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

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The Butter Chicken (murgh makhani — chicken with butter), is similar to British tikka masala. Prepared in a buttery gravy with the addition of cream gives the curry sauce a silky smooth rich. Alfred Prasad's murgh makhani recipe, known in the UK as butter chicken, is one of the ultimate curry dishes.

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

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

Butter chicken is said to be originated from the Northern part of India, Punjabi to be precise. This is made more lovely by adding tangy tomatoes, yogurt, and smoky kasuri methi (dried fenugreek). This is a meal that has gained world wide recognition by Indians all over the world. WHY IS IT CALLED BUTTER CHICKEN.

Instructions 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.

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  2. 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

  2. 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 :-)

Created by Kundan Lal Gujral, you may notice that Butter Chicken (known as murgh makhani — chicken with butter), is similar to British tikka masala. Prepared in a buttery gravy with the addition of cream gives the curry sauce a silky smooth rich texture. In India this dish is usually made with bone-in chicken and outside of India boneless chicken is more commonly used. The story goes that the founder and Chef of the restaurant decided to use left-over Tandoori Chicken in a rich and buttery tomato gravy. The best part about Murgh Makhani or Butter Chicken is that it is a one-pot meal, that means, you can make the entire recipe with just one-pot!

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