Butter Chicken Or Tofu - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    2 lbs chicken, washed skin and fat removed and cut into bite sizes
    1 large onion, pureed
    2 tablespoons ginger paste
    2 tablespoons garlic paste
    3 medium tomatoes, pureed
    2 tablespoons garam masala
    4 bay leaves
    1 teaspoon turmeric
    2 teaspoons chili powder
    1 tablespoon dried fenugreek leaves
    1/2 cup butter
    2 tablespoons butter, for basting
    1 cup whipping cream
    1 cup plain yogurt
    1 tablespoon lemon juice
    1/2 teaspoon of natural red food coloring
    green chili
    cilantro (to garnish)
    salt
Preparation
    marinade chicken or tofu.
    In a baking dish place chicken or tofu pieces pour lemon juice on top. Add.
    a pinch of salt mix and leave aside for 15 minutes
    whisk together yogurt 1 tsbp of the garam marsala, food colouring, 1 tsp of the garlic 1 tbsp of the ginger.
    Add to the baking dish. mix and coat pieces.
    Refrigerate for 8 hours.
    Baking instructions.
    Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
    mix the remaining spices in a pot and cook on low heat with a bit of the butter add the remaining garlic and ginger cook for about a minute sautee.
    add tomato and onion cook for about 10 mins on meduim heat
    turn off heat.
    add cream and butter
    now pour mixture over chicken in baking dish mix until pieces are all coated.
    cover the dish and bake untill meat is done about 20 minutes. stir in fress cilantro and serve.

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