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Ingredients
Chicken
- 800 g chicken thigh fillets, each thigh cut into 8 pieces
- 30 g lemon juice
- ¼ tsp salt
- 150 g natural yoghurt
- 120 g tandoori paste (see Tips)
- oil, for greasing
Butter sauce
- 2 tsp cumin seeds
- 2 tsp coriander seeds
- 2 cm cinnamon quill
- 1 black cardamom pod
- 1 tsp fenugreek seeds
- 45 g ghee (see Tips)
- 1 - 2 brown onions (approx. 180 g), cut into halves
- 20 g ginger paste (see Tips)
- 10 g garlic paste (see Tips)
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 fresh long green chillies, trimmed and cut into halves (optional)
- 20 sprigs fresh coriander, leaves, stalks and roots, cut into thirds, plus extra leaves for garnishing (see Tips)
- 400 g canned whole tomatoes
- 70 g water
- 70 g cashews, plus extra for garnishing
- 40 g unsalted butter
- 1 tsp garam masala (see Tips)
- 100 g pouring (whipping) cream
- Nutrition
- per 1 portion
- Calories
- 2545.7 kJ / 606 kcal
- Protein
- 30.9 g
- Carbohydrates
- 14 g
- Fat
- 47 g
- Saturated Fat
- 17.2 g
- Fibre
- 6.4 g
- Sodium
- 580.8 mg
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