Indian Style Butter Chicken
We marinade our chicken with a special mild sweet and savoury blend of over 20 spices and herbs prepared in the traditional manner to create our Canadian version of this classic Indian favourite.
Indian cuisine is rich in culture and history, with an affluence of inspirations from different empires, religious identities, and explorers that have inspired and have been inspired by Indian customs. Indian cuisine recognizes how food and spice affect body, mind and health. In all its complexity, Indian cuisine finds harmony amongst the ingredients and spices used and recognizes the different medicinal properties and senses that each spice evokes. No particular ingredient dominates and overpowers the others; all the different flavours compliment each other and work in unison to deliver a unique and cohesive tantalizing experience for your taste buds.
Indian cuisine can be defined into sub-continental gastronomic regions, each having distinct influences and customs. Northern India is well known for its soft and fluffy naan bread, saffron, nuts, and tandoor oven. Eastern India is known for its use of mustards and poppy seeds, as well as its desserts. South Indian cuisine heavily uses coconut oil, lentils, and curry leaves, whereas West Indian cuisine is traditionally more vegetarian, due to religious movements such as Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism. West Indian cuisine also has routes to the Portuguese due to their colonization in the late 15th century. The Portuguese not only exported many spices (including cinnamon and ginger), but they also heavily influenced local cuisine. The strong focus on grain in the north is due to the influence of the Mauryan Empire from over 2000 years ago, an economy heavily dependent on agriculture that promoted cultivation and trade. Similarly, the Mughal Empire of the 16th century, a fusion of Persian and Indian cuisines, influenced modern Indian cuisine due to their heavy use of dried fruits such as raisins and nuts such as almonds and cashews in many main dishes.
At the dinner table, enjoy this lively meal in style!
The Travelling Butcher suggests setting your table with deep reds, saturated purples, bright blues, and glowing greens. Just as the aromatic spices used in Indian cuisine have strong flavours and colours, your dining experience should be the same – do not hold back on using colour. Experience this exotic culture with its stunning and abounding use of colour!