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Ingredients
Chicken
- 800 g skinless, boneless chicken thighs, each thigh cut into 8 pieces
- 30 g freshly squeezed lemon juice
- ¼ tsp sea salt
- 150 g natural yoghurt
- 120 g tandoori paste (see Tips)
- extra virgin olive oil, to grease
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)
- 180 g brown onion (approx. 1-2 onions), cut in quarters
- 20 g fresh ginger, cut into pieces
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1 tsp sea salt
- 2 fresh long green chillies, trimmed and cut in half (optional)
- 400 g canned whole tomatoes
- 70 g water
- 70 g cashews, plus extra to garnish
- 10 sprigs fresh coriander, leaves, stalks and roots, cut into thirds, plus extra leaves to garnish
- 40 g unsalted butter, cut into pieces
- 1 tsp garam masala (see Tips)
- 100 g pouring (whipping) cream
- Nutrition
- per 1 portion
- Calories
- 2177.5 kJ / 518.5 kcal
- Protein
- 30.9 g
- Carbohydrates
- 15.3 g
- Fat
- 36.3 g
- Saturated Fat
- 16.2 g
- Fibre
- 8.2 g
- Sodium
- 1095.3 mg
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