My favourite non-veg recipe

Butter chicken is one of my favorite recipe in non-veg, and I most frequently cooked it. It is a North Indian dish and it is dressed in Indian spices like garam masala, cumin powder, turmeric, cinnamon tang, and butter chicken sauce. It is also known as "Murg Makhani". Here is my recipe for butter chicken, I hope you will like this.

Butter Chicken recipe made by Mandeep Kaur

Ingredients:

• 200 gm chicken breast (boneless)
• 1 onion chopped
• 1 tsp garlic paste
• 1/2 tsp garam masala
• 1/2 cup tomato puree
• 1 tsp ginger paste
• Salt to taste
• 1 tsp red chilli powder
• 2 tsp vegetable oil
• 1 can of butter chicken sauce
• 1 cup yogurt
• 1/2 cup cream (optional)
• 1 fresh lemon
• 2 Cinnamon and 2 cloves (roasted)
• Cardamom seeds
• Cumin
• Coriander leaves for garnishing

Preparation:

Take the boneless chicken and mix it with lemon juice, salt, and red chilli powder. Allow it to marinate for 1/2 hour. Grind the cinnamon, cloves and cardamom seeds together. Mix the yogurt with whole spices powder including turmeric powder, cumin, garam masala; then marinate the chicken in yogurt for 1 hour by dipping in it. Then add 2 tsp vegetable oil and heat it, add the chopped onion and cooked until they become light golden in color add 1 tsp of garlic, ginger paste. Stir continuously for 1 minute. Now add the chicken from mixture that we just made, fry till chicken turn pinkish to light brown color. Add the tomato puree, butter chicken sauce, cream, and the remaining yogurt-spices mixture. Cook until the gravy become thick and reduced to half of its original volume. Now take the large bowl and pour the cooked chicken into it. Melt the butter in another pan on stove, and pour it on the chicken to enhance the look and taste. Garnish it with coriander leave and serve it with "Naan" or rice.

Nutritional Facts

Calories in Butter Chicken

Serving Size: 1 serving

Amount Per Serving

• Calories370.0
• Total Fat9.0 g
• Saturated Fat4.5 g
• Polyunsaturated Fat0.0 g
• Monounsaturated Fat0.0 g
• Cholesterol45.0 mg
• Sodium700.0 mg
• Potassium52.0 mg
• Total Carbohydrate52.0 g
• Dietary Fiber2.0 g
• Sugars2.0 g
• Protein21.0 g
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Reference

SPARKPEOPLE. (2015, March 5). Retrieved from SPERKPEOPLE: http://www.sparkpeople.com/calories-in.asp?food=indian+butter+chicken