Easiest Way to Prepare Delicious Butter Chicken/Chicken Makhni

Butter Chicken/Chicken Makhni.

You can cook Butter Chicken/Chicken Makhni using 18 ingredients and 16 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Butter Chicken/Chicken Makhni

1. You need 1 lb of Chicken pieces.
2. It's 1 tbsp of Olive oil.
3. It's 2 tbsps of Butter.
4. Prepare 1 of Onion big.
5. Prepare 2-3 of Shallots.
6. You need 1 cup of Tomato puree.
7. It's 2 of Green chilli.
8. It's 1 tsp of Ginger garlic paste.
9. You need 3/4 cup of Heavy cream.
10. Prepare 1 tbsp of Yogurt.
11. Prepare 1/2 cup of Water.
12. Prepare 1 of bay leaf.
13. It's 2 of cardamom pods.
14. You need of Cilantro -roughly chopped.
15. Prepare of Salt - as per taste.
16. Prepare 2 of tsps Garam masala.
17. You need 1 tsp of Turmeric.
18. You need 1 Tbsps of Chilli powder.

Butter Chicken/Chicken Makhni step by step

1. Clean and marinate the chicken pieces with some salt,pepper and a pinch of turmeric..
2. To make Garam masala-Dry roast cloves,cardamom,star anise,bay leaf,cinnamon stick on medium heat and powder them and keep..
3. In a large sauce pan, heat some oil and butter..
4. Shallow fry the marinated chicken pieces until light brown and transfer to a paper towel to absorb the excess oil.
5. In the same oil, pop some cumin seeds,bay leaf and cardamom..
6. On medium heat,Saute shallots,onions and ginger garlic paste till golden brown. Add some salt for quick browning!.
7. Add green chilies and some turmeric powder. Saute well till the raw taste of onions are gone..
8. Now add chilly powder,garam masala, pepper and salt as required..
9. Mix the yogurt into this mixture on low flame. Now add little water to this..
10. Remove from stove and once cooled,blend this mixture to a fine paste..
11. Now heat some butter on the pan again on medium heat..
12. Add the tomato puree and stir for a min..
13. Pour the blended gravy paste to the tomato puree and stir continuously..
14. On low flame,add the heavy cream into the gravy and mix well to get a thick creamy consistency..
15. Now transfer the fried chicken pieces to the gravy and let it simmer another 5 mins..
16. Serve hot garnished with cilantro and heavy cream..