Indian Cooking Recipe : Butter Chicken

Ingredients :
1 whole chicken
2 tomatoes puree in a blender
2 onions, chopped
1 tbsp ginger-garlic paste
15 cashew nuts paste
1 ½ tbsp butter
3 tbsp cream
1 tsp chilli powder
Oil for frying
salt to taste
For the marinade :
1 tbsp tandoori masala
½ tbsp garam masala (cloves, cinnamon and cardamom
powdered)
2 tbsp lime juice
½ tsp jeera
5 tbsp yoghurt
Method :
Marinate the chicken in the marinade for 1 whole hour.
Heat oil in a non-stick pan and fry the chicken for
10 minutes.
Remove the chicken and keep aside.
In the remaining oil fry add the chopped onions till
golden , then add the ginger-garlic paste and fry
sprinkling little water now and then, till the oil
separates.
Add the cashew paste, chilli powder, tomato paste
and cook for 10 mins.
Add the butter and the cream and the chicken.
Mix well and cook till done.
Garnish with coriander.
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