Kerala Style Butter Chicken

Ingredientsfor 4 servings

• 1 kg Chicken boneless
• 2 nos Onion — chopped
• 2 nos Tomato — chopped
• 2 tsp Ginger Paste
• 6 Cloves Garlic Paste
• 2 tbsp Chilly powder
• 3 tbsp Coriander powder
• 11/2 tsp Turmeric powder
• 1 tsp Garam masala
• 1 tbsp Chicken masala
• Coriander leaves, a few
• Curry leaves, a few
• 1/2 cup Almonds
• 1/2 cup Cashew nuts

Preparation

1. Step 1

   For preparing the dish, cut chicken into medium sized pieces and marinate with a pinch of turmeric powder, salt and pepper powder.

2. Step 2

   Cook onion, ginger, garlic paste and tomato until tomato gets well blended.

3. Step 3

   Add all the curry powders: chilly powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder and garam masala powder and chicken masala. cook nicely.

4. Step 4

   Switch off the stove and allow gravy to cool.

5. Step 5

   After cooling, grind the masala gravy to a fine paste.

6. Step 6

   Grind the soaked almonds and cashew nuts to a fine paste and set aside.

7. Step 7

   Fry the ground masala gravy in oil till oil splits from gravy.

8. Step 8

   Add the chicken and cook till chicken becomes tender.

9. Step 9

   To make the gravy thick, add the ground almond cashew paste. Add curry leaves, coriander leaves and Stir everything together thoroughly.

10. Step 10

    Finally, add butter pieces and decorate curry. Serve Kerala Style Butter Chicken hot with parathas and naans.