Butter Chicken Curry with Roti

 

This past weekend, made butter chicken curry for the very first time. I must say, from my friends and colleagues reaction, this was a winner! Below is a list of the ingredients and a quick prep tip.

 

Ingredients:

Shan Spices Butter Chicken mix

Plain yoghurt

Fresh Tomatoes

Fresh Cream

Onion

Coriander

Butter

1 kg Chicken Cubes

Heap of garlic

Lemon Juice

Roti (from my favourite spice shop) 

Quick Cooking Tip:

Cut chicken fillet into small cubes

Marinade chicken for 1-3 hours with Shan's butter chicken mix,

2/3 spoons of plain yogurt, heap of garlic and 2 spoons of lemon juice.

In hot pan, fry chicken in small amount of butter/oil for 3-5 minutes

In another pot boil tomatoes for 10 minutes.

Drain and remove skin from tomatoes

Blend tomatoe with half an onion (onion not essential)

Add tomatoe puree to the chicken pot

Cover and cook on low heat for about 15-20 minutes

Add butter and cook for additional 5 minutes

Add cream.

Stir and remove from heat.

Add coriander 

Serve hot :)

 

And that ladies and gents, is how I created this amazing butter chicken curry, served with Roti .

Try it out and let me know how it tastes.