How To make Butter chicken with peanut butter

Ingredients:

• 800 gms boneless chicken cut into 3 – 4 cm pieces
• 2 garlic cloves, peeled and finely crushed
• 2cm ginger, peeled and finely grated
• ½ tsp fine sea salt
• ½ tsp hot chilli powder
• 1½ tbsp lemon juice
• 1 cup yoghurt
• ½ tsp garam masala
• ½ tsp ground turmeric
• 1 tsp ground cumin
• 1 – 2 tbsp vegetable oil, for brushing
• Cashew 10 no’s (chopped and fried)
• ½ pod garlic (peeled, chopped and fried)

For the sauce:

• 1½ tbsp ghee or unsalted butter
• 2 garlic cloves, peeled and finely chopped
• 2 cm ginger, peeled and finely chopped
• 1 cardamom pod, seeds lightly crushed
• 2 cloves
• 1 tsp ground coriander
• 1 tsp garam masala
• 1 tsp ground turmeric
• 1 tsp hot chilli powder, or to taste
• 275 ml tomato puree
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• 40 gms unsalted butter
• 100 ml double cream
• 1 tbsp chopped coriander, to garnish
• 250 gms peanuts
• 3 tsp honey
• 100 gms salted butter

Method:

• Mix the chicken with garlic, ginger, salt, chilli powder and lemon juice in a bowl and refrigerate it for 30 mins
• Once done, mix yoghurt, garam masala, turmeric, cumin and add it to the chicken so that each piece is well coated with the mixture
• Cover it and let it marinate for 3 – 4 hours
• Preheat the oven to 180°, then place the chicken pieces on a grill and bake for 8 – 10 mins
• Baste the chicken pieces with a little oil or butter
• Flip them over and bake for another 10 mins
• Roast the peanuts till they are brown and crisp. Once cooled, blend them in a mixer with salted butter and honey (You can also use the ready-made peanut butter)

For the sauce:

• Heat the ghee or butter in a pan and add the garlic and ginger and fry for 1 – 2 mins
• Then add cardamom, cloves, coriander, garam masala, turmeric and chilli powder and fry for 2 – 3 mins
• Add tomato puree and lemon juice and cook for a few mins
• Add the chicken pieces to the sauce and stir
• Now add the peanut butter, unsalted butter and cream and stir thoroughly till the sauce is smooth
• Garnish with chopped coriander, fried cashew and fried garlic