Butter Chicken, Chicken Makhani.

Butter chicken or murgh makhani is an Indian dish from the Punjab region popular in countries all over the world that have a tradition of Indian restaurants. This is a very good recipe. It takes long time to cook it but it is worth spending the time for good meal. Recipe source is jaypuri.blogspot.com

• Ready In: 6 hrs 45 mins
• Serves: 6-8

Ingredients

• 1 3⁄4 lbs boneless skinless chicken breast halves

• For Marination

• 1  cup yogurt
• 1⁄2 tablespoon garam masala
• 2  tablespoons  mustard oil or 2  tablespoons ghee
• 1  tablespoon chili powder
• 2  tablespoons ginger paste
• 2  tablespoons garlic paste
• 2  tablespoons lemon juice
• 2  tablespoons olive oil
•  salt

• For Gravy or Sauce

• 2  tablespoons butter
• 1  tablespoon garam masala powder
• 1  cup onion puree
• 1  tablespoon ginger paste
• 1  tablespoon garlic paste
• 1  tablespoon green chili pepper, chopped
• 2  cups tomato puree
• 1  tablespoon chili powder
• 1  cup water
• 1  tablespoon honey or 1  tablespoon sugar
• 1⁄2 teaspoon dried fenugreek leaves (Kastoori Methi)
• 1  cup heavy whipping cream
•  salt

Directions

1. 1. Use muslin cloth (Cheese Cloth) to remove extra water from yogurt. This yogurt is also known as hung yogurt.
2. 2. In mixing bowl. Put yogurt in the bowl and add all marination ingredients in this yogurt. Mix well.
3. 3. Add chicken cubes. Mix well and run the marination on the chicken.
4. 4. Marinate for 4 hours.
5. 5. Preheat oven at 400 degree F.
6. 6. Put chicken on Skewers and cook them for 15 minutes in backing dish. Don't fully cook the chicken. We will cook the chicken in gravy.
7. 7. To make Gravy/Sauce. Heat butter in pan. Put Garam Masala and stir fry.
8. 8. When masala begins to crackle. Add onion puree. Stir and cook for about 4 minutes or until onion changes to brown color.
9. 9. Add ginger paste, garlic paste and green chili. Cook for another minute.
10. 10. Add tomato puree, red chili powder, salt, water, and chicken.
11. 11. Bring it to boil. Put the flame to low and simmer.
12. 12. Add honey and fenugreek leaves.
13. 13. Cook for another 5 minutes or until the chicken is fully cooked.
14. 14. Add cream. Your butter chicken is ready.
15. Serve hot.