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Butter Chicken is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Butter Chicken is something which I have loved my entire life.
To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook butter chicken using 21 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Butter Chicken:
- Prepare For the Chicken:
- Get 700 grams chicken
- Take 1 lemon juice
- Make ready 5-6 tbsp thick yougurt
- Prepare 1 tsp red chilli powder
- Take 1/2 tsp black pepper powder
- Prepare 1 1/4 tsp salt
- Get 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
- Take 2 tsp coconut flakes
- Prepare 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- Take For the paste:
- Take 2 tomatoes
- Get 1 big onion
- Prepare 3-4 green chillies
- Prepare 3-4 cloves garlic
- Get 2 inch ginger
- Take For the gravy:
- Prepare 1 cup onion tomatoes paste (from above)
- Make ready 1/2 cup fresh cream
- Prepare 2 tbsp mayonnaise
- Get 5-6 tbsp butter
Butter Chicken simmers in a buttery tomato sauce and is punctuated by several special spices and herbs. Skip the Indian takeout and cook up your very own version of the popular dish! Butter chicken was first created in India just a few decades ago, and was actually born out of a need to re-purpose unsold chicken. Chicken Makhani is one of my favorite Indian dishes.
Steps to make Butter Chicken:
- First of all marinate the chicken with all the ingredients given above.
- In a wok add 2 tbsp butter and add the marinated chicken.
- Cook on medium low heat for 5 minutes and then on medium high heat till the water evaporates.
- Meanwhile make onion tomatoes paste by adding all the ingredients and blend them well.
- Add the onion tomatoes paste in the chicken when thick bubbles appear in the wok.
- Cook for about 10 minutes. Beat nicely the cream and mayonnaise and add to the chicken.
- Cover and cook for another 10 minutes and add 2 tbsp of butter to it.
- Cook on low flame till all the butter appears on the gravy.
- Serve hot with lemon and garlic naan.
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