 12:12 AEST

Luke

Box Hill North

water?

how much water do I add?

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