Roasted chicken pieces in tomato and cream gravy. Butter Chicken is a very popular chicken curry in India and Indian restaurants abroad.
Butter Chicken is identified by the slight sweetness of the reddish gravy. The sweetness comes from the cream added to it, though a little amount of sugar can also be added if the sweetness is too less. Some take the sweetness to a much higher level than necessary, taking the sweet gravy image of the dish too literally.
Chicken is cooked in a tandoor, like any tandoori chicken. Tandoori chicken that is not so fresh may be used, to upcycle it. Large chunks are added to the gravy, which is made of slow cooked tomato puree in spices and dollops of butter. Towards the end of cooking a good amount of fresh cream to is added, which changes the color from red to slightly orange.
