Friday, January 28, 2011

Butter Chicken with Missi Roti and Spinach Salad

I had this last when my sis prepared
two year back had prepared this way
with time recipe has evolved too
prepared this again in a very simple way
paired the curry with missi roti and salad

Recipe name Butter Chicken /Murgh Makhni
Recipe source kitchen experiment
Preparation 3 to 4 hrs
Cooking time one hr
Ingredient
Boneless chicken 300gm
paste of one onion
paste of one tomato
ginger garlic and green chili paste one tbsp
kasori methi one tsp
salt as per taste
oil to cook one tbsp
ghee one stp
red chili powder half tsp
turmeric powder pinch
red food colour pinch
curd three tbsp
to dry roast
cumin seeds half tsp
coriander seed half tsp
black cardamom two
black pepper four
clove three
cinnamon stick one inch
kabab chini three
Preparation
powder the dry roasted whole seeds,keep aside
in a bowl mix chicken pieces with ginger garlic and green chili paste
followed by powdered whole seeds,curd and red colour
cover and keep in fridge for three to four hours
Procedure
heat ghee in non stick wok
add cumin seeds and let it splutter
add onion paste and keep frying till it starts turning brown
add oil ,followed by tomato paste and salt and keep stirring
till the mixture becomes mushy and oil is seen along the sides
add marinated chicken pieces and keep stiiring for two minutes
add kasori methi ,mix and cover and cook on low flame
if needed add half cup of water
when done add one tbsp of cream ,let it simmer for two to three mins
serve warm with missi roti and salad .

missi roti 
ingredient needed
one cup gram flour
one cup whole wheat flour
two tbsp oil or ghee
one tbsp kasoori methi
pinch of asafoetida
pinch of turmeric powder
half tsp cumin seeds,salt and red chili powder
Preparation
mix all the ingredients
add enough water to make a dough of rolling consistency
cover and keep aside for half an hour
Procedure
make equal sized balls
roll each ball into chapati ,but thicker than usual chapati
cook on a hot tava from both sides
For the salad
Spinach with Blue Cheese
Ingredient
blue cheese one cube
spinach leaves half cup
purple cabbage one fourth cup
salt as per taste
pinch of pepper
Procedure
mix blue cheese,spinach leaves and purple cabbage add dash of salt and pepper.
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Wish you all happy weekend friends,
see you all soon,...:-0

11 comments:

Lakshmi said...

Platter looks colorful and yummy!

Jayanthy Kumaran said...

Hy ,

surely delectable and the way you have presented is scrumptious...
First time here...very interesting posts..
Am your newest follower now...

Do stop by mine sometime..

Tasty appetite

Indian Khana said...

Love the spread ...looks so yum

Akila said...

Wow lovely recipe.....

divya said...

Beautiful click..Looks so perfect and m drooling

Unknown said...

Love that salad very colorfull and plater very inviting...

Priya Suresh said...

Slurp thats a delicious and very inviting spread, tempting butter chicken..

Swathi said...

This spread looks delicious, love the missi roti and salad, chicken looks awesome.

Cham said...

Love to taste ur butter chicken,looks delicious!

Sujatha said...

Butter chicken looks very colorful and delicious..

Simona Carini said...

A very nice meal. Get well soon! Thanks for another contribution to MLLA.