Chicken Makhani

Read this recipe in Marathi

Servings: 2 to 3 Persons

Ingredients:

300 gram bonless chicken
1 tspn butter
For Marinade-

2 tbspn yogurt
1 tbspn ginger-garlic paste
1 tspn oil
1 tspn red chilly powder (bedgi mirchi)

1/2 tspn turmeric powder

1/4 tspn garam masala

2 tspn tandoor masala

salt as per taste

For Makhni gravy-

3 medium tomatoes
1/4 cup cashew nuts
2 tspn ginger garlic paste
3 tbspn butter
Whole garam masala (2 green cardamom,1" cinnamon stick, 3 cloves, 4-5 black peppercorns)
1 1/2 tspn red chilly powder (bedgi mirchi for colour)
1 tbspn honey/sugar 
1 tspn kasuri methi,crushed

1/4 cup cream

salt as per taste

mint or coriander leaves for garnishing

Method:

1. Cut chicken into 1" small pieces. Apply mixture of yogurt,red chilly powder,turmeric powder,salt,tandoor masala,garam masala and oil. Marinate chicken for 2 hours and keep it refrigerated.

2. Grease baking tray with butter and cook chicken in preheated oven (375°F) for 15 minutes. Turn up side down. Baste with butter and cook for another 5 minutes.

3. Boil tomato and make fine puree. Grind cashew nuts to make fine paste. Heat butter in a wok. Add whole garam masala and saute for a minute and add ginger-garlic paste and stir for a minute. Add red chilly powder ,cashew nut paste and tomato puree. Bring it to boil and then keep it on simmer for 10 minutes. Add kasuri methi and honey and boil for another 5 minutes.

4. Add cooked tandoori chicken pieces in the gravy. Cover wok with a lid and cook for 10 minutes. Turn off the heat and add cream after 5 minutes.

5. Garnish with coriander leaves or mint leaves and serve hot with naan or roti.