Monday, June 22, 2009

N Maima's Butter chicken

  1. Chicken breast, cut in thin long slices
  2. Tandoori masala
  3. 4 tbsp wheat
  4. Sour cream- I small tub
  5. Onion-2 small
  6. ginger-garlic paste-4 tbsp
  7. butter
  8. oil
  9. salt
  10. bay leaf,cloves,cardamom
  11. cinnamon powder
  12. saffron
Make saffron rice, using rice flavored with a little butter, salt,2 cloves, 2 cardamoms and when cooked add a tsp of saffron soaked in 4 tbsp of milk. Set aside. Marinate chicken in tandoori masala,5 tbsp sour cream ( beaten with 2 tbsp wheat) , ginger garlic paste,onion slices, salt and 2 tbsp oil. Set aside overnight.
Cover with foil and cook on broil ( for about 30-45 mins) till chicken is tender. In a separate pan, add some butter, give chauk of bay leaf,ginger-garlic paste,onion, 2 tsp tandoori masala,4 tbsp sourcream ( beaten with 2 tbsp wheat). Heat over low heat . Add chicken and cook till the whole gravy is homogenous and there is no more water of chicken left. Get a platter. Place saffron rice in a mound and layer the chicken on top. Garnish with cilantro.

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