Recipie of Butter Chicken

This is a classic chicken dish and enjoyed best when served hot. You can also garnish it with cream and green chillies just before serving.
We have a huge variety of recipes when it comes to Indian chicken curries so you never run out of options.

Ingredients for Butter Chicken:

400 gms raw chicken

For the Marinade:

2 tsp Red Chilli Powder (Laal-Mirch Powder)

2 tsp Ginger and Garlic Paste (Adrak-Lehsun ka Paste)

2 tsp Salt (Namak)

2 tsp Lemon Juice (Nimbu ka ras)

Curd (Dahi)

1/2 tsp Garam Masala 

1 tsp Kasuri Methi

1/2 tsp Garam Masala 

2 tsp Mustard Oil or Any Oil

For Gravy:

2 tsp Oil

2 to 3 Butter Cubes

3 Gram Cloves (Laung)

1 Cinnamon Stick (Daal-Chini Lakdi)

1 tsp Mace (Jawetri)

7 Cardamom (Elachi)

4 Chopped Tomatoes -puree (Tamatar)

1 tsp Garlic (Lehsun)

1 tsp Ginger (Adrak)

2 Butter Cubes (Makkhan)

1 tsp Ginger and Garlic Paste (Adrak-Lehsun ka Paste)

1 1/2 tsp Red Chilli Powder (Laal-Mirch Powder)

1 tsp Kasuri Methi

2 tsp Honey

1 Green Chilli (Hari Mirch)

2 tsp Cardamom Powder (Elachi Powder)

1 tsp Cream

 Procedure:

For Marination:

In a mixing bowl, put raw chicken pieces and add salt, red chilli powder, ginger-garlic paste, lemon juice. Mix it well.

Refrigerate for about 15-20 minutes

Now add curd (dahi) to the refrigerated mix. Followed by salt, ginger garlic paste, red chilli powder, garam masala, kasuri methi and mustard oil. Mix well and refrigerate again for an hour.

Roast the marinated chicken in an oven for about 30 minutes untill it is three-fourth done.

For Gravy:

Heat 2 tsp of oil in a pan with butter.

Add cloves (laung), Cinnamon Stick (Daal-Chini Lakdi), Mace (Jawetri) and Cardamom (Elachi). 

Saute and then add chopped tomatoes, garlic and ginger. Mix well and then grind well.

In other pan heat 2 cubes of butter along with ginger-garlic paste.

Add the tamatoes puree made from the mixture. Now add red chilli powder, kasuri methi, honey and finally the roasted chicken pieces. Let it simmer.

Add green chilli, Cardamom Powder (Elachi Powder) and cream. Mix well

Serve with a teaspoon of cream over along with naan aur chapati.