Creamy Chicken Makhani
(Indian Butter Chicken)
Ingredients
For the Marinade
Chicken (6-8 chicken breast / thigh pieces cubed)
Lemon juice 2 tsp
1/2 cup yogurt
Salt to taste
make your own marinade
1 tbs Kashmiri Chili powder
2 tsp chili powder(adjust to your taste)
2 tsp methi leaves crushed
1 tsp Cumin powder
1/2 tsp Garam Masala Powder
Saute and Grind to a smooth paste
Oil -1 tbs
Onions -2
Tomatoes -2
Tomato paste -4 oz
Ginger -2" piece
Garlic-8 cloves
Other Ingredients for the sauce
Cumin powder- 2 tsp
Kashmir red Chili powder -1 1/2 tsp
Garam masala -1/2 tsp
Kasuri Methi leaves - 11/2 tsp
Ketchup -2 tbs
Butter - 1/2 stick or just use oil
Whipping cream -1/2 pint
Cilantro leaves for garnish
Water -2 cups approx
Method
Skin, clean the chicken cut into cubes.
Marinate the cubed chicken with the shan masala or make your own marinade ,yogurt,lemon juice and salt let it stand for a couple of hours or better still over night.
Bake at 300 degrees for 30 min and broil for 10 min at 350 degrees.
Baste it with 1/2 stick butter and keep aside or you can drizzle some oil on it.
Heat 1 tbs oil in a frying pan pan add onions,tomatoes,ginger and garlic minced and fry till the onions and tomatoes are mushy remove from stove,cool at room temperature and grind to a smooth puree in the blender.
In the same pan add the remaining butter add the ground paste followed by the spice powders ,kasuri methi,ketchup, check for salt let it saute for 5 minutes.Add some water at this point.Bring it to a rolling boil.
Now add the broiled chicken pieces,whipping cream and let it simmer for 8-10 minutes !
Garnish with cilantro leaves!
Murg Makhani is ready to be served with some Buttered Naan...or any
Pilau!
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