Murgh Makhani The dish was made "by chance" by mixing the leftover chicken in a tomato gravy, rich in butter and cream. In India this dish is usually made with bone-in chicken and outside of India boneless chicken is more commonly used. Alfred Prasad's murgh makhani recipe, known in the UK as butter chicken, is one of the ultimate curry dishes.

Ingredients of Murgh Makhani

  1. Prepare 1 of . Chicken - 1/2 kg.
  2. It's 2 of . Tomatoes - 8 pureed.
  3. Prepare 3 of . Ginger garlic paste - 2 tbsp.
  4. It's 4 of . Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp.
  5. Prepare 5 of . Red chilli powder - 1 tsp.
  6. Prepare 6 of . Coriander powder - 1 tsp.
  7. It's 7 of . Garam masala - 1 tsp.
  8. It's 8 of . Kasthoori methi - 1 tbsp.
  9. You need 9 of . Fresh cream - 2 tbsp.
  10. It's 10 of . Butter - 5 tbsp.
  11. It's 11 of . Honey - 1 tbsp.
  12. It's 12 of . Salt - as needed.
  13. It's 13 of . Coriander leaves - for garnish.
  14. You need of To marinate:.
  15. Prepare 1 of . Onion pureed - 1/2 cup.
  16. You need 2 of . Curd - 2 tbsp.
  17. You need 3 of . Coriander powder - 1 tsp.
  18. Prepare 4 of . Chilli powder - 1 tsp.
  19. You need 5 of . Cumin powder - 1 tsp.
  20. It's 6 of . Ginger garlic paste - 1 tbsp.
  21. Prepare 7 of . Lemon juice - 1 tbsp.
  22. It's 8 of . Salt - as needed.

Murgh Makhani step by step

  1. 1. Wash the chicken thoroughly. Marinate with the ingredients under "to marinate". Keep in the fridge for 2 hrs. 2. Heat 2 tbsp of butter in kadai add the marinated chicken to this cook till chicken absorbs the masala completely. 3. Take this and keep aside. Heat remaining butter in pan add ginger garlic paste to his. Saute nicely. 4. Add tomato puree and salt. Add all the masala powders close with lid. cook till oil separates..
  2. 5. Now add the cooked chicken and add a cup of water let it boil. 6. Close with lid cook it. open and cook for another 5 min in low flame. 7. Adjust salt. Add honey and mix it. 8. Add fresh cream and kasthoori methi to this. Garnish with coriander. 9. Serve hot with naan or any roti as you wish..

Prepared in a buttery gravy with the addition of cream gives the curry sauce a silky smooth rich texture. Murgh Makhani also known as Butter Chicken is a spicy tomato based curry cooked with chicken. Packed with spice and a rich creamy sauce it is hearty curry. I just finished making this and it tastes incredible! It tastes better than the chicken makhani at my favorite Indian restaurant!

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