Butter Chicken (Mukhanee)



Ingredients

  1. 3 lbs. chicken drumsticks/ thighs/ sliced breast pieces
  2. 1 tbsp. oil
  3. 1 tsp. ginger paste
  4. 1 tsp. garlic paste
  5. 3 tsp. chilli powder (optional)
  6. 1 cup yogurt or buttermilk
  7. 1 cup sour cream
  8. 1/2 tomato puree
  9. 4 oz. butter
  10. 6 cardamoms
  11. 6 cloves
  12. 2 sticks cinnamon
  13. 3 tsp. salt or to taste
Method
Heat the oil in a large saucepan. Fry the ginger, garlic, cardamoms, cinnamon and cloves on medium low heat for a minute, and add the chicken with the yogurt or buttermilk, tomato puree, sour cream, chilli powder and salt. Cook on medium low heat, stirring occasionally, for half an hour, keeping the saucepan covered with a lid. Add butter before serving.

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