Butter Chicken with Banana Raita

Name: Butter Chicken with Banana Raita
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: Seeds From 16 ground cardamom Pods; 1 tsp ground coriander Seeds; 250 g greek yogurt; 2 tbsp Concentrated tomato paste; 1 tbsp Finely Grounded Fresh ginger; 3 Smalled Chopped garlic cloves; 1 tsp garam masala; ¼ tsp Freshly pepper; 1 tsp coarse salt; ½ tsp sugar; 4 chickens Fillets; 50 g butter; 3 Coarsely Chopped yellow onions; 200 ml water; 250 g greek yogurt; 2 bananas In Small Cubes; 5 spring onions In Thin Rings; ½ tsp ground cumin; ¼ tsp coarse salt; 1 pinch pepper; 50 g Melted butter; 10 g Coarsely Chopped ground coriander Leaves; 2 tbsp chilli peppers; 160 g Basmati rice; 120 g Naan Stale Bread

Butter chicken is a spicy dish from the East with aromatic spices; cardamom, coriander and garam masala. Butter chicken is best served with a creamy salad of banana and spring onion.

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Instructions

Step 1

Crush cardamom and coriander seeds, eg in a mortar.

Step 2

Put the yogurt in a bowl with tomato paste, ginger, garlic and the other spices. Mix the marinade well together.

Step 3

Cut the each chicken fillet into 3 pieces and place them in the marinade. Let the meat marinate covered in the refrigerator for approximately ½ hour.

Step 4

Melt the butter until golden in a saute pan. Cook the onions, stirring frequently, for about 1 minute. Then remove them from the pan.

Step 5

Remove the chicken from the marinade - with the sauce - and brown the meat for approximately 1 minute on all sides. Put water, the fried onions and the rest of the marinade in the pan, cover and boil on a low heat for approximately 5 minutes.

Step 6

Mix the yogurt with banana, spring onion (add a little to the garnish), cumin, salt and pepper. Cover the raita and place in the refrigerator for at least 15 minutes.

Step 7

Taste and leave in a bowl and garnish with spring onions.

Step 8

Put the seasoned butter chicken in a warm bowl and pour over the melted butter. Sprinkle with coriander leaves and serve with rice, naan bread and banana raita."

Enjoy!

Ingredients

Butter Chicken

Ground cardamom Pods	Seeds From 16
Ground coriander Seeds	1 tsp
Greek yogurt	250 g
Concentrated tomato paste	2 tbsp
Finely Grounded Fresh ginger	1 tbsp
Smalled Chopped garlic cloves	3
Garam masala	1 tsp
Freshly pepper	¼ tsp
Coarse salt	1 tsp
Sugar	½ tsp
Chickens Fillets	4