Butter Chicken | How to make Butter Chicken

Name: Butter Chicken
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4 people
Ingredients: 800 gm chicken pieces (boneless); For marination: 2 tsp red chilli powder; 1 tsp Ginger garlic paste; 1 tbsp coriander powder; Salt to taste; 500 gm yogurt; For gravy: 150 gm buttter; 500 gms tomato, blanched deseeded and pureed; Salt to taste; 100 gm cream; kasoori methi powder 1 tsp; sugar 1 tsp (optional); 1 tsp Kashmiri chilli powder; 1 tsp red chilli powder; 1 tsp cumin powder

By Aayushi Manish | 18th Apr 2016 |

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Butter Chickenby Aayushi Manish

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About Butter Chicken Recipe

chicken simmered in Makhni Gravy

Butter Chicken

Ingredients to make Butter Chicken

800 gm chicken pieces (boneless)
For marination: 2 tsp red chilli powder
1 tsp ginger garlic paste
1 tbsp coriander powder
salt to taste
500 gm yogurt
For gravy: 150 gm buttter
500 gms tomato, blanched deseeded and pureed
salt to taste
100 gm cream
kasoori methi powder 1 tsp
sugar 1 tsp (optional)
1 tsp Kashmiri chilli powder
1 tsp red chilli powder
1 tsp cumin powder

How to make Butter Chicken

Marinate chicken with above-mentioned ingredients for 6-8 hours or preferably overnight.
Cook chicken 3/4 th in a tandoor or oven. Heat a kadhai, add half the quantity of butter, 1 tsp oil to prevent the burning of butter.
Add tomato puree, red chilli powder, sugar, kashmiri chilli powder, kasoori methi powder, cumin powder and cook for 5-6 minutes.
Add chicken to the rest of the butter and cream, cook till chicken is cooked and the gravy thickens. Serve with rice/naan.