Butter Chicken or Tofu
- Ready In:
- 8hrs 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 19
- Serves:
-
5
ingredients
- 2 lbs chicken, washed skin and fat removed and cut into bite sizes
- 1 large onion, pureed
- 2 tablespoons ginger paste
- 2 tablespoons garlic paste
- 3 medium tomatoes, pureed
- 2 tablespoons garam masala
- 4 bay leaves
- 1 teaspoon turmeric
- 2 teaspoons chili powder
- 1 tablespoon dried fenugreek leaves
- 1⁄2 cup butter
- 2 tablespoons butter, for basting
- 1 cup whipping cream
- 1 cup plain yogurt
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1⁄2 teaspoon of natural red food coloring
- green chili
- cilantro (to garnish)
- salt
directions
- marinade chicken or tofu.
- In a baking dish place chicken or tofu pieces pour lemon juice on top. Add.
- a pinch of salt mix and leave aside for 15 minutes
- whisk together yogurt 1 tsbp of the garam marsala, food colouring, 1 tsp of the garlic 1 tbsp of the ginger.
- Add to the baking dish. mix and coat pieces.
- Refrigerate for 8 hours.
- Baking instructions.
- Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
- mix the remaining spices in a pot and cook on low heat with a bit of the butter add the remaining garlic and ginger cook for about a minute sautee.
- add tomato and onion cook for about 10 mins on meduim heat
- turn off heat.
- add cream and butter
- now pour mixture over chicken in baking dish mix until pieces are all coated.
- cover the dish and bake untill meat is done about 20 minutes. stir in fress cilantro and serve.
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