Easy Butter Chicken Recipe | Chicken Makhani

 This recipe " BUTTER CHICKEN " is very easy recipe , if we have all the ingredients at hand . I made this recipe for my husbands office Potluck . Check out all the chicken recipes in my blog here . So now off to today's post Easy Butter chicken Recipe  .

EASY BUTTER CHICKEN RECIPE | CHICKEN MAKHANI

Ingredients:

• Chicken - 1 kilogram ( Cleaned , Skin out and chopped )
• Onion - 500 gram , Very finely chopped
• Tomato - 500 gram , pureed
• Green Chilli - 4 numbers , slit
• Ginger Garlic Paste - 100 grams ( Click here for the recipe )
• Red chilli powder - 2 tablespoon
• Corinader powder - 1 table spoon
• Paprika powder - 2 tea spoon
• Cayenne pepper Powder - 2 tea spoon
• Garam Masala Powder - 1 tablespoon
• Fresh cream - 1 cup ( Click here for the recipe )
• Ground Cashew Nut paste - 1 tablespoon
• Salt - To taste
• Kasthoori Methi Powder - 2 tea spoon
• Butter - 1 tablespoon
• Oil - 1 tablespoon .
• Bell peppers - 1 number , Diced ( Optional )
• Salt - To taste 
• Cilantro Leaves - Few leaves chopped  ( For Garnishing )

To Marinate Chicken :

• Turmeric Powder - 2 Tea spoon

Method:

 Clean and marinate the chicken with turmeric powder . Set aside for atleast 30 minutes . This removes the smell from the chicken .

Heat oil and Butter in a heavy bottom pan . Add the finely chopped onion to it  , and cook till it become translucent .  ( I used my food processor to chop onions )

Now add the pureed Tomatoes and green chilli's  to the cooked onion .

Add the ginger garlic paste and fry till the raw smell goes away  . Now add Cashew nut paste , salt , Paprika powder , garam masala powder , red chilli powder , coriander powder , Cayenne pepper Powder and fry them .

Cook till the oil separates out from the gravy . Now add the chicken pieces.

Add some water and cook till the chicken pieces become soft and tender .

Cook till the oil  separates out from the gravy . Now add the fresh cream  and kasthori Methi Powder , and diced capsicum .

Cook till the oil separates from the gravy and capsicum should not be over cooked , it should be crunchy .Garnish with cilantro leaves . Delicious Butter Chicken Curry is ready to serve .

This Butter Chicken curry  goes well with Naan and other Roti and parathas .  Check out the other side dishes for roti by clicking here .

Note : 

• Instead of Cashew paste any nut paste could be added like Walnut paste or Almond paste as per your choice . 
• The Capsicum could be used if desired it is purely optional.
• The paprika powder is added to give the natural red color to the gravy .

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