Cheat's butter chicken

Ingredients

Scaled for your household (4 portions) · original serves 4

• Butter50 g
• Green cardamom3
  lightly crushed
• Cinnamon stick1
• Ginger1 tbsp
• Garlic cloves2
• Tomato puree250 ml
• Kashmiri chilli powder½ tbsp
• Paprika1 tsp
• Sugar1 tbsp
• Salt1 tsp
• Rotisserie chicken1
  breast meat used
• Cooking cream½ cup
• Plain yogurt (optional)2 tbsp
  to serve

Method

1. 1

   Melt the butter in a large frying pan over medium heat. Add the cardamom and cinnamon and cook briefly until fragrant.

2. 2

   Add the grated ginger and garlic and stir until aromatic, then pour in the tomato puree.

3. 3

   Stir in the Kashmiri chilli, paprika, sugar and salt and simmer the sauce until slightly reduced.

4. 4

   Add the rotisserie chicken pieces and warm them through in the sauce.

5. 5

   Stir in the cream and simmer gently until silky and hot. Serve with the thinned yogurt if using.