Butter Chicken with Naan.

   

Butter Chicken and Naan

It serves 4-5 people

Ingredients:

For the chicken

• 300 gms chicken breast boneless
• 1 tbsp Ginger garlic paste
• 1 tbsp Red chilli powder
• Salt to taste
• Oil to pan fry

For the gravy

• 500 gms roughly slit tomatoes
• 100 gms roughly cut onions
• 1 tbsp garlic paste
• 50 gms cashew
• 1tsp kasoori methi
• 1/2 tsp garam masala
• 4 tbsp sugar
• 2 tbsp kashmiri chilli powder
• 5 tbsp butter
• 3 tbsp cream
• 2 tbsp malt vinegar/ 1.5 tbsp White Vinegar
• Salt to taste

For Naan

• One and half cup(200g) Wheat flour
• Half cup(60g) Maida
• 1/4 tsp Baking powder
• 1/8 tsp Baking soda
• Salt as per taste
• Curd- to make dough
• 1 tbsp Sugar 
• 2 tbsp Oil
• Dry wheat flour - to roll naan
• Water- to spread before cooking
• Butter- to apply before serving
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Method

Butter chicken

• Marinate the chicken with ginger paste, garlic paste, red chilli powder and salt and keep it aside for 15 to 20 minutes.
• In a pan, heat some oil and then fry the marinated chicken pieces in it. Once done place it into a bowl.
• In the same pan add oil, a spoonful of butter and onions. Once the onions are cooked add tomatoes and cashew nuts.
• Add some water and garlic paste, salt, malt/white vinegar,sugar, garam masala powder and chilli powder. Evenly mix it and let it simmer for 15-20 minutes.
• Grind the mixture into puree
• Strain it back into the same pan. Make sure that there is minimal wastage.
• Add butter, cream, fried chicken and kasoori methi. Let it simmer for 5-7 minutes.
• Garnish it with cream and kasoori methi.

Delicious Butter chicken is ready to be served.

Naan

• In a kneading plate take wheat flour, maida, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Mix it together.
• Make a valley in the flour and add 4-5 tbsp of curd, sugar and oil. Combine them together.
• Now knead the dough. If required, add only curd and no water.
• Make the dough smoother by banging in kneading plate. Apply little oil to your palm and knead further for about 3-4 minutes.
• Divide the dough into 9 portions. take another plate. Sprinkle flour into it and place the dough portions.
• Let it rest for 10 minutes by covering them with damp cloth.
• Sprinkle dry flour on rolling board. Roll the dough in a oblong shape with rolling pin.
• After rolling, apply little bit water on top side with your hand.
• Turn on the flame and place the iron tava(no non stick tava) on high flame. Once it is hot, place the naan with watered side down.
• Cook for about 30 seconds, after which flip the tava on flame and cook the top side also.
• Keep the flame medium or high and cook until you see dark spots. Keep rotating the tava so that it doesn't get burnt.
• Take it out and apply butter on top of it.

Soft naans are ready to serve!