Butter Chicken & Garlic Naan

This meat and potatoes Idaho girl loves trying new foods.  I tried making some Indian food and my family strongly approved!

Butter Chicken

1 14-oz can diced tomatoes

5 cloves garlic

1/2 tsp ground ginger

1 tsp turmeric

1/4 to 1/2 tsp cayenne (I did 1/4)

1 tsp paprika

1 tsp salt

1 tsp ground cumin

2 lbs boneless skinless chicken thighs

Stir in:

1 tsp garam masala

4 oz cubed butter

4 oz heavy cream

1/4 cup chopped cilantro

Add all ingredients to Instant Pot except chicken.  Stir together, then place chicken on top.  Cook on manual pressure for 10 minutes, let rest for 10 minutes.

Carefully remove chicken, then blend liquids together with immersion blender or regular blender.  If using a regular blender, don't put the lid on and start slowly as liquids will be hot and expand.  Return liquids to pot.  Let liquid cool for 5 minutes, then stir in the remaining ingredients and add chicken back into the sauce.  You can break up the chicken into smaller pieces.  Serve with rice.

Garlic Naan

2 tsp dry active yeast

1 tsp sugar

1/2 cup water

2 1/2 - 3 cups flour, divided

1/2 tsp salt

1/4 cup olive oil

1/3 cup plain yogurt (I used greek)

1 egg

melted butter with minced garlic

Combine yeast, sugar and water and let sit for a few minutes until frothy.  Then mix in olive oil, yogurt, and egg.  

In a separate bowl, combine 1 cup flour with salt.  Add wet ingredients and mix until combined.  Add additional flour 1/2 cup at a time until you can no longer stir with a spoon.  Knead by hand for 3 minutes adding small amounts of flour to keep from sticking.  Dough should be smooth, but not sticky.  Cover and let raise until double--about 1 hour.

Heat a heavy duty skillet over medium-high heat.  Flatten dough into a disc and divide into 8 equal pieces--then form each piece into a ball to rest.  Take one piece and roll it to 1/4" thick and about 6" wide.  Place onto dry skillet and cook for about 1 minute or until large bubbles pop up,  Flip and cook other side for 1 minute.  You can brush cooked naan with melted butter/garlic mixture and top with herbs if desired.