Best Butter Chicken Recipe for restaurant-style home cooking. One of the most popular Indian dishes the world over. Butter Chicken or Murg Makanhi or Chicken Makhan Wala are the different names for this popular dish. It is popular only because it’s one of those Indian dishes that is not very spicy but has all the flavours that make it Indian. It is a gravy based dish which can be enjoyed with rice and different kinds of Indian Bread.
What do you need for Best Butter Chicken Recipe
- Boneless Chicken 1/2 kg
- Yogurt 200 gram
- Red chili powder 1 teaspoon
- Salt to taste
- Ginger-garlic paste 2 teaspoon
- Dry fenugreek leaves 1 teaspoon
- Lemon juice 2 teaspoon
- Onion 2
- Cumin seeds 1/2 teaspoon
- Green chili 3
- Tomato 3
- Cashew nuts 10 no’s
- Almonds 10no’s
- Red chili powder 1 teaspoon
- Coriander powder 1 teaspoon
- Dry fenugreek leaves / kasoori methi 1/2 teaspoon
- Fresh cream 1/4 cup
- Coal Pieces 1 small
- Butter 1/2 cup
- Bay leaf 1
- Food colour small pinch
How to prepare your favourite Butter Chicken
Take the boneless chicken and cut it into small pieces. Add yoghurt, red chilli powder, salt, dry fenugreek leaves, lemon juice, and ginger-garlic paste. Mix it well and keep it in a fridge for marinating for at least 6 hours or overnight. Heat the oil in a wok and deep fry the chicken pieces till light golden in colour or till chicken is completely cooked.
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Take it out from the oil and keep it aside. Heat the oil in another wok and add chopped onion, cumin seeds, and green chilli. Fry it for about 4-5 minutes or till onion is mushy. Add chopped tomato, Cashew nuts, almonds, red chilli powder, coriander powder, dry fenugreek leaves, bay leaves, and salt. Cook the spices for another 2-3 minutes.
Now let it completely cool by itself. Grind the cooked ingredients along with 1/2 cup water to make a fine and smooth paste. Heat the wok with 1/4 cup butter and add the ground paste. Cook the spices on slow heat till butter shows separately. Then add 1/4 cup more butter and food colour. Cook it for another 4-5 minutes and add fried chicken pieces and mix it well.
You can enjoy butter chicken with your friends and family
Add 2 cup boiled water and cook covered for 5 minutes. Now add fresh cream and mix it well and immediately switch off the flame. Heat the coal pieces on direct flame. Make a small bowl from aluminium foil and put it into the wok and put the heated coal piece into the bowl and pour 1 teaspoon ghee on coal and immediately cover it so that the gravy can absorb the essence of coal. Butter chicken is ready, garnish with some more butter and serve hot with chapatti or Naan.
