BUTTER CHICKEN

Prep Time : 15 mins
Cooking Time : 30 mins
Serve : 4

INGREDIENTS
Chicken pieces - 500 gms
Onion paste - 2 onion
Ginger paste - 1 tsp
Garlic paste - 1 tsp
Red chilly powder - 1 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1 tsp
Orange food color - 1/2 tsp
Salt - to taste
Sugar - 1 tsp
Black cardamom - 1
Green cardamom - 1
Mace - 1 piece
Cinnamon - 1 inch stick
Whole black pepper 2 - 3
Cloves - 2 - 3
Kashmiri mirch powder - 1 tsp
Tomato puree - 2 tbsp
Cream - 2 tbsp
Clarified butter - 2 tbsp
Mustard oil - 1/2 cup

METHOD
Marinate chicken with 1/2 tsp ginger,1/2 tsp garlic,red chilly powder turmeric powder,salt and orange food color.
Keep aside for an hour.
Heat butter in a pan. and shallow fry the marinated chicken
Cover it and cook in a low flame until dried
Make a paste of whole spices.
Heat clarified butter and oil in a pan.
Add onion paste,1/2 tsp ginger paste,1/2 tsp garlic paste,kashmiri red chilly powder and whole spices paste and saute for 5 - 7 mins until oil separated.
Add tomato puree, and sugar and mix well.
Add fried chicken pieces,fresh cream and one cup of water and bring to boil.
Cook on a low flame for 5 mins
Serve hot.