Name: Butter Chicken
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 25 min
Ingredients: 1 tbsp Cumin Seeds; 1 Tbsp Fennel Seeds; 2 Cloves Garlic (peeled); 2 cm Piece of ginger (peeled); 1 large Onion (peeled & quartered); 100 gm Butter; 20 gm Olive oil; 4 Roma Tomatoes (chopped); 150 gm Raw cashews nuts; 100 gm Water; 680 gm Chicken breast (cut into 2 - 3 cm cubes); 200 gm Cream; 1 tsp Garam marsala; 1 tsp Tumeric; ½ tsp Salt (to taste)

Butter Chicken

A creamy, gently spiced butter chicken from the original Thermomix TM31 cookbook. A recipe many people still ask for today, made with simple ingredients and full of rich, comforting flavour.

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Course: Main Course

Cuisine: Indian

Keyword: Chicken, Indian, Thermomix, TM31

Prep Time: 10

Cook Time: 25

Servings: Servings

Author: Yvonne's Thermomix Connection

Ingredients

1 tbsp Cumin Seeds
1 Tbsp Fennel Seeds
2 Cloves Garlic peeled
2 cm Piece of ginger peeled
1 large Onion peeled & quartered
100 gm Butter
20 gm Olive oil
4 Roma Tomatoes chopped
150 gm Raw cashews nuts
100 gm Water
680 gm Chicken breast cut into 2 - 3 cm cubes
200 gm Cream
1 tsp Garam marsala
1 tsp Tumeric
½ tsp Salt to taste

Instructions

Place cumin and fennel into TM bowl and dry roast for 2 minutes at 100℃ on speed 1, then mill for 2 minutes on speed 8. Take out and set aside
Place garlic, ginger, and onion into TM bowl and chop for 2 seconds on speed 7.
Add butter and oil and cook for 3 minutes at 100℃ on speed 1.
Add tomatoes, cashews, and water to the TM bowl and puree for 1 minute on speed 8.
Add all remaining ingredients, including cream and chicken (keeping aside 1 dessertspoon of the cumin and fennel). Cook for 20-25 minutes at 100°C on Reverse + speed soft.
Add one extra cube of butter at the end of cooking plus the remaining fennel, cumin, and extra garam marsala.
Garnish with coriander and serve with naan bread.

Butter Chicken

Butter Chicken

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