Butter Chicken Masala - Restaurant Style

Butter chicken masala is a chicken curry in tomato based gravy, is extremely popular in india especially restaurants. It is a better side dish for naan, paratta, and chapathi, etc... It is a mild flavour gravy and deliciously rich tomato gravy.. The main think is dry fenugreek leaves give aromatic flavour to the recipe.ANd also adding fresh cream to the gravy gives sweetness and little bit tangy while having this gravy...

Preparation time : 15 mins

Cooking time : 20 mins

Serve - 4

INGREDIENTS :

Chicken - 1/2 kg (boneless)

Tomato puree - 2 cup

Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp

Green chilli - 3 (sliced)

Red chilli powder - 2 tsp

Instant butter chicken masala - 2 tsp

Garam masala - 1 tspn

Fresh cream - 1/2 cup

Corn flour - 1 tbsp

Butter - 5 tspn

Salt - to taste

Coriander leaves - few

METHOD :

• Marinate the cut chicken pieces in corn starch, chilli powder, lemon juice, and some salt.
• In a kadai add butter and put in the chichen pieces and just sear the chicken pieces till it is pink in colour and remove it and set aside.
• Melted butter in the same kadai and add chilli and ginger garlic paste.
• Pour in the tomato puree and mix well, put in the instant butter masala and cook untill oil separates from it.
• Add salt, add in the chicken pieces with osme water and cover and cook till the chicken is completely done.
• Now  add in the fresh cream and mix well and switch off the flame.
• Add in the rest of the butter and garnish with coriander leaves.

PICTORIAL :

Marinate items

Mix chicken with marinate

Evenly

Add butter 

Add in marinated chicken

Sear the chicken in the butter 

When its colour change 

Transfer into a bowl and keep aside

Take your ingredients

Add in butter in the same kadai

Add in chilli

Ginger garlic paste

Add in tomato puree

Mix it

Add butter chicken masala

Add in chicken pieces...

Cook untill oil separates

Add in coriander leaves

Now add fresh cream and off the stove

Now it's ready

Serve

In top add fresh cream and butter

Butter chicken masala is my favorite dish. Each one have their way to make butter chicken masala, but i didn't use onions in it...only i use tomato puree. It is very quick and simple dish and delicious, to have it with naan. So please try it ......and comment about the recipe.......