Butter Chicken
Butter Chicken (chicken Makhani) is one of the most popular curries in the world.
It consists of bite-sized pieces of succulent boneless chicken thigh simmered in a creamy and super flavourful spiced tomato and cream sauce.
The beautiful silky smooth Butter Chicken Sauce mostly gets its richness from cream & butter.
I have made butter chicken many times but i was not getting the exact restaurant style taste. Then after many trials I finally got that special flavour and intense rich colour.
The secret for restaurant style butter chicken is to add a tablespoon of home-made tikka masala .
Check out my homemade tikka masala recipe.
The intense rich Orange colour comes from the kashmiri red chillies. The colour will deepen as the sauce simmers and thickens.
Do try this easy recipe.
preparation
Marinade the chicken.
Fry the marinated chicken.
Prepare the makhni sauce.
Prepare gravy
Butter Chicken
Butter Chicken (chicken Makhani) is one of the most popular curries in the world.It consists of bite-sized pieces of succulent boneless chicken thigh simmered in a creamy and super flavourful spiced tomato and cream sauce.
Prep Time 15 minutes mins
Cook Time 30 minutes mins
Total Time 45 minutes mins
Course Main Course
Cuisine Indian
For Chicken Marinade
- 500 gm boneless chicken thighs
- 2 tbsp Lemon Juice
- 1&1/2 tbsp Ginger & Garlic Paste
- 3/4 tsp Red Chilly Powder
- 1/4 tsp Turmeric Powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp Garam Masala Powder
- 1&1/2 tsp Coriander Powder
- 1 tsp Cumin Powder
- 3 tbsp butter for frying
For Makhni sauce
- 1 tbsp oil
- 1 medium sized onion
- 4 medium sized tomato
- 18 cashew nuts
- 3-4 Kashmiri dry chillies
- 2 tbsp chopped coriander leaves with stem
- 1 tbsp Cumin Seeds
- 1/2 tsp Green Cardamom powder
- 1&1/2 tsp Coriander Powder
- 1 tsp Red Chilly Powder
- salt to taste
- 1/4 tsp Turmeric Powder
For Gravy
- 3 tbsp butter
- 1 tbsp oil
- 1/2 onion finely chopped
- 1 tsp Kashmiri Red Chili Powder
- 1 tbsp tikka masala powder
- 1&1/2 tsp Kasuri Methi
- salt to taste
- 1/2 tsp Garam Masala Powder
- 3-4 tbsp Heavy cream
For the Makhni Sauce
In the same pan add oil, onion, tomato, cashew, kashmiri red chillies, red chilli powder, turmeric powder, cumin seeds, salt, green cardamom powder and garam masala powder.
Add coriander leaves with stems . Add 1/2cup water, cover and cook for 10-12 minutes until tomatoes are soft and mushy.
Let the mixture cool for few minutes.Make a fine paste in a food processor, add water if needed. Strain the mixture & discard the waste.Makhni sauce is ready.
For the gravy
In the same pan add oil & butter. Add chopped onion & fry for 1 minute. Now reduce the heat and add Kashmiri red chilli powder, & chicken tikka masala. Saute for 30 seconds. Add prepared Makhni sauce & cook on medium to low flame for 5 minutes.
Now add fried chicken, salt, kasuri methi and garam masala powder. Cover and cook for 5-8minutes on low flame
Add 1 tbsp butter and heavy cream and Cook for 1minute.Garnish with coriander leaves, drizzle cream on top & serve hot with naan.
Keyword Butter chicken masala, buutrer chicken, Chicken makhni, Easy Chicken recipe, Murgh makhni, Restaurant style curry
