Hello everybody, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, butter chicken / murgh makhani. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

BUTTER CHICKEN / MURGH MAKHANI is one of the most popular of recent trending meals on earth. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. BUTTER CHICKEN / MURGH MAKHANI is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.

Butter Chicken or murgh makhani (pronounced [mʊrg ˈmək.kʰə.ni]) is a curry of chicken in a spiced tomato, butter and cream sauce. It originated in India as a curry. Butter chicken recipe at its best!! Try this easy recipe, sure you will ditch your favorite restaurant for this awesome chicken makhani!

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have butter chicken / murgh makhani using 31 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make BUTTER CHICKEN / MURGH MAKHANI:

1. Prepare chicken marinade
2. Get 1.2 kg chicken breast cut into 2 - 3 cm chunks
3. Prepare 200 g plain yoghurt
4. Get 1 tbsp vegetable oil
5. Make ready 2 tbsp tandoori masala (preferably powdered form)
6. Take 1 tsp garam masala
7. Make ready 1/4 tsp saffron threads crushed
8. Prepare 1 tsp salt
9. Take 1/2 tbsp garlic paste
10. Take 1/2 tbsp ginger paste
11. Get butter chicken gravy
12. Take 60 grams raw cashews
13. Make ready 1 tbsp ghee
14. Get 1 large onion diced
15. Prepare 4-5 tbsp butter (70-85 grams)
16. Make ready 6 green cardamoms (whole spice)
17. Make ready 2 black cardamoms (whole spice)
18. Make ready 2 bay leaves (whole spice)
19. Make ready 1 mace blade (whole spice)
20. Take 1/2 tsp fenugreek seeds (whole spice)
21. Take 700 grams tomato puree
22. Prepare 1-2 tsp kashmiri chilli (powder spice)
23. Prepare 3 tsp coriander seed powder (powder spice)
24. Take 2 tsp cumin seed powder (powder spice)
25. Take 1 tsp garam masala (powder spice)
26. Prepare 1/4 tsp sugar
27. Get 2 tbsp kasuri methi
28. Make ready 1/2 cup cream
29. Take 1/4 cup coriander leaves
30. Prepare water as required
31. Make ready salt to taste

The outside is supposed to be nicely browned and charred in places. It’s ok if the inside is still raw. Murgh Makhani also known as Butter Chicken is a spicy tomato based curry cooked with chicken. UK curry lovers can’t seem to get enough of Chicken Tikka Masala; the one thing that gets the appetite going for most Indians undoubtedly has to be ‘Butter Chicken’ or Murgh Makhani.

Steps to make BUTTER CHICKEN / MURGH MAKHANI:

1. CHICKEN MARINADE: Add all ingredients into a mixing bowl and stir until a consistent orange color is achieved and chicken is evenly coated. Cover and leave to marinade in fridge for 4 to 24 hours.
2. COOKING CHICKEN: Preheat oven to 240 degrees celsius and have grill function on as well if your oven will allow. On a large flat baking pan place a wire rack. Lightly coat wire rack with spray oil and place chicken onto rack. Try to leave some space between each piece of chicken as we want to slightly char the outside of each piece. You may need to do this in two batches.
3. COOKING CHICKEN: Place into oven near the top and cook for 10 minutes, turn chicken over and cook for a further 5 minutes. Time may vary slightly depending on the oven. You are looking to slightly char the surface of the chicken without cooking all the way through.
4. BUTTER CHICKEN GRAVY: Blend cashews into a fine powder if you have a small spice grinder attachment. Stir into 1/2 cup of water to create a ‘cashew milk’. If not add to normal blender with 1/2 cup of water and blend into ‘cashew milk’. This can be set aside for now.
5. Heat ghee in large kadai or saute pan (at least 3 litres). Add onion and saute till translucent. Do not allow the onion to brown or burn. Allow to cool enough for your blender (good blenders can go in hot) and add 1/2 cup of water to achieve a smooth paste. This can be set aside for now.
6. In the same pan heat 3 tbsp of butter and add in all of the ‘whole spices’ and saute for 1 minute. Don’t burn them!
7. Now add in our onion paste and the tomato puree and cook for 5 mins stirring regularly to keep spluttering under control. You can add a little water if needed.
8. Add in our ‘cashew milk’ passing it through a fine strainer. Press through with a spatula to get as much of the mixture without any chunks getting through. Add all of the ‘powder spices’,sugar and 1/2 cup of water and stir through. You may need to add more water. Do not make the gravy too runny, it should be a gravy consistency. Cook until the gravy begins to bubble. Lower temperature to a simmer.
9. Add cream and mix through. Add kasuri methi crushing between your thumb and palm and mix through.
10. Add our charred chicken pieces and stir through. Add 2 tbsp of butter (less or more to taste/indulgence). Add salt to taste. Simmer for at least ten minutes ensuring chicken is cooked through. Again you can add water if gravy has become too thick.
11. Remove whole spices to the best of your ability. It doesn’t matter if there’s some left in the dish. Some people might find it unpleasant to bite into but it’s not bad for you.
12. Serve with rice and chopped coriander leaves on top. Enjoy!
13. Ready to serve and ENJOY!

Murgh Makhani also known as Butter Chicken is a spicy tomato based curry cooked with chicken. UK curry lovers can’t seem to get enough of Chicken Tikka Masala; the one thing that gets the appetite going for most Indians undoubtedly has to be ‘Butter Chicken’ or Murgh Makhani. Butter Chicken (Murgh Makhani) is one of the most popular curries in the world and yet happens to be one of the easiest! No hunting down hard to find ingredients, this is a Chef recipe that makes the most incredible curry sauce. The chicken is incredibly tender and injected with flavour from a yogurt.

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