Butter Chicken
Butter Chicken. Butter chicken is a great, ever-evolving, cross-continental dish found in Delhi, London, New York, Perth and most points in between. In its purest form, it is yogurt-and-spice-marinated chicken. Melt a few tablespoons of butter in a skillet over medium heat. Butter Chicken (Murgh Makhani) is one of the most popular curries in the world and yet happens to be one of the easiest! No hunting down hard to find ingredients, this is a Chef recipe that makes the most incredible curry sauce. To make Butter Chicken you need 26 ingredients and 8 steps quickly.
The ingredients needed to make Butter Chicken:
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500GM's of boneless Chicken
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of Chicken Marination
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1tbsp of ginger garlic paste
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1tbsp of red chilli powder
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1/2 tsp of garam masala
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1/2 cup of thick curd
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1/2 of lemon juice
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as per taste of Salt
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of Gravy
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1 of Onion
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5-6 of riped red tomatoes
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2tbsp of chopped ginger garlic
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10-12 of cashews
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1tbsp of red chilli powder
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5 of peppercorn
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3 of cloves
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2 of green cardomon
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1 of black cardamon
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1 of bay leaf
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1 of Sliced ginger
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2 tbsp of Butter
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1/4 tsp of nutmeg powder
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as required of Oil
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as required of Cream
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as per taste of Kasoori Methi
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1 tsp of Honey
Steps to make Butter Chicken:
- Marinate the chicken with ginger garlic paste,chilli powder, garam masala, lemon juice,curd,salt and set it aside for at least 2 hours..I prefer to keep it overnight.
- Take pan..add water..add chopped tomatoes, Onion,ginger, garlic,dry spices,chillipowder,salt,cashews.Bring it to boil..then reduce the flame and let it cook on simmer for 20 minutes…Let it cool and then remove the bay leaf and black cardamon..puree it in a blender.
- Strain the pureed mixture and keep it aside.
- Take the same pan..add oil and fry the marinated chicken pieces till golden brown.Keep it aside.
- Add 2 tbps of butter in the pan..add finely sliced ginger.. saute it well..add the pureed mixture, nutmeg powder…and cook it on medium flame for ten minutes…add kasuri methi, chicken give it a mix and cook it for 5 minutes..you can add water to adjust the consistency of gravy as per your choice.1 tsp of honey to balance the tangyness from tomatoes.
- Add cream and cook it for another 5 minutes..
- Serve it with Roti or Jeera Rice.
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Butter Chicken Be the first to rate & review! Also known as murgh makhani, this famous Indian dish is probably only rivaled in popularity by chicken tikka masala. Dinner takes on an intoxicating aroma as the chicken cooks in the creamy tomato sauce, thanks to the combination of garam masala and toasted cumin. Butter Chicken is an easy recipe that's full of savory flavor with warm spices. This mild curry has tender chunks of chicken simmered in a creamy spiced curry sauce.
