EASY BUTTER CHICKEN

It is a weekend, we do not mind spending a little more time in the kitchen. These days I am perhaps getting more of impatient, I am always in the lookout for easy recipes that takes less of time to cook. I actually never had this thing called patience, the mother says this. The father, myself and the brother had been the impatient kind, the mother has the the cool in any situation. She has proved it in many a tense situations.

It is good that I am looking for quick & easy recipes. My immediate family's, that is my man and the boy's food choices are a bit different from mine. What I love to cook is not always what they would  want to eat. I still do them because doing them means staying attached to my roots, which is a necessity. It is also true I want to cook those dishes that my men would happily eat. Hence, I prepare a balanced meal which has both.... what they love and what I love.

This Butter Chicken was done simply. I do not like using too much of butter, cream, ghee in my dishes. What I cook, I eat too and I have been prescribed a restricted diet. Hence, there is less use of butter than usual  in this dish. Secondly, authentic Bengali cooking does not require use of these, I am not used to hence. I tried to keep the process simple. Let us do it.

INGREDIENTS :

Boneless Chicken Cube : 500 gm
Tomato : 2
Onion : 2
Garlic[minced] : 2tsp
Garam Masala Powder: 1tbsp
Lemon Juice : 2tbsp
Turmeric Powder : 1tsp
Red Chilli Powder : 1tsp[I did not have cayenne]
Kashmiri Red Chilli Powder : 1tsp
Salt : As required
Butter : I tbsp + 1tsp
Oil : 3 tbsp

METHOD :

Wash the boneless chicken cubes and marinate with the lemon juice, salt and half tsp of turmeric. Keep aside for an hour.

Peel, wash and slice the onions. Keep the minced garlic ready. Wash & chop the tomatoes and blend to a paste.

Heat 1 tbsp butter and the oil in a wok. Discard the marinade, add the chicken pieces and fry both the sides until light brown. Take out.

In the same oil, add the minced garlic, fry until they turn light brown. Add the sliced onions and fry until golden brown.

Add the tomato paste. Stir for 2-3 minutes. Add the salt, rest of the turmeric and the two chilli powder varieties. Stir for 1/2 a minute. Beat 

Thereafter, add 2 cups of water. Simmer for 3-4 minutes. Now add the fried chicken pieces. Stir and cover cook for 4-5 minutes.

Add the garam masala powder. Cook for 2 minutes. Add 1 tsp of butter, stir and switch off the gas stove.