EASY BUTTER CHICKEN RECIPE | MURGH MAKHANI WITH A TWIST

Easy Butter chicken Recipe- Murgh makhani with a twist- chicken recipe --Today I will be showing how to cook restaurant style butter chicken at home and along with that I will be using an all natural food color that will not only brighten up the color of the gravy but gives it a nice flavor too unlike any artificial food colors.
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Ingredients for Butter Chicken Recipe- serves 5

For ginger garlic paste -
garlic cloves - 15 in number or 42 gms /0.09 lb
ginger - 2 inch long /47 gms /0.10lb

For marination -
Chicken- 500 gms/1.10 lb boneless, skinless chicken thighs
yogurt - 2 tablespoon heaped
ginger garlic paste- 1 tablespoon
kashmiri red chili powder/paprika- 1 teaspoon
lemon/lime juice- 1 teaspoon
oil- 1 teaspoon

For making the creamy butter chicken gravy -
medium bright tomatoes 6 to 7 /550 gms/1.21lb
medium to large onion-1 /115 gms/0.25 lb
cashew nuts- 6 to 7
Turmeric powder- 1/4 th tsp
cardamom powder/elaichii powder- 1 teaspoon
mace powder/ javitri powder- 1/4th teaspoon
garam masala powder- 1/2 teaspoon ( link for my homemade garam masala powder is given below)
kashmiri red red chili powder/paprika - 1/2 tablespoon ( Kashmiri red chilies are very mild regarding spice level)
kasuri methi/dried fenugreek leaves- 1/2 teaspoon, crush it in your palm before adding
salt 1 teaspoon + 1/2 teaspoon while frying chicken
sugar / honey - 2 to 3 tablespoons or more if your gravy tastes sour
heavy cream/cooking cream- 1/4 to 1/2 cup

For making chili oil-
kashmiri red chili powder/paprika- 1 tablespoon
butter- 1 tablespoon
oil- 2 teaspoons
1 tablespoon oil for frying chicken
1 tablespoon butter + remaining oil after frying chicken required for gravy.

Method-
Make ginger garlic paste
Marinate chicken for a minimum of 1 hour
Boil tomatoes, onion and cashews for 2-3 minutes
Drop the above in cold water and peel off the tomatoes
Blend the tomatoes, onion and garlic to a smooth paste. You may again pass this paste through a strainer.
Fry the chicken
heat butter in pan, add the tomato blend, add the spices, tomato puree and cook for 20 minutes on low heat.
add the chicken, add cream, cook for a 5-6 minutes on low heat.
add the chili oil at the end.

For making chili oil-
take kashmiri red chili powder in a bowl
heat oil and butter. You can even use only oil in place of butter.
pour hot oil on top of chili powder
drizzle few teaspoons on top of curry and save the rest for later use in any type of curry preparation.

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