Butter Chicken Lasagna

 

RECIPE:

Butter Chicken

Ingredients

Boneless Chicken cut in cubes (make it very small)

Marination

Salt

Chilli powder

Garam Masala

Cornstarch

Marinate the Chicken with above ingredients and keep refrigerated

Masala

Oil

2 Onions

Ginger

Garlic

4 Tomatoes

1 tbspn Jaggery

1/2 tspn Vinegar

Salt

Pepper

Turmeric

Chilli powder

Garam Masala

Whole Spices

Cinnamon stick

Black Cardamom (optional)

Green Cardamom

Cloves

Star Anise(optional)

Bay leaf

Cream

Ghee/Butter

Kasuri Methi

(Dried fenugreek leaves)

Directions

In a pan add oil, chopped ginger, garlic and onion and sauté for few min.

Add in chopped tomatoes, salt, jaggery, vinegar and little water. Mix well, cover and cook on low flame till done.

Allow it to cool, add turmeric, chili powder, garam masala and blend it using a blender.

In the same pan add some oil and shallow fry the chicken till done.

Add ghee and add in the whole spices and the masala.

Mix well and bring it to boil. Add cream and kasuri methi.

Bechamel Sauce

Ingredients

 

4 tbspn butter

 

4 tbspn flour

 

2.5-3 cups milk(warm)

 

Grated cheddar cheese

 

Grated mozzarella cheese

 

Salt

Pepper

Oregano

Rosemary

Basil

Thyme

Directions

Add butter to hotpan. Add in flour and sauté till it turn golden brown.

 

Turnoff the flame

 

Add in milk little by little and mix well.

 

Turn on the flame, stir and cook till it thickens.

 

When it starts thickening add salt and pepper.

 

Add cheddar and mozzarella cheese.

 

Add in herbs and mix well.

Layering

In a greased pan spread butter chicken

Then place lasagna sheets

Again butter chicken

Béchamel sauce

Sheets

Butter chicken

Béchamel sauce

Repeat 

Final layer béchamel sauce

Add grated cheddar and mozzarella

Finally sprinkle with dried oregano

Cover and bake.

Or refrigerate and bake next day. 

I usually prepare ahead and refrigerate and bake them next day as it'll be more flavorful.

You can make and freeze them in batches and bake them whenever needed.

Baking

Bake covered  at 200°C preheated oven .

When it starts bubbling, remove the cover and bake for few more minutes(10 min)