Lavin's Butter Chicken (Murg Makhani)
Lavin's Butter Chicken (Murg Makhani)

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Butter chicken, also known as murgh makhani, is one of the most popular Indian curries around the world today. It's quite a mild curry compared to many Indian curries. Butter chicken is composed of pieces of chicken cooked in a mildly spiced tomato and cream sauce.

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To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook lavin's butter chicken (murg makhani) using 22 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Lavin's Butter Chicken (Murg Makhani):
  1. Make ready Marination
  2. Make ready 1000 g Chicken for Marination
  3. Make ready 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
  4. Prepare 1 tbsp mustard oil
  5. Prepare 5 tbsps yogurt
  6. Get to taste Salt
  7. Prepare 1 1/2 tsp red chilli powder
  8. Make ready 1 tsp coriander powder
  9. Prepare Gravy
  10. Take 1 tbsps butter
  11. Get 2 tbsps ghee
  12. Prepare 1-2 green chilli
  13. Make ready I kilo tomatoes chopped
  14. Make ready half tbsp crushed ginger
  15. Take 1 tbsp crushed garlic
  16. Take to taste Salt
  17. Get 3-4 green cardamoms
  18. Make ready 2 charcoal pieces
  19. Make ready 1 tbsp ghee to fry 1 black cardamom 1 mace ¼ tsp green cardamom powder ½ tsp garam masala ½ tsp cinnamon powder / one stick cinnamon
  20. Take 4-5 tbsps cream + for garnish
  21. Make ready 1 1/2 tbsps honey
  22. Take 1/4 tsp dried fenugreek leaves (kasuri methi) roasted, powdered + for garnish

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. WHY IS IT CALLED BUTTER CHICKEN. Created by Kundan Lal Gujral, you may notice that Butter Chicken (known as murgh makhani — chicken with butter), is similar to British tikka masala.

Steps to make Lavin's Butter Chicken (Murg Makhani):
  1. Method - 1) Add chicken, turmeric powder, mustard oil, yogurt, salt, 1 tsp red chilli powder, coriander powder in a bowl. Mix well. Set aside and marinate for 1 hour. - - 2) To prepare the gravy, heat a non-stick deep pan, add 1 tbsp butter let it melt and add tomatoes, ginger, garlic, salt and 2-3 green cardamoms open and add. Cook till tomatoes turn pulpy. Switch off heat. Set aside to cool down. - - 3) Heat a grill pan, drizzle oil and spread it, add marinated chicken pieces one by one and fry
    1. Transfer cooked gravy mixture into a blender, and grind to a fine paste. - - 5. Transfer the blended mixture into a sieve and sieve the mixture in a bowl by pressing with a spatula to make the gravy smooth. - - 6.Heat remaining ghee and remaining butter in a non-stick pan, let it melt. Add black cardamom, crush a mace and add, break and add remaining green cardamom. Sauté till fragrant.Add green chillies and fry for a minute.
    1. Add remaining red chilli powder, blended gravy and mix well. Add salt, a pinch of green cardamom powder, a pinch of garam masala and mix well. Add 1/3 cup to ¼ cup water. Cook for 2-3 minutes and add the chicken. Cover and cook on medium heat till chicken is cooked completely for 10-15 minutes - - 8. Add cream, sugar, remaining green cardamom powder, ¼ tsp roasted and powdered Kasuri methi. Mix well. Cook for a minute and switch off heat. Smoke the gravy with charcoal.And you're done! Enjoy :-)

Prepared in a buttery gravy with the addition of cream gives the curry sauce a silky smooth rich texture. It's authentic, restaurant-style butter chicken, for reals. <- Just tweaked a bit to make it easier for us everyday people, like you and me, without compromising flavor! It's all about that sauce when it comes to an authentic murgh makhani recipe. Like with most curries, this butter chicken actually tastes better with. Return the chicken to the pan along with the half and half; bring to a boil.

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