North Indian Butter Chicken @ Murgh Mahkani 印式奶油鸡

I did mentioned about this flavourful dish on my last post. Murgh makhani, the northern Indian butter chicken. Unlike any other versions of butter chicken, this Indian butter chicken filled with plentiful of spices and with rich sourish spiced gravy. Anyone who loves Indian food will definitely addicted to this chicken dish. I love this especially with my flat bread. Please read on to find out more.

According to most recipe, chicken meat is marinade with yogurt along with other spices but I skipped that instead. I just stir fried chicken meat till cooked with some cooking oil. This will let the meat came out dry instead soaking wet.

Ingredients :
1/2  chicken, chopped into medium size
1 tspn   masala powder
salt to taste
1 TB  ginger,  chopped
1 TB  garlic,  chopped

Method :
(1)  marinade chicken meat with all the ingredients as listed and set aside to rest for an hour.
(2)  then preheat frying pan with some cooking oil and cook the meat over medium heat till done. And transfer cooked meat to a plate. Do not switch off the gas.

And this is how the cooked meat looks when done.

Ingredients for cooking :
2 TB  margarine/ghee
1  cinnamon stick
2  cloves
1 large onion, sliced
200ml   tomato paste
1 tspn   chili powder/paprika
1-1/2 TB  coriander powder
1-1/2 tspn   cumin powder
1/2 tspn   masala powder
1 tspn  turmeric powder
1 cup   heavy cream mixed with 1 TB lime juice (let to cuddle)
3 bay leaves
some cooking oil
1 tspn  sugar
salt to taste

Method :
(3)  now,  add in butter/ghee and then saute onion , cinnamon stick & star anise till fragrant.
(4)  add in all spices & bay leaves and saute for one minute or till fragrant, then add in the remaining tomato paste & heavy cream. Stir well and finally add in the chicken.

Note : you may replace heavy cream with yogurt instead.

(5)  let chicken cook over low heat with lid on, till gravy became thickened.
(6)  Finally, add in salt to your taste and serve with rice or flat bread.

In future, I will try mixing up with tandoori spices instead. I wonder the difference between the colour that will turns out. However, this is definitely another delicious dish to serve for my family. Hope you will love it too !