Butter Chicken,Chicken Makhani

Indian Food Recipes by Jay Puri Blog.

Butter chicken or murgh makhani is an Indian dish from the Punjab region popular in countries all over the world that have a tradition of Indian restaurants.

This is a very good recipe. It takes long time to cook it but it is worth spending the time for good meal.

Ingredients:

1 3/4 pounds skinless, boneless chicken breast halves - cubed

For Marination:
1 cup yogurt
1/2 tablespoon garam masala
2 tbsps mustard oil or ghee
1 tbsp chili powder
2 tbsps ginger paste
2 tbsps garlic paste
2 tbsps lemon juice
2 tbsps olive oil
salt to taste

For Gravy/Sauce:
2 tbsp Butter
1 tbsp garam masala powder
1 cup Onion Puree
1 tbsp ginger paste
1 tbsp Garlic paste
1 tbsp Green chili- finely chopped
2 cups Tomato Puree
1tbspn Chili Powder
1 cup Water
1 tbsp Honey or Sugar
1/2 tsp dried fenugreek leaves ( Kastoori Methi)
1 cup Heavy Whipping Cream
Salt to taste


Method:

1. Use muslin cloth (Cheese Cloth) to remove extra water from yogurt. This yogurt is also known as hung yogurt.
   
2. In mixing bowl. Put yogurt in the bowl and add all marination ingredients in this yogurt. Mix well.
3. Add chicken cubes. Mix well and run the marination on the chicken.
   
4. Marinate for 4 hours.
   
5. Preheat oven at 400 degree F.
   
6. Put chicken on Skewers and cook them for 15 minutes in backing dish. Don't fully cook the chicken. We will cook the chicken in gravy.
7. To make Gravy/Sauce. Heat butter in pan. Put Garam Masala and stir fry.
8. When masala begins to crackle. Add onion puree. Stir and cook for about 4 minutes or until onion changes to brown color.
9. Add ginger paste, garlic paste and green chili. Cook for another minute.
10. Add tomato puree, red chili powder, salt, water, and chicken.
11. Bring it to boil. Put the flame to low and simmer.
    
12. Add honey and fenugreek leaves.
13. Cook for another 5 minutes or until the chicken is fully cooked.
    
14. Add cream. Your butter chicken is ready.

Serve hot.

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