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Chicken Makhani, How to Make Chicken Makhani Recipe, Butter Chicken
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
30 mins
Total Time
50 mins
 
Chicken Makhani Recipe is one of the best known Indian recipes throughout the world.
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Indian
Keyword: Chicken Makhani
Servings: 6
Calories: 1400 kcal
Author: Uppada Lakshmi
Ingredients
Ingredients for Chicken Makhani:
  • Chicken - 1 kg
  • Lemon juice - 1 tsp.
  • Red chilli powder - 1 tsp.
  • Salt to taste
For Marinating:
  • Yogurt/ Curd - 1 cup
  • Garam masala powder - 1/2 tsp
  • Ginger garlic paste - 4 tsp.
  • Red chilly powder - 1 tsp.
  • Garam masala powder - 1/2 tsp
  • Lemon juice - 2 tsp.
  • Salt to taste
  • Mustard oil - 2 tsp.
  • Butter - 2 tsp.
Chicken Makhani Sauce:
  • Whole garam masala - 1 tbsp.
  • Ginger garlic paste - 2 tsp.
  • Garam masala powder - 1/2 tsp.
  • Honey - 2 tsp.
  • Tomato puree - 500 gms.
  • Butter - 50 gms.
  • Fresh cream - 1 cup.
  • Green chillies finely chopped - 1 tsp
  • Fenugreek powder - 1/2 tsp.
  • Salt to taste
Instructions
How to Make Chicken Makhani Recipe:
  1. Remove the skin and wash well a
  2. With a sharp knife poke lightly on the top of leg pieces and breast pieces so that it can absorb spices.
  3. Apply salt, lemon juice and little red chilli powder and keep aside.
  4. On other hand remove excess water from yogurt by hanging out in a muslin cloth.
  5. To this mixture add red chilli powder, lemon juice, mustard oil, ginger garlic paste, salt and little garam masala powder and mix well.
  6. Add this paste to poked leg and breast pieces. Refrigerate for 4 hours.
  7. Cook these pieces in a preheated oven (at 200 degrees Celsius) or on hot tandoor for about 10 minutes (until cooked).
  8. While cooking apply butter on to get Butter Chicken, in the middle of this process.
  9. On the other hand heat butter in a pan and fry ginger garlic paste, chopped chillies and whole garam masala.
  10. Sauté for a minute add tomato puree, garam masala, red chilli powder, salt and water.
  11. Once these ingredients boil add Fenugreek powder and honey.
  12. To this mixture add tandoori chicken pieces and cook for 5 more minutes.
  13. At last, add fresh cream and garnish with coriander leaves.
  14. Chicken Makhani Recipe is ready, serve hot.
  15. It tastes great with paratha or naan roti.