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Butter Chicken Pasta

My fusion take on this delectable curry with pasta!
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Course: Main Course, Main Dish
Cuisine: Indian, Italian
Keyword: butter, chicken, dairyfree, fusion, glutenfree, indian, pasta
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 50 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 5 minutes
Servings: 4 Servings
Calories: 687kcal
Author: Aakruti Mahendra

Ingredients

For the Butter Chicken Gravy/ Sauce

  • 1 medium sized Red Onion sliced
  • 4 oz Tomato paste or 4 medium sized tomatoes chopped
  • 8-10 whole cashew nuts
  • 1 1/2 tsp Ginger garlic paste
  • 4 whole Green chili or Thai green chili or Jalapeño
  • 5 whole Dried red chilli
  • 5-8 cloves
  • 5 cardamon (grains removed)
  • 1/4 tsp cinnamon powder
  • 3 tbsp butter or Olive oil (for dairyfree version)
  • 1 tbsp honey or sugar
  • 2 tbsp half and half cream coconut milk/ cream for dairyfree version
  • 1 tbsp dried fenugreek leaves
  • Salt to taste

Chicken Marinade

  • 1/2 lbs Boneless skinless Chicken thighs or 250 grams. Cut them into 1/4 inch cubes.
  • 1/2 tsp All purpose flour or maida
  • 1 tsp garam masala
  • 1 tbsp plain yogurt
  • 1 tbsp cooking oil
  • Salt to taste

For Pasta

  • 1 lbs Spaghetti pasta or 500 grams (pasta can be of your choice)
  • Salt to taste
  • Olive oil as needed

Instructions

Preparing Butter Chicken

  • Mix the chicken pieces with yogurt, flour, garam masala and salt. Let it marinate for 1-2 hours.
  • In the meantime, we will begin with the Butter chicken gravy. In a medium sized (non stick) pot, melt 2 tablespoons butter (or olive oil).
  • Once heated, add onions and stir fry until they turn pink. Add cashews, ginger garlic paste, cardamom seeds, cloves, cinnamon powder and salt and cook until fragrant.
  • Then add tomato paste and cook for a minute. Now add Thai green chillies and dried red chillies. Cook for another minute. Remove the pot from heat and let it cool.
  • Add the cooled mix and water into a blender/ food processor to get a thick gravy consistency.
  • In a pot, heat the remaining tablespoon butter. Now stir in the gravy from the blender/ food processor. Let in cook for 2 minutes while adding honey. Finally add half and half cream and crushed dried fenugreek leaves and cook for a minute. The butter chicken gravy is ready.
  • Now heat oil in a medium sized non stick pan and add the marinated chicken pieces to it.
  • Cook until chicken is tender and cooked.
  • Add the butter chicken gravy and mix well. Keep it aside.

Cooking the Pasta

  • In a large pot, add 5 cups (or 3/4th of the pot) of water and salt. Bring it to a boil.
  • Now add the pasta and let in boil/ cook for 10-12 minutes. To test if it's cooked, the pasta string should break easily with fingers.
  • Once cooked, drain out the pasta in a colander, cool and toss olive oil (to prevent the noodles from sticking) and keep it aside.

The final mix!

  • To the butter chicken prepared earlier, add the pasta and stir well.
  • Serve hot with a salad side or bread. Enjoy!

Notes

  1. If using fresh tomatoes for the makhani gravy, cook it well before transferring into a blender/ food processor.
  2. The water for cooking the pasta should be salty. This ensures the right amount of salt.
The nutritional value is for 1 serving. Please keep in mind that the nutrition value is a rough estimate and can vary based on the product used.

Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 687kcal | Carbohydrates: 101g | Protein: 29g | Fat: 19g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Cholesterol: 80mg | Sodium: 390mg | Potassium: 795mg | Fiber: 7g | Sugar: 12g | Vitamin A: 1109IU | Vitamin C: 9mg | Calcium: 76mg | Iron: 4mg
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