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To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook butter chicken (murgh makhani) using 24 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Butter Chicken (Murgh Makhani):
- Prepare To Marinate the Chicken:
- Take 2 Chicken Breast
- Take 1 tbsp ginger and garlic paste
- Take 1 tsp chilli powder
- Make ready 1 tsp garam masala
- Prepare 1 tsp turmeric
- Take 1 tsp cumin powder
- Get 1/2 tsp salt
- Get 1/2 tsp corriander powder
- Take 1 tbsp lemon juice
- Make ready 2 tbsp oil
- Get To make the base sauce:
- Get 3 Onions
- Make ready 15-20 Cashews Nuts
- Get 2 Dried Chillies
- Take 2 tbsp tomato paste
- Take Salt as per taste
- Get 1/2 tsp sugar
- Prepare Dry Spices(3 cloves, 1 star anise, 1/2 Cinnamon stick, 1 big elachi)
- Take 1 tsp cumin powder
- Get 1 tsp coriander powder
- Make ready 1/2 tsp red chilli powder (optional)
- Get 50 g butter
- Make ready 30-40 ml double cream
Drain and discard any excess marinade. Add the chicken and marinade to the frying pan. Butter chicken (मुर्ग़ मक्खनी or murgh makhani), is a traditional dish of Indian cuisine in New Delhi, made with chicken marinated in a butter sauce, usually served with naan and rice. Heat the butter and oil together and add the chicken pieces to it.
Steps to make Butter Chicken (Murgh Makhani):
- In a large bowl, whisk together lemon juice, oil,turmeric, garam masala, cumin powder,coriander powder, chilli powder, ginger& garlic paste. Add chicken and toss until fully coated. Let marinate for 1-2 hours. (preferable overnight)
- In a large pot over the medium heat, melt 2 tablespoons butter. Working in batches, add chicken and cook until golden all over, about 2 minutes per side. Transfer to a plate.
- Reduce heat to medium and melt 2 tablespoons butter. Add the dry chillies, Cashew nuts and diced onions.Cook until soft, about 5 minutes. Add 300ml water and cook until fragrant.
- Once the onions cooked and water start to boil, take it off the heat. Drain all the water and blitz the onions and cashews nuts. Do not throw the water away. Keep it aside.
- Heat up some butter.Add the dry spices (as listed above in the ingredients list), cumin powder, coriander and red chilli powder. Cook until fragrant. Add the onions and cashew purée and tomato purée into the dry spices. Stir it and return chicken to sauce with same water that cooked onions and cashews nuts. Add salt n 1/2tsp sugar. Let simmer until the chicken is cooked through, about 8 minutes.
- Stir in double cream and remaining 2 tablespoons butter.
- Garnish with coriander and serve warm over rice with naan or Roti.
Butter Chicken is one of the most popular Indian dishes worldwide - often referred to as Murgh Makhani on restaurant menus, this dish is rich, creamy and flavoursome. A perfect alternative to Korma for those who like their curries fairly mild, it really is one of those dishes that is destined to become a firm favourite in any household. Butter Chicken (also known as Murgh Makhani) is a dish you often see on the menu of restaurants, originating from Delhi in India with firm roots in Punjabi cuisine, it has become renowned all over the world for being one of the most loved dishes. There's a copious quantity of butter (after all it is butter chicken!), cream and honey. But I assure you it's worth every spoonful.
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