Authentic indian butter chicken recipe

Ingredients

• 500 g boneless chicken, cut into bite size pieces
• 2 teaspoons . lemon juice
• 2 teaspoons . salt
• 3 tablespoons. paprika powder
• 1 tablespoons. spice mix
• 2 tablespoons. Coriander
• 1 tablespoons. cumin powder
• Whole spices: a tbsp. mixture of cinammon bark, anis seed
• 1 1/2 tablespoons. fenugreek, dried
• 3/4 cups cream
• 1/2 cup tomato puree'
• 3 tablespoons. butter
• 2 etaspoons. sugar

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Preparation

• Marinate chicken in yoghurt, lemon juice, salt, chopped ginger, minced garlic and 1/2 of paprika, cumin. Leave for an hour or 3o minutes.
• Lightly roast whole spices, then using a mortar and pestle- ground til powdery.
• In a wok or saucepan, brown chicken and set aside. Add butter and oil together, add in the spices.
• Add tomato puree, simmer a little then pour in the cream.
• Add in the chicken pieces and simmer over low fire til sauce thickens and the oil separates from the sauce- then you'll know it's ready.
• Sprinkle the dried fenugreek last.
• Serve hot with steamed Basmati rice and garlic naan.