Butter Chicken recipe: Simply hearing the name “Butter Chicken” can make you crave this traditional Indian dish. Indians and visitors alike continue to enjoy butter chicken, especially those who want to try real Indian food. There are numerous stories about how this dish was made. This Butter Chicken recipe is delicious and simple to make.

Ingredients

1. For the marinade:

• Raw Chicken
• 2 tsp Red Chilli Powder
• 2 tsp Ginger-Garlic Paste
• 2 tsp Salt
• 2 tsp Lemon Juice
• 1/2 cup Curd
• 1/2 tsp Garam Masala
• 1 tsp Kasuri Methi
• 2 tsp Mustard Oil

2. For gravy:

• 2 tsp Oil
• 2 to taste Butter Cubes
• 3-gram Cloves
• 1 Cinnamon Stick, sliced
• 1 tsp Mace
• 7 Cardamom
• 4 Tomatoes, chopped
• 1 tsp Garlic
• 1 tsp Ginger
• 1 tsp Ginger-Garlic Paste
• 1 1/2 tsp Red Chilli Powder
• 1 tsp Kasuri Methi
• 2 tsp Honey1 Green Chilli
• 2 tsp Cardamom Powder
• 1 tbsp Cream

Butter Chicken: How to make it? 

1. For marination:

• Raw chicken pieces should be added to a mixing bowl along with salt, red pepper flakes, ginger garlic paste, and lemon juice. Mix well.
• For around 15 to 20 minutes, refrigerate.
• Add curd this time to the chilled mixture. Salt, ginger-garlic paste, red chilli flakes, garam masala, kasuri methi, and mustard oil are placed after that. Mix thoroughly, then chill for one additional hour.
• When the chicken is three-fourths done, roast it in the oven for about 30 minutes.

2. For the chicken gravy:

• In a pan with butter, heat two tablespoons of oil.
• Include cardamom, mace, cinnamon stick, and cloves. Add chopped tomatoes, garlic, and ginger after sautéing. Blend thoroughly, then finely ground.
• Heat the ginger garlic paste and two more cubes of butter in a separate pan.
• Include the mixture’s tomato puree. The roasted chicken pieces are now added, followed by red chilli powder, kasuri methi, and honey. Ladle it out.
• Include cream, green chilli, and cardamom powder. Mix well.
• Add a spoonful of cream when serving.

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