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    ButterChicken

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    A pale blue bowl of butter chicken in orange gravy with a swirl of cream and chopped coriander1,500+ cooks
    ★ 4.4
    • Total time:1hr 15min
    • Your hands-on time:16min you
    • Longest hands-free stretch:47min free

    How upliance makes butter chicken, step by step

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    STIR
    HEAT
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    Butter chicken. Done.
    16 min58 min
    1. upliance, upliance

      This cooks it.

      • CHOP
      • SAUTÉ
      • PURÉE
      • COOK
      +−What is it?

      upliance is a steel jar on a smart base with a touchscreen. It weighs, chops, sautés, purées, stirs and cooks, and the screen tells you what to drop in next. Scroll to watch it make butter chicken from above.

    2. You, 12 min

      Cube & marinate chicken

      +−What's on you?

      Cut 350 g boneless chicken (thigh or breast) into cubes. In a bowl, rub it with ginger garlic paste, salt, Kashmiri mirch, turmeric, coriander powder, 30 g cream and a pinch of kasoori methi; it marinates while the jar makes the gravy. Peel 10 garlic cloves, a little ginger and 2 onions (cut in 4), and halve 2 tomatoes. No fine chopping: that's the jar's job.

    3. You, 15 s

      Drop 1 of 4

      +−What goes in

      2 tbsp refined oil, a 1-inch cinnamon stick and 2 cloves. Take the crown off the lid.

    4. Line drawing: crown lifted off the lid
      upliance, 10 s

      Warms the whole spices

      +−Why?

      A quick sizzle in the hot oil wakes up the cinnamon and cloves before the onions go in.

    5. You, 30 s

      Drop 2 of 4

      +−What goes in

      2 onions, peeled and cut in 4. 10 garlic cloves, peeled. 3 g ginger, peeled. 1 green chilli, stem off. upliance weighs each one as it lands.

    6. Line drawing: jar with lid and crown on
      upliance, 10 s

      Chops it fine

      +−No knife?

      No knife, no tears. With the lid and crown on, the blade turns the onions, garlic, ginger and chilli into confetti in about 10 seconds. Scrape the sides down once it stops.

    7. Line drawing: crown lifted off the lid
      upliance, 3 min

      Sautés the onions

      +−Till when?

      Crown off so the moisture escapes. upliance sautés the onion mix till soft and fragrant, stirring by itself. You don't stand over it.

    8. You, 1 min

      Drop 3 of 4

      +−What goes in

      2 tomatoes, cut in half, 30 g butter, 2½ tsp Kashmiri mirch, ½ tsp salt, ½ tsp sugar and 1 tsp kasoori methi. Kashmiri mirch is here for colour: if you only have regular chilli powder, use half as much. Lid and crown back on.

    9. Line drawing: jar with lid and crown on
      upliance, 7 min

      Cooks, then purées

      +−Then?

      upliance cooks the tomatoes down in the butter and spices till soft, then blitzes everything into a smooth, glossy makhani gravy in the same jar. Scrape the sides down when it stops.

    10. You, 1 min

      Drop 4 of 4

      +−What goes in

      All the marinated chicken from the bowl, 60 ml water, 100 g cream and 2 black cardamom pods. Crown off again.

    11. upliance, 47 min

      Cooks & stirs itself

      47MIN FREEleave the kitchen
      +−What's the jar doing?

      With the crown off, upliance simmers the chicken in the gravy for about 47 minutes, stirring slowly all the way so nothing catches, till the chicken is tender and the gravy thick and creamy. Go put the rice on, or put your feet up.

    12. You, 1 min

      Methi on top. Serve.

      +−Finish

      Spoon it into a bowl, crush ½ tbsp kasoori methi between your palms over the top, and eat it hot with naan or rice.

    Where the time goes

    You: 16 min
    cube chicken · 4 drops · garnish
    upliance: 58 min47 free
    chop · sauté · purée · stir · cook
    upliance: a steel jar on a smart base with a touchscreen

    You: 16 min. upliance: 58 min.

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    Full recipeIngredients by drop and every step+−

    An all-time favourite: tender chicken in a buttery, lightly spicy tomato and cream gravy, finished with kasoori methi. Pair it with naan or rice.

    North Indian, Punjabi. Non-veg main course. Serves 2. About 1 hr 15 min start to finish; about 16 min of it is you. Cooked 1,500+ times on upliance.

    Ingredients (2 servings)

    Marinadein a bowl

    • Boneless chicken thigh or breast, washed, cut in cubes350 g
    • Ginger garlic paste 1 tbsp
    • Salt 1 tsp
    • Kashmiri mirch 1 tsp
    • Turmeric ¼ tsp
    • Coriander powder 2 tsp
    • Cream 30 g
    • Kasoori methi ½ tsp

    Drop 1sizzled

    • Refined oil 2 tbsp
    • Cinnamon stick 1 inch
    • Cloves 2

    Drop 2chopped, then sautéd

    • Onion peeled, cut in 42
    • Garlic peeled10 cloves
    • Ginger peeled3 g
    • Green chilli stem removed1

    Drop 3cooked down, puréed

    • Tomato cut in 22
    • Butter 30 g
    • Kashmiri mirch for colour; with regular chilli powder, use half2½ tsp
    • Salt ½ tsp
    • Sugar ½ tsp
    • Kasoori methi 1 tsp

    Drop 4cooked ~47 min, stirring

    • Marinated chicken all of it, from the bowl350 g chicken
    • Water 60 ml
    • Cream 100 g
    • Black cardamom 2 pods

    To serve

    • Kasoori methi crushed½ tbsp

    Steps

    1. Prep (you, ~12 min). Cut 350 g boneless chicken (thigh or breast) into cubes and mix it in a bowl with ginger garlic paste, salt, Kashmiri mirch, turmeric, coriander powder, 30 g cream and ½ tsp kasoori methi. Leave it to marinate. Peel the garlic, ginger and onions (cut the onions in 4) and halve the tomatoes.
    2. Drop 1 (you, 15 s). Put the oil, cinnamon stick and cloves into the jar and take the crown off the lid.
    3. upliance, 10 s. It warms the whole spices in the oil.
    4. Drop 2 (you, 30 s). Add the onions, garlic, ginger and green chilli, and put the lid and crown on.
    5. upliance, 10 s. It chops the aromatics fine. Scrape down the sides.
    6. upliance, 3 min. Take the crown off. It sautés the onion mix till soft, stirring by itself.
    7. Drop 3 (you, ~1 min). Add the halved tomatoes, butter, Kashmiri mirch, salt, sugar and kasoori methi. Put the lid and crown on.
    8. upliance, 7 min. It cooks the tomatoes down, then purées everything into a smooth gravy. Scrape down the sides.
    9. Drop 4 (you, ~1 min). Add all the marinated chicken, 60 ml water, 100 g cream and 2 black cardamom pods. Take the crown off.
    10. upliance, ~47 min. It cooks the chicken in the gravy, stirring slowly the whole time, till tender and creamy. This is your free time: about 47 minutes away from the kitchen.
    11. Serve (you, 1 min). Spoon into a bowl, crush kasoori methi over the top and serve hot with naan or rice.
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