Guest Author - vandana trivedi

Ingredients:

Whole Chicken
4 tbsp Butter
1 cup Cream
1 cup milk
10 Cashews Soaked and Ground to a fine paste
3 tbspsTomato puree
2 tsp Garam Masala Powder
1 tsp Red chilli powder
1/2 tsp Coriander powder
2-3 Bay leaves
1 Medium Onion finely chopped
1 tsp Ginger paste
1 tsp Garlic paste
1 tsp Green chilli paste
Salt to taste

Method:

Clean and cut the Chicken into pieces. Heat 2 tbsp butter in a vessel. Add bay leaves, ginger garlic and green chilli paste and saute for a minute. Add chopped onion fry until it turns golden. Add tomato puree, red chilli powder, garam masala, coriander powder and salt. fry till oil separates from the paste. Add Cashew paste and fry for few seconds. Add milk and 1/2 cup water to make a thick gravy and bring it to boil. Reduce the heat and add chicken pieces. Stir gently to mix chicken pieces with the gravy. Add half of the cream and simmer until chicken is done and gravy is thick.
Serve hot garnished with coriander leaves and rest of the cream. It goes well with Tandoori roti or naan.