South Indian butter chicken

8 servings Prep: 15 mins, Cooking: 30 mins
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The traditional butter chicken.

By Food24 December 09 2011
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Ingredients (20)

60 g butter
15 ml oil
1 kg chicken breast fillets — cubed
2 onions — medium, finely chopped
20 ml garam masala
20 ml coriander — ground
20 ml garlic and ginger paste
10 ml cumin — ground
20 ml cayenne pepper
5 ml salt
3 cardamom — pods
5 black peppercorns — whole
150 ml yoghurt — natural
60 ml tomato purée
150 ml milk — or water
3 curry leaves
15 ml cornflour
200 ml cream
fresh coriander
spring onions
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Method:

Heat butter and oil in a pot.

Sear the chicken pieces until they are brown.

Remove from pot.

In same pot, fry onions until they are golden and soft, adding a little water to cook onions till soft.

In a separate bowl, blend together all the spices, yoghurt, tomato purée and chicken pieces.

Add this to the onions.

Add the milk and curry leaves and simmer for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Mix the cornflour with the cream and add to the chicken.

Cook for a further 10 – 15 minutes.

Garnish with fresh coriander and chopped green onions.

Serve with naan bread.

Reprinted with permission of Shanaaz Parker.



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