Healthy Recipe for Diabetes – Butter Chicken

Butter chicken has been a favorite dish for many people but health conscious people rarely dig into the dish, so this recipe will not just help diabetes people but also health conscious people. So read below the recipe to healthy butter chicken and relish it at your home.

Preparation time: 26-30 minutes
Cook time: 31 -40 mins
Serve - 4

Ingredients for Butter Chicken Recipe

• Boneless chicken cut into 1½ inch pieces 400 grams

• Lemon juice 1 tablespoon

• Kashmiri red chilli powder 1 teaspoon

• Salt to taste

• Butter 2 tablespoons

• For marinade

• Yogurt 1/2 cup

• Ginger paste 2 teaspoons

• Garlic paste 2 teaspoons

• Kashmiri red chilli powder 1/2 teaspoon

• Garam masala powder 1/2 teaspoon

• Salt to taste

• Mustard oil 2 teaspoons

• FOR MAKHNI GRAVY

• Butter 2 tablespoons

• Green cardamom 2

• Clove 2

• Black peppercorns 2-3

• Cinnamon 1 inch piece

• Ginger paste 1 teaspoon

• Garlic paste 1 teaspoon

• Tomato puree 1/2 cup

• Red chilli powder 1/2 teaspoon

• Salt to taste

• Sugar 2 tablespoons

• Kasoori methi 1/2 teaspoon

• Fresh cream 1/2 cup’

Preparation

• Apply a mixture of red chili powder, lemon juice and salt to the chicken pieces and set aside for half an hour in the refrigerator.

• Hang the yogurt in a muslin cloth for fifteen to twenty minutes to remove extra water. Add the ginger and garlic pastes, red chilli and garam masala powders, salt and mustard oil.

• Apply this marinade to the chicken pieces and place them in the refrigerator for three to four hours.

• Preheat the oven to 200°C/400°F/Gas Mark 6. String the chicken pieces onto skewers and cook in the preheated oven or a moderately hot tandoor for ten to twelve minutes or until almost done.

• Baste with the butter and cook for another two minutes. Remove and set aside.

• To make the makhni gravy, heat the butter in a nonstick pan. Add the green cardamoms, cloves, peppercorns and cinnamon.

• Sauté for two minutes, add the ginger and garlic pastes and sauté for two minutes. Add the tomato puree, red chilli powder, salt and half cup of water.

• Bring the mixture to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for ten minutes. Add the sugar or honey and powdered kasoori methi.

• Add the cooked tandoori chicken pieces. Simmer for five minutes and add the fresh cream. Serve hot with naan or parantha.

Nutrition Info

Calories : 1511 Kcal / 4 servings
Carbohydrates : 36 gms
Protein : 120 gms
Fat : 100 gms

Recipe by Ms. Madhavi, Dietician, Apollo Sugar Clinics, Mumbai

TOGETHER AGAINST DIABETES

Effects of alcohol on Diabetes

As I don't consume alcohol, so here is one article I would like to share on the effects alcohol has on people with Diabetes. People with diabetes should be particularly be cautious when it comes to drinking alcohol because alcohol can make some of the complications of diabetes worse. Alcohol impacts the sugar regulating function of the liver and can also interact with some medications in diabetics.

Here are some other ways that alcohol can affect diabetes:

• While moderate amounts of alcohol may cause blood sugar to rise, excess alcohol can actually decrease your blood sugar level - sometimes causing it to drop into dangerous levels, especially for people with type 1 diabetes.

• Beer and sweet wine contain carbohydrates and may raise blood sugar.

• Alcohol stimulates your appetite, which can cause you to overeat and may affect your blood sugar control.

• Alcoholic drinks often have a lot of calories, making it more difficult to lose excess weight.

• Alcohol may also affect your judgment or willpower, causing you to make poor food choices.

• Alcohol can interfere with the positive effects of oral diabetes medicines or insulin.

• Alcohol may increase triglyceride levels.

• Alcohol may increase blood pressure.

• Alcohol can cause flushing, nausea, increased heart rate, and slurred speech.

A healthcare provider will tell you how much alcohol is safe for you to drink. Depending on your health condition, that may mean no alcohol at all.

You can contact Dr Jayaprakash Sai, Consultant Diabetologist, Apollo Sugar Clinics, Hyderabad who has provided inputs on the article.