Recipe: Yummy Chicken Butter Masala

Chicken Butter Masala. It goes great with butter naan, roti or even with jeera rice. It is similar to the north Indian or punjabi murgh makhani or the Butter chicken. But there are variations in making both the dishes.

Murgh Makhani Recipe: A creamy yet spicy chicken dish that resonates with any restaurant style chicken dish and gives an irresistible aroma. A buttery chicken curry cooked with tangy tomatoes and cream. Chicken: Boneless, skinless chicken pieces work best. You can have Chicken Butter Masala using 19 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Chicken Butter Masala

1. You need 500 gm of Chicken.
2. It's 1 of Large Tomato roughly chopped.
3. Prepare 1/2 Cup of Yoghurt.
4. Prepare 1 Tsp of roasted Gram Flour.
5. Prepare 15-20 of Cashew nuts (Kaju).
6. It's 5 tsp of oil.
7. You need 4 of Cardamom.
8. It's 3 of Cloves.
9. It's 1 inch of cinnamon stick.
10. Prepare 2 tsp of Garam masala.
11. You need 1 tsp of Kashmiri Mirch Powder.
12. Prepare 2 tsp of Chicken Masala.
13. You need 1 tsp of Dhaniya (coriander)powder.
14. Prepare 1 tsp of Sugar.
15. It's 1 tsp of Kasuri Methi.
16. Prepare 2 tsp of Lemon Juice.
17. You need 2 tsp of Butter.
18. It's to taste of Salt.
19. You need 2 tsp of Ginger Garlic Paste.

It is often termed using various names such as. Pour over the chicken in the slow cooker. Butter Chicken Masala is a tomato based curry and is extremely popular in India, a common delicacy at roadside dhabas from Punjab to West Bengal. It is a common side-dish that people love to eat at restaurants and food joints.

Chicken Butter Masala instructions

1. Add 2 tsp lemon juice and salt to the Chicken, Marinate and keep aside for 10 mins.
2. Now in a bowl add 2 tsp mustard oil, add 1 tsp Kashmiri Mirch Powder + add yoghurt + add roasted gram flour + 1 tsp garam masala + 1 tsp Chicken Masala + 1/2 tsp Dhaniya Powder + 1tsp Ginger Garlic paste + Salt to taste then mix them well and then add Chicken pieces to it. Marinate and Keep refrigerated for 1 hour.
3. In a hot pan Roast Cashew Nuts (Kaju) and keep aside.
4. In a hot pan, add 1 tsp butter, add Cardamom, Cinnamon & Cloves to it and stir for 1 min. Then add 1 tsp Ginger Garlic paste and stir till the Ginger Garlic nicely done.
5. Add roughly chopped tomatoes. Add salt to taste, add 1 tsp garam masala, 1 tsp Chicken masala, 1/2 tsp Dhaniya powder, 1 tsp Sugar and cook in low flame for 5 mins then cover it for 3 more mins in low flame..
6. After 3 mins let it cool completely then add to a grinder. Add roasted Cashew Nuts (Kaju) and make a fine paste. Add water as required.
7. Once done, strain the paste using a strainer to get a smooth paste.
8. After 1 hour, take out the Chicken pieces to make Tikkas. Use pan to fry it or use Microwave oven.
9. In Microwave - use Grill+Micro combi mode in 180dc and cook both side 15 min each. Total 30 mins.
10. Now in a hot pan, add 1tsp butter, then add the paste. Cook it for 3-4 mins then add Chicken Pieces to it and mix well. Cook it for 5 mins in lower flame. After 5 mins, add Kasuri Methi and off the flme..
11. Garnish with grated almond and serve hot with Pulow/Bread/Roti/Naan.

You can bring home the restaurant style flavour of the finger-licking Butter Chicken! It is quite easy to make and just. Butter chicken, murg makhani, and chicken butter masala are titles all referring to the same dish. Like chicken tikka or tandoori chicken, this Indian dish is a popular one the world over. When making this dish at home, you're not likely to have a tandoor oven, however the pan fried version still tastes delicious!