Butter Chicken Masala

Preparation Of  Butter Chicken Masala

Butter Chicken Masala

Butter chicken masala is  a very popular dish in india. It is a mild flavor and deliciously rich gravy.This butter chicken masala recipeis themost popular dish in Indian restaurants. If u talk to non-indians about Indian food they will tell u few dishes and on of them is butter chicken. Because they always know about butter chicken masala. First time 1 tried this recipe at the resturent. I just loved this recipe. Then I have decided to try this recipe at my own kitchen. I find this recipe a book and also search web side. Finally I got this recipe and after that I recreate all recipe in my mind and then cooked butter chicken masala. I have used for this recipe fresh cream in the gravy. But it is also made cream substitute that some pureed cashew paste for  a different flavor. I made this recipe for a get together . I served this butter chicken masala with plain nun. This recipe is really superb. So try this recipe. Lets start this recipe. Hope you will try this recipe and you must enjoy this recipe.

 Ingredients

• 1 medium sized chicken.(800gm)- cut in to pieces.
• 1 pieces of lemon juice
• ½ tsp chilli powder
• 1 tsp salt or to test
• 1 cup dahi- hung for 30 minutes in a muslin cloth
• 2 tbsp thick malai or 2 tbsp cream
• 1 tbsp ginger-garlic paste.
• 1 tbsp kasoori methi(dry fenugreek lesves)
• Few drops of orange red colour(optional)
• ½ tsp black salt
• 1 tsp garam masala
• 1cup milk
• 2 tbsp cream
• 2 tbsp butter
• 2-3tbsp oil

For paste ingredients

• 2’` piece of ginger
• 10 flakes of garlic
• 2 cups readymade tomato puree
• 4tbsp kaju(cashewnuts)
• 1 tsp garammasala
• ½ tsp sugar or to teste
• ½ tsp salt or test

Method

• At first wash and part dry the chicken pieces. Then prick all pieces with afork on all sides.
• Juice the lemon. Rub lemon juice, salt & chilli powder on the chicken and mix it then keep aside for ½ hour.
• Then mix ingredients for marinade- 1cup dahi, 2 tbsp malai or 2 tbsp cream, 1 tbsp ginger- garlic paste, 1 tbsp kasoori methi, ½ tsp black salt,1 tsp garam masala, few drops orange red colour(optinal).
• After that add all marinate mixture in to the c hicken and mix well. Keep aside for 3-4 hours in the fridge.
• Now set your microwave oven at 180⁰C using the oven (convection) mode and start to preheat.
• Now take grease the wire rack or grill rack. Put chicken pieces on the greased rack and place it hot oven. Place a try covered with alumimium foil in the oven, underneath the chicken to collect the drippings.
• Re-set the preheated oven again at 180⁰ C for 20 minutes. Cook thepieces for 20minutesor tillcooked. Then remove from oven. Keep tandoori chicken aside.
• Grind all the paste ingredients for a smooth paste in a mixture.
• For gravy ,put butter,oil and the prepared paste in a microwave bowl. Mix well and microwave for 8 minutes.
• Add about 1.5 cups of water, mix and microwave for 6 minutes. Stir once inbetween.
• Add tandoori chicken. Cover and microwave for 3 minutes.
• Now remove from oven and letit cool down till serving time.
• Add milk and microwave for 2 minutes
• Add cream and garam masala. mix it. Now serve it hot with nun/ ruti/pollao.