Butter Chicken (Murgh Makhani)
Butter Chicken (Murgh Makhani)

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Choose from the world's largest selection of audiobooks. Alfred Prasad 's murgh makhani recipe, known in the UK as butter chicken, is one of the ultimate curry dishes. The chicken is marinated in ginger and garlic paste, yoghurt and spices before grilling and combining with the rich, heady makhani sauce. This recipe appears in our first ever cookbook, Great British Chefs, available to buy on Amazon.

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook butter chicken (murgh makhani) using 24 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Butter Chicken (Murgh Makhani):
  1. Make ready To Marinate the Chicken:
  2. Make ready 2 Chicken Breast
  3. Make ready 1 tbsp ginger and garlic paste
  4. Make ready 1 tsp chilli powder
  5. Make ready 1 tsp garam masala
  6. Get 1 tsp turmeric
  7. Make ready 1 tsp cumin powder
  8. Take 1/2 tsp salt
  9. Take 1/2 tsp corriander powder
  10. Prepare 1 tbsp lemon juice
  11. Take 2 tbsp oil
  12. Prepare To make the base sauce:
  13. Prepare 3 Onions
  14. Prepare 15-20 Cashews Nuts
  15. Prepare 2 Dried Chillies
  16. Get 2 tbsp tomato paste
  17. Prepare Salt as per taste
  18. Prepare 1/2 tsp sugar
  19. Make ready Dry Spices(3 cloves, 1 star anise, 1/2 Cinnamon stick, 1 big elachi)
  20. Take 1 tsp cumin powder
  21. Take 1 tsp coriander powder
  22. Get 1/2 tsp red chilli powder (optional)
  23. Take 50 g butter
  24. Get 30-40 ml double cream

However, before you add the chicken and butter paste, add more butter and red chilli to complete this signature dish! Add the chicken and marinade to the frying pan. Heat the butter and oil together and add the chicken pieces to it. Butter Chicken (also known as Murgh Makhani) is a dish you often see on the menu of restaurants, originating from Delhi in India with firm roots in Punjabi cuisine, it has become renowned all over the world for being one of the most loved dishes.

Steps to make Butter Chicken (Murgh Makhani):
  1. In a large bowl, whisk together lemon juice, oil,turmeric, garam masala, cumin powder,coriander powder, chilli powder, ginger& garlic paste. Add chicken and toss until fully coated. Let marinate for 1-2 hours. (preferable overnight)
  2. In a large pot over the medium heat, melt 2 tablespoons butter. Working in batches, add chicken and cook until golden all over, about 2 minutes per side. Transfer to a plate.
  3. Reduce heat to medium and melt 2 tablespoons butter. Add the dry chillies, Cashew nuts and diced onions.Cook until soft, about 5 minutes. Add 300ml water and cook until fragrant.
  4. Once the onions cooked and water start to boil, take it off the heat. Drain all the water and blitz the onions and cashews nuts. Do not throw the water away. Keep it aside.
  5. Heat up some butter.Add the dry spices (as listed above in the ingredients list), cumin powder, coriander and red chilli powder. Cook until fragrant. Add the onions and cashew purée and tomato purée into the dry spices. Stir it and return chicken to sauce with same water that cooked onions and cashews nuts. Add salt n 1/2tsp sugar. Let simmer until the chicken is cooked through, about 8 minutes.
  6. Stir in double cream and remaining 2 tablespoons butter.
  7. Garnish with coriander and serve warm over rice with naan or Roti.

Heat the butter and oil together and add the chicken pieces to it. Butter Chicken (also known as Murgh Makhani) is a dish you often see on the menu of restaurants, originating from Delhi in India with firm roots in Punjabi cuisine, it has become renowned all over the world for being one of the most loved dishes. History of Butter Chicken: It is said that butter chicken was invented by Kundan Lal Gujral of the famous Moti Mahal chain of restaurants, who added leftover cooked tandoori chicken to a tomato gravy, in an attempt to use it and the rest is history. It is called Murgh Makhani on their menu. Chunks of grilled chicken (tandoori chicken) cooked in a smooth buttery & creamy tomato based gravy is known as Butter chicken or murgh makhani.

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