Butter Chicken/Murgh Makhani

Butter Chicken is a thick creamy, yummy and delicious dish. This is a popular recipe at Indian cuisines. This is also called as Murgh Makhani. I am sure this is one of the lip smacking chicken dishes.

 It is mild and restaurant style chicken recipe. This goes well with fried rice/ ghee rice/ steamed white rice/ naan/ chapatti/ parota/idli/dosa…

Ingredients

(For Gravy)

Fresh Cream – 50 ml

Ginger Garlic Paste – 1 tsp

Chilli Powder – 1 tsp

Green Chilli – 7

Coriander Powder – 2 tsp

Kasoori Methi Leaves – 1/ tsp (Dry & Powdered)

Salt to taste

Butter – 5 tsp

Finely Chopped Onions – 2 cups

Finely Chopped Tomatoes – 1 cup

Cashew Nuts – 20

Finely Chopped Coriander Leaves – few

Lime Juice – 1 tsp

(To Marinate)

Chilli Powder – 1 ½ tsp

Coriander Powder – 2 ½ tsp

Chicken – ½ kg

Ginger Garlic Paste – 1 tsp

Cumin Powder – ½ tsp

Fennel Powder – ½ tsp

Yogurt/Curd – 2 tsp

To Saute

Cinnamon – 1 stick

Cardamom – 1

Bay Leaves – 2

Clove – 2

Butter – ½ tsp

Method

In a bowl add the ingredients which are under to marinate and mix well. Let it be for an hour.

Heat oil in a kadai, add the chicken pieces and fry it till this cooked well and becomes soft.Then take it out and keep this aside.

Heat butter in a kadai, add the chopped onions and fry till it becomes soft.

Add ginger garlic paste, chopped tomatoes, and green chillies and cook till it becomes mushy.

Now add chilli powder, coriander powder, water and mix well. Then switch off the flame. Let t cool down. Then grind it as a ground paste. And keep it aside.

In a blender add 1 tsp of yogurt and cashew nuts then make it as fine paste.

Heat a kadai, add butter and ground paste, dry methi leaves and cook on low flame. Now add cashew paste and fresh cream and fried chicken pieces.

Mix well and cook until you get thick consistency of gravy. Add lime juice. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves.

In a pan, melt ghee. Add the ingredients which are under to saute it for few sec. Then transfer into butter chicken gravy.

Yummy and delicious butter chicken is ready to serve!