Butter Chicken

Total Time: 6 hrs 35 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 6 hrs 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 lbs chicken, skinned (or 1.5 lbs boneless chicken)
• 1 cup plain yogurt
• 1 inch ginger
• 8 cloves garlic
• 2 tablespoons lime juice
• 4 inches cinnamon sticks
• 8 cloves
• 8 cardamoms
• 10 black peppercorns
• 1 tablespoon oil
• 2 1/4 lbs tomatoes
• 1 teaspoon dried fenugreek leaves (optional)
• 1 tablespoon pepper (essential)
• 1 ounce cream (optional but recommended)
• 1/2 lb butter
• fresh coriander (for garnishing)

Recipe

• 1 make a smooth paste of yogurt, garlic, ginger, lime juice, cinnamon, cloves, cardamoms, peppercorns and the oil.
• 2 marinate the chicken in this for 6 hours, in a fridge.
• 3 bake the chicken in a preheated oven for 15 minutes at 250 f (130 c).
• 4 put it aside.
• 5 cut tomatoes, put them in a pan (no water) and boil.
• 6 when the quantity has dropped by half, strain through a fine sieve.
• 7 what comes out of the sieve is the tomato sauce.
• 8 take a pan, start heating the sauce, add the butter.
• 9 when the butter is melted, add the pepper, salt, fenugreek leaves and cream.
• 10 cook for 2-3 minutes.
• 11 mix the chicken pieces into this sauce.
• 12 cover and cook on a low flame until the chicken is done.
• 13 garnish with fresh coriander and serve with rice.