Indian Butter Chicken

Dr. Emily Foster

By Dr. Emily Foster

Serves: 3

Cooking Time: 45 Minutes

Ingredients:

  • 400 gm chicken sliced / chunks4 large onions2-3 cinnamon sticks4 laung / cloves2 tej pata / bay leaf1 Tbsp garlic paste2 cardamom5-6 (or one tin )large red tomatoesSalt to taste1/2 tsp red chilli or more if you want it really spicy1/2 tsp coriander powder1/4 tsp haldi / turmeric3-4 green chillies slit from the middle and de seededFresh coriander for garnish1/4 cup yogurt/curd2 tsp oil

Method:

Take a pan and put 2 tsp oil. Not too much cause there will be oil coming out of chicken as well.

Now add onion cut in long slices, cinnamon, tej pata, cardamom, garlic paste. Saute all this in oil nicely til the onion gets little brown.

close your gas and let the onions cool. Once they are little cool, churn / blend all this with chopped tomatoes and the curd / yogurt till you have a smooth paste.

Note: Do not wash the pan in which onion was cooked before and let the left over oil of onions be in the pan.

Now take the earlier pan and saute chicken in left over oil of onion.

After chicken is almost done, add the onion, tomato/curd paste with chicken and cook.

Add salt to taste, red chilli, coriander powder, haldi, green chillies.

Finally let chicken get cook until the oil comes out and starts floating on the top.

The color of the tomatoes should change to a nice red by now.

Garnish it with coriander before serving.

Source: NDTV.com

AUTHOR

Dr. Emily Foster

Dr. Emily Foster

Dr. Emily Foster is Holistic Health Expert & Certified Lifestyle Medicine Practitioner. With over 15 years of experience in the health care industry, Dr. Foster has dedicated her career to empowering individuals to take control of their health through natural and lifestyle-based approaches. She holds a Doctorate in Naturopathic Medicine and is a certified Lifestyle Medicine Practitioner. Dr. Foster is passionate about educating the public on the benefits of natural health and sustainable living. Dr. Foster has contributed to numerous peer-reviewed journals and popular health magazines. She is a regular columnist for "Health and Wellness Today" and has been featured in "Natural Living Magazine," "Diabetes Care Journal," and "Nutrition and Health Review."