Best Indian Butter Chicken – Delicious Creamy Chicken in Tomato Gravy

 Indian Butter Chicken – RAS Special

Butter Chicken is one of the most popular dishes of Indian Cuisine and is a staple at Indian Restaurants all over the world. Nothing like a good Butter Chicken to eat with hot Buttery Naan or Delicious Fluffy Pulao rice. If you are looking for a winning recipe, you are in the right place. This recipe started out as a basic recipe I used and I kept tweaking it till I got the Perfect Mouth Watering Butter Chicken. Watch the video!

Butter Chicken or Murgh Makhani is said to have been created by Punjabi Chefs who reused leftover Tandoori Chicken, converting it into a delicious, saucy gravy using tomatoes. Traditionally, the chicken is cooked in a tandoor oven prior to making the gravy. In modern times, this pan frying or deep frying method seems more feasible. You can use chicken pieces on the bone, but I have managed to get an extremely moist butter chicken using boneless chicken breasts. Trust me. Trust my recipe. Although the dish is called Butter Chicken I do not use butter, Instead, I use a combination of yogurt, cream, and evaporated milk to achieve that buttery taste without tasting too heavy.

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 Indian Butter Chicken – RAS Special

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How to make Indian Butter Chicken – RAS Special Recipe at a glance:

• Marinate.
• Prepare tomato puree or use store-bought.
• Prepare secret spice mix or use store -bought.
• Par -fry marinated chicken.
• Prepare gravy and add chicken.

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Ingredients:

•  600 gms chicken breast
• Oil for deep frying or pan frying
• a nice handful of cilantro, coriander leaves

For Marinating

• 2 tsp ginger
• 2 tsp garlic
• 2 Tbsp yogurt
• ¾ tsp Kashmiri chilli powder (bright red but only moderately hot)
• ¾  tsp Garam Masala – for best results in butter chicken use store bought garam masala that contains black stone flower spice OR try my secret  recipe below
• ¼ tsp turmeric
• ½ tsp shan meat tenderizer
• ½ tsp cumin powder
• 1-2 tsp fresh lime juice (small Indian lemon / lime / nimbu)
• ¾ plus tsp salt
• ¼-½ tsp red food color powder – optional
• ¾ Tbsp Chickpea(Basen) flour

For Gravy

• 4-5 large tomatoes – should be ripe, firm, and bright red (You can also use canned tomatoes– see below)
• ½ tsp paprika
• ¹⁄3 tsp coarsely ground cumin
• ½ large onion, finely chopped
• 2 Tbsp Evaporated Milk
• ¹⁄8 cup heavy cream / double cream whipped briefly with a fork
• 3 Tbsp thick yogurt, whipped, whipped briefly with a fork
• 1 tsp lime juice
• 3- 5 small green chilies, left whole
• ½ tsp dried fenugreek leaves / Kasuri methi – optional
• Additional cream for the end (1-3 spoons as required).
• ¾  tsp Garam Masala – for best results in butter chicken – use store-bought garam masala that contains black stone flower spice OR use my recipe below.  Another alternative is to use Tandoori Chicken Masala.

For Special /Secret Butter Chicken Garam Masala:  note that some of these spices are hard to find, hence using store-bought garam masala is recommended 

• 4 Tbsp coriander seeds /sabut dhania
• 1 Tbsp cumin seeds /jeera
• 3 Dried Kashmiri Chillies
• 1 ½ Tbsp stone flower/pathar phool/dagad phool
•  4 Indian bay leaf / tej patta / tamal patra
• 12  clove stems / lavang kandi
• 10 cloves / lavang
• ¼  tsp black pepper / sabut kali mirch
• 1 tsp caraway seeds / shahjeera
• 2 black cardamom / badi elachi, seeds and husk removed
• 3 green cardamom / hari elachi / choti elachi, seeds and husk removed
• 1 tsp  cobras saffron / nag kesar
• 1 tsp saffron / kesar
• 1/2 tsp nutmeg

Method:

• Add all ingredients to a frying pan (dry) and roast for 2 minutes.
• Add ½ tsp  sea salt  & Grind in a coffee grinder to a fine powder. Store in airtight jar.

It is recommended that you open the recipe page and keep this page going if you like to WATCH / LISTEN to the video alongside the written instructions.

Key Ingredients: Chicken, Tomatoes, Spices, Onion, Ginger, Garlic, Yoghurt, Cream, Evaporated Milk, Oil, Lime, Salt.

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