Claudia Winkleman's butter chicken

Name: Claudia Winkleman's butter chicken
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 800 g skinless free-range chicken breast; 1 lemon; 5 cm piece of ginger; 3 cloves of garlic; 1 teaspoon chilli powder (I used mild); 1 teaspoon ground coriander; 1 teaspoon ground cumin; 100 g Greek set yoghurt; 75 g unsalted cashew nuts or 1 heaped tablespoon cashew butter; milk optional; 1 onion; groundnut oil; 1.5 kg ripe tomatoes; 1 tablespoon chilli powder; 2 fresh green chillies; 50 g unsalted butter; 1 teaspoon fenugreek powder (kasoori methi); 50 g double cream; fresh coriander optional, to finish; 1 red onion; cider or white wine vinegar; 1 bunch of fresh mint (30g); 1 teaspoon mango powder; 200 g natural yoghurt; 375 g self-raising flour; 375 g natural yoghurt; 1 teaspoon runny honey

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Cook:1h 30min

Claudia’s family are obsessed with butter chicken, so I tracked down the grandson of the chef who invented the dish to find out how to make the original. It’s fragrant and layered with a good back note of heat that’s not too spicy so great for the whole family. An absolute winner!

Updated at: Sun, 08 Sep 2024 03:13:18 GMT