Ghee Rice & Butter Chicken

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Ghee Rice & Butter Chicken

Ghee Rice

Ingredients:

• 2 Cups Basmati Rice
• 1 Small onion
• 1-2  Tablespoon Oil + Ghee
• Salt as needed
• Whole Spices
• 4 Green Cardamom
•  5 Cloves
• 1 Black Cardamom
•  1 Bay Leaf
• 1 Cinnamon stick
• 3½ Cup Water
• Juice of ½ Lime
• ½ Teaspoon cardamom powder
• Nuts and raisins fried in ghee ( for garnish, optional)

Directions

• Wash the rice and soak for 10-15 minutes.
• In a Saucepan add oil+ ghee, add in whole spices and thinly sliced onion and sauté till onion is translucent.
• Add in water, salt and lime juice and bring to boil.
• Drain and add the rice and let it come to a boil.
• Lower the flame, cover and cook for 10-15 min. Or till done.
• Garnish with nuts and raisins.

Butter Chicken 

Ingredients 

To marinate Chicken

• 2 Boneless Chicken breast cut in cubes
• 1 Teaspoon Ginger garlic paste
• 1 Teaspoon Paprika powder
• ½ Teaspoon Kashmiri chilli powder
• ½ Teaspoon Garam Masala powder 
• ½ Teaspoon Fennel powder
• ½ Teaspoon Cumin powder
• ½ Teaspoon Meat masala powder ( optional)

For Masala

• 1 Tablespoon oil
• 1 Teaspoon Ginger- Garlic paste
•  1 onion roughly chopped 
•  4 tomatoes roughly chopped
•  few cashews
• 1 tablespoon jaggery
• 1 teaspoon vinegar

Whole spices 

• 1 bay leaf
• 2-3 green cardamom
• 1 cinnamon stick 
• 4-5 cloves
• 1 black cardamom

• Salt
• ¼ Teaspoon Turmeric powder
• ½ Teaspoon Fennel
• ½ Teaspoon Cumin
• ½ Teaspoon Garam Masala
• ½ Teaspoon meat Masala (optional)
• 1 Teaspoon Kasuri Methi
• 125 ml Thick Cream

( Measurements are approximate, adjust according to taste)

Directions 

• Marinate the chicken and keep aside.
• In a pan add oil, ginger garlic paste, onion roughly chopped , tomatoes roughly chopped, few cashews, jaggery, vinegar and cover and cook on low flame till done.
•  Let it cool and blend to make masala.
• In the pan add oil+ ghee and shallow fry the chicken.
• Add the whole spices.
• Add in the masala paste and little water. Adjust the salt, add turmeric, fennel, cumin, meat masala and garam masala.
• Cover and cook on low flame for few minutes. Add in kasuri methi, crushed pepper and thick cream .