Butter Chicken
The famous Indian Butter Chicken from your favorite restaurant in your own Kitchen.The silky smooth makhani gravy with pan roasted chicken.
Servings Prep Time
6people 20minues
Cook Time Passive Time
20minutes 15minutes
Servings Prep Time
6people 20minues
Cook Time Passive Time
20minutes 15minutes
Ingredients
For Marinade:
For the Gravy
Instructions
Marination
  1. : In a bowl, take the chicken pieces ,lemon juice,ginger garlic paste,salt and tandoori masala.Keep aside for 10 minutes. Then add the hung curd and coat the chicken well with it and keep aside for 5 more minutes.
  2. If you have more time at hand, leave the chicken marinated for 2 hours.
Preparation of gravy
  1. Pressure cook 3 tomatoes till 3 whistles .cool ,puree and sieve. Keep aside
Cooking the Gravy
  1. In a deep pan, heat 1 tbsp ghee and add the onions and ginger garlic paste. Cook till golden brown. Remove from heat and grind to paste .
  2. In the same pan, heat ghee again and add the green cardamom, Bay leaf, cinnamon .Let it splutter for 2 seconds and add the onion paste. Now, immediately add the salt, red chilli powder,coriander powder and a little water about 1/4th cup and cook on simmer till oil separates. Add the pureed tomatoes and cook again till oil separates.
  3. Add the tomato puree and ketchup. Cover and cook for 7-8 minutes.
  4. Meanwhile in another pan, add 1 tbsp. ghee and add the marinated chicken and cook on high flame till cooked and roasted with a nice golden color. Keep stirring to avoid sticking at the bottom.
  5. If the masala starts to burn, reduce the flame to medium and sprinkle a dash of water.
  6. Add this pan roasted chicken once done to the gravy and cover and cook for 5 minutes so that the chicken soaks into the curry well.
  7. Add Garam masala and milk and keep stirring. Remember to stir as it’ll save the milk from curdling.
  8. Add the cream and kasoori methi . mix well. Let the flame be on simmer all this while and bring to a boil.
  9. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve with butter naan / Tandoori Roti/Rice or parantha.