PakistaniButter Chicken (Murgh Makhani)
4.5(44 reviews)Calories per serving:480
Cooking time: 25 minutesServing: 4Difficulty: Medium
Meal type:Dinner
Tags:Butter chickenCurryIndianPakistaniAsian
Ingredients:
- Chicken thighs, boneless and skinless
- Yogurt
- Ginger-garlic paste
- Garam masala
- Kashmiri red chili powder
- Tomato puree
- Butter
- Heavy cream
- Kasuri methi (dried fenugreek leaves)
- Sugar
- Salt to taste
Instructions:
- 1.
- Marinate chicken thighs in a mixture of yogurt, ginger-garlic paste, garam masala, and Kashmiri red chili powder.
- 2.
- In a pan, melt butter and sauté the marinated chicken until browned.
- 3.
- Add tomato puree and cook until the oil separates. Stir in heavy cream.
- 4.
- Sprinkle kasuri methi, sugar, and salt. Simmer until the chicken is fully cooked.
- 5.
- Serve this creamy butter chicken over rice or with naan for an authentic Pakistani/Indian experience.