Butter Chicken

[Al Baitel 'ateeq]

Ingredients
- 1 onion, chopped
- 1 1/2 tbs garlic & ginger puree
- 400g can chopped tomatoes
- chilli powder
- pinch of sugar
- 30g ghee or 2 tbs oil
- 125ml water
- 1 tbs tomato puree
- 40g butter, chopped
- 1/2 tsp each of garam masala, ground cumin & ground coriander
- 8 cooked tandoori chicken pieces [i cut up a fillet into bite size pieces]
- 4 tbs cream
- salt and pepper
- chopped cashew nuts and fresh coriander sprigs to garnish

Method
Put the onion and ginger into a food processor and whiz until a paste is formed. Add the tomatoes, chilli powder, sugar and salt and blend again.

Melt the ghee in a pan. Add the tomato mixture and water and stir in the puree. Bring to the boil, then reduce and simmer for 5 mins until the sauce thickens.

Stir in half the butter, the garam masala, cumin and coriander. Add the chicken and simmer for about 10mins.

Lightly beat the cream in a small bowl with some of the hot sauce mixture, then beat into the pan. Add the remaining butter and mix through. Garnish and serve with rice.

[Asrah]

Yum! Sis, would you know if i can use an alternative to garam masala? I can't find it here in Lebanon.

[Al Baitel 'ateeq]

Sorry sis i have no idea, but apparently you can make your own. Here's one link

[Asrah]

Jazakillahu khairan sis. I thought garam masala was a type of spice, not a mix of different types of spices. I'll try that some day inshallah.

[Al Baitel 'ateeq]

wa iyyaakum. Well mine looked nothing like the pic as i used bite size pieces and it was also more soupy.



Trust me, there's chicken in there somewhere, as well as some mushrooms.