Butter Chicken is probably one of the most popular Indian chicken.
Is Butter Chicken Truly Authentically Indian?
The story goes that the owner of Moti Mahal restaurant Murgh = chicken, Makhani = buttery.
Ingredients of Butter Chicken
- It's 750 gms of chicken.
- It's 1 cup of curd.
- It's 1 tablespoon of tandoori masala.
- You need 2 teaspoons of red chilli powder.
- It's 2 teaspoons of turmeric powder.
- It's 2 teaspoons of coriander powder.
- You need 10-12 cloves of garlic.
- You need 1 inch of ginger.
- It's handful of mint leaves.
- You need handful of coriander leaves.
- It's 2 teaspoon of cumin powder.
- It's 2 of onions.
- It's 6 of tomatoes.
- You need 1 tablespoon of tomato ketchup.
- Prepare 1 teaspoon of sugar.
- It's 1 teaspoon of kasuri methi.
- You need 2 teaspoons of kitchen king masala.
- You need 2 tablespoons of oil.
- It's 1 tablespoon of butter.
- You need 10-12 of cashew.
- Prepare 1 tablespoon of poppy seeds.
- Prepare to taste of salt.
Butter Chicken step by step
- In a blender take ginger, garlic, coriander, mint add little water and blend keep aside..
- Soak Kaju and poppy seeds in warm water for half and hour, once soaked blend it to nice paste. keep aside..
- In a bowl take curd, add 1 tablespoon ginger garlic paste, 1 teaspoon turmeric powder, 1 teaspoon red chilli powder, tandoori masala, 1 teaspoon cumin powder, salt mix, now add chicken pieces and mix till chicken pieces are coated with masala marinate for minimum 45 minutes..
- Cut onion in to large pieces, keep aside, make cross on top of tomatoes and keep aside..
- In a pan boil some water add onion and tomatoes..
- After 5 minutes, strain the water and keep aside..
- After 45 minutes, heat 1 tablespoon oil in pan and add chicken, fry till water dries, then simmer and cover and cook for 10 minutes, till oil separates..
- Alternatively you can roast chicken in oven for 15 minutes or till it's done..
- Chicken is done keep aside..
- For the gravy: Blend the boiled onions in nice paste..
- In a kadhai, heat oil and butter add 3 to 4 black pepper, 2 cardamoms and add onion paste. Cook till oil separates.
- Now remove skin of tomatoes and blend nicely to make tomato puree. keep aside.
- Once onion paste changes colour add 1 tablespoon ginger garlic paste and fry till raw smell goes now add tomato puree. cook till oil separates..
- Now add all dry masalas, tomato ketchup, sugar and mix well, add kaju paste and mix again..
- Now add fry chicken along with all the masala, taste and add salt only if needed..
- Add water to adjust consistency and allow to boil, once it boils simmer and cover and keep for 5 minutes..
- After 5 minutes, crush a teaspoon of kasuri methi and garnish with coriander leaves.
- Serve hot with phulkas, roti, pulao enjoy....
Chicken Makhani is one of my favorite Indian dishes. It is a full flavored dish that complements the chicken well. All Reviews for Chicken Makhani (Indian Butter Chicken). Butter chicken originated from using leftover dry tandoori chicken and giving it moisture with a creamy spiced tomato sauce — plus some butter, and we have butter chicken. Butter chicken was first created in India just a few decades ago, and was actually born out of a need to re-purpose unsold chicken.
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