Murgh Makhani. This is a simple home version of butter chicken, also known as 'murgh' or 'chicken makhani,' a popular dish in Indian restaurants. This is best served with naan, an Indian bread, or you can also serve this with basmati rice. WHY IS IT CALLED BUTTER CHICKEN.
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.
You can cook Murgh Makhani using 22 ingredients and 2 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Murgh Makhani
- You need 1 of . Chicken - 1/2 kg.
- It's 2 of . Tomatoes - 8 pureed.
- You need 3 of . Ginger garlic paste - 2 tbsp.
- It's 4 of . Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp.
- You need 5 of . Red chilli powder - 1 tsp.
- You need 6 of . Coriander powder - 1 tsp.
- You need 7 of . Garam masala - 1 tsp.
- It's 8 of . Kasthoori methi - 1 tbsp.
- Prepare 9 of . Fresh cream - 2 tbsp.
- It's 10 of . Butter - 5 tbsp.
- You need 11 of . Honey - 1 tbsp.
- It's 12 of . Salt - as needed.
- Prepare 13 of . Coriander leaves - for garnish.
- You need of To marinate:.
- It's 1 of . Onion pureed - 1/2 cup.
- It's 2 of . Curd - 2 tbsp.
- It's 3 of . Coriander powder - 1 tsp.
- Prepare 4 of . Chilli powder - 1 tsp.
- You need 5 of . Cumin powder - 1 tsp.
- It's 6 of . Ginger garlic paste - 1 tbsp.
- It's 7 of . Lemon juice - 1 tbsp.
- Prepare 8 of . Salt - as needed.
The dish was made "by chance" by mixing leftover chicken in a tomato gravy, rich in butter and cream. Murgh Makhani, a mouth watering creamy chicken curry made using stir fried chicken and cashew nut tomato gravy cooked together. Chicken makhani or murgh makhani is a very popular chicken curry all over the globe. It is chunks of chicken in a mildly spiced tomato sauce.
Murgh Makhani step by step
- 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..
- 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..
Makhani is a Hindi word which translates as "with butter". Sometimes this dish is called chicken makhani. Chicken Makhani is one of my favorite Indian dishes. It is a full flavored dish that complements the chicken well. It can be made as mild or spicy as you wish by adjusting the cayenne.