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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.
Course Main Course
Cuisine Indian
Keyword Chicken, Indian, Thermomix, TM31
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Servings 4 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.
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