Hello everybody, it is Louise, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, butter chicken/chicken tikka masala. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Butter chicken/chicken tikka masala is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions daily. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. They are nice and they look fantastic. Butter chicken/chicken tikka masala is something which I have loved my entire life.
Find out what the difference is between butter chicken and chicken tikka masala. Is there a difference at all? This video compares these two curries.
To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook butter chicken/chicken tikka masala using 21 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Butter chicken/chicken tikka masala:
- Make ready 2 boneless chicken breasts
- Make ready For marinade
- Prepare 1/2 cup hung curd (see ahead)
- Take 2 tbsp ginger garlic paste
- Make ready 1-1/2 tsp red chilli powder
- Prepare 1/2 tsp turmeric
- Make ready 2 tsp garam masala
- Get 2 tsp salt
- Make ready 2 tbsp oil for saute
- Prepare For the sauce
- Get 6 medium or 8 small tomatoes
- Prepare 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste
- Take 2 tbsp butter or ghee
- Take 2 tbsp coriander powder
- Prepare 2 tbsp garam masala
- Get to taste Salt and pepper
- Take Bayleaf, cinnamon stick 1 each
- Make ready Cardamom, clove 2 -3 each
- Take 1/2 cup heavy cooking cream
- Get 2 tbsp dried fenugreek leaves (optional)
- Prepare 1 handful fresh coriander leaves
We start off with a Chicken Tikka yoghurt marinade for chicken thighs. In case you are wondering about the difference between Chicken Tikka Masala and Butter Chicken, the main thing is the char grilled flavour of the chicken which Butter Chicken does not have. At the first sigh, butter chicken vs. chicken tikka masala looks like two the same meals and they come from India, right? These are not the same meals and there are more differences than you may believe.
Steps to make Butter chicken/chicken tikka masala:
- To prepare hung curd, hang 3 cups of plain yogurt in a muslin cloth for 4-5hours. The creamy curd left is your hung curd for marinade.
- Wash and cut the chicken in bite size pieces. Add all the marinade ingredients except oil and mix well. Leave it in the refrigerator overnight or for minimum 5 hours.
- Saute the marinated chicken in 2 tbsp oil until chicken is 3/4th cooked. Drain out on a kitchen towel and keep it covered until used to prevent drying.
- For the sauce, blanche the tomatoes in boiling water for 5-7minutes until the skin starts peeling off. Put them in an ice bath to cool. Peel the skin of the tomatoes and blend in a mixer. Seive through a colander to remove seeds. Keep this tomato puree aside.
- In a heavy bottomed pan, add 2 tbsp butter or ghee and bayleaf, cardamom, clove, and cinnamon. Saute for 30 seconds and add the ginger garlic paste. Saute again for 30 seconds or until the raw smell goes. Don't overcook or burn. Add the seived tomato puree. Add salt and coriander powder and let it cook until the tomatoes leave oil on the sides. The tomatoes splatter a lot initially so be careful. Use a cover and cook on medium flame to prevent splattering.
- Once the puree is reduced and you see oil on the sides, swtich off the flame. Add the chicken, heavy cream, garam masala and dried fenugreek leaves. Add pepper to taste and check salt. If you dont have the fenugreek leaves, use a handful of finely chopped fresh coriander leaves. Switching off is to prevent the heavy cream from curdling. Once everything is added, switch on the flame.
- Cook on low heat for 5minutes or just until the chicken is fully cooked. Dont overcook or the cream will release fat. Garnish with fresh coriander leaves. Serve hot with rice, chapati or naan with onion slices and lemon on sides…enjoy!!!!
Chicken tikka masala can be broken down into two parts: the chicken tikka part - bite-sized pieces of boneless chicken marinated in yogurt and spices I'm more inclined to think that the ancestral dish from whence chicken tikka masala grew is butter chicken, or murgh makhani, which is famous, and. It's easy to confuse these two Indian dishes: they're both chicken in a creamy, tomato-based, spicy sauce. However, Indian Butter Chicken is creamier and sweeter than Chicken Tikka Masala, which is spicier and more intensely flavored. Chicken tikka masala is marinated, skewered, barbecued meat. It's usually on the spicy side, but recipes vary.
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