Authentic Butter Chicken (Murgh Makhani)

Name: Authentic Butter Chicken (Murgh Makhani)
Ingredients: 1 quantity of tandoori chicken (it can be cooked the day before); 2lbs ripe tomatoes, roughly diced (if you can't get sweet tomatoes, use 1lb tomatoes and approx 14 oz can tomato puree); 1 onion, chopped; 6-8 green cardamoms; 2 blades of mace (use 1 tsp ground if you can't find the blades); 1 tbsp chopped garlic*; 1 tbsp chopped ginger*; 2 oz raw unsalted cashew nuts, chopped (soaked overnight if possible); 2 oz butter + 1 tablespoon for cooking; 3 green chillis, deseeded and chopped; 1 tsp Kashmiri chilli powder; 1 tbsp dried fenugreek leaves, lightly crushed; 1 tbsp salt; 1/2 tsp tandoori colouring; 1/2 tsp garam masala; 2 tsp honey; 1 cup cream

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Like most Westerners, Butter Chicken is my favourite Indian curry. Although they vary from bad to good to exceptional, I rate the best butter chicken dishes

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Ingredients

1 quantity of tandoori chicken (it can be cooked the day before)
2lbs ripe tomatoes, roughly diced (if you can't get sweet tomatoes, use 1lb tomatoes and approx 14 oz can tomato puree)
1 onion, chopped
6-8 green cardamoms
2 blades of mace (use 1 tsp ground if you can't find the blades)
1 tbsp chopped garlic*
1 tbsp chopped ginger*
2 oz raw unsalted cashew nuts, chopped (soaked overnight if possible)
2 oz butter + 1 tablespoon for cooking
3 green chillis, deseeded and chopped
1 tsp Kashmiri chilli powder
1 tbsp dried fenugreek leaves, lightly crushed
1 tbsp salt
1/2 tsp tandoori colouring
1/2 tsp garam masala
2 tsp honey
1 cup cream