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Hiya… I am Lisa, the Food-blogger ~ “From My Lemony Kitchen…” I was born and bred in the Land of Paddy Fields (Kedah, Malaysia) and happy settling down in .................
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Recipe
Butter Chicken/ Murg Makhani
(serve 4-6)
1 kg chicken thigh –
cut into 3cm bite size
Marinate:
Juice of I lemon
1 teaspoon of chilli powder
2 teaspoon paprika
6 cloves
10 peppercorns
3 cm cinnamon stick
3 cardamom pods
2 bay leaves
1 teaspoon cumin
2 teaspoon coriander seeds
½ teaspoon turmeric powder
½ cup almond meal
250 ml plain yoghurt
3 tablespoon canola oil2 brown onion – thinly sliced3 cloves of garlic - pound2cm ginger - pound
500g fresh tomatoes - blend
½ litre chicken stock
90-100g melted butter
Salt to taste
Coriander leaves to garnish
- Roast or pan fry cloves, peppercorns, cinnamon stick, cardamom pods, bay leaves, cumin and coriander seeds till slightly darken and aromatic.
- Once cooled, using the coffee grinder and grind to fine powder.
- Pan fry the almond meal till aromatic (alternative: roast almond about a handful of almond (10-15 almonds) and grind)
- Mix all the ingredients: chicken pieces, lemon juice, chilli powder, paprika, the grinded spices, yoghurt, almond meal. Cover and refrigerate overnight.
- Heat oil in deep pot, on medium heat.
- Fry the chopped onion until it turn pale brown in colour.
- Add in pounded garlic and ginger. Fry for another minute or two.
- Add chicken pieces and cook until it turns slightly opaque.
- Add in fresh tomatoes, chicken stock and the remaining yoghurt mix.
- Bring to a quick boil, stir and reduce heat to a simmer.
- Uncover and cook till the gravy is reduced to half and slightly thicken.
- Add salt to taste
- Dish out onto heatproof glassware, pour the melted butter and placed under the broiler for 2 minutes to brown the top.
- Garnish with chopped coriander
- Serve immediately with savoury rice or Naan.
Butter Chicken is my favourite!!!! There are so many versions of Butter Chicken around and yours is one of it. I noticed that your recipe doesn't have tomato paste but just only fresh tomatoes. I got to try it one day as well.
ReplyDeleteOMG!! Those kitchen photos are gorgeous. I love any chicen curry and this looks stunning .. making me crave!
ReplyDeleteA beautiful dish! I bet it tastes even better than it looks. Fantastic!
ReplyDeleteCheers,
Rosa
love the insight to your kitchen (and you)^^! you look great too ^^ it's amazing how clean and neat your kitchen is.. and beautiful too ^^ must be wonderful to cook and bake in such a lovely space ^^
ReplyDeleteHi Lisa, your butter chicken look so good. Yum yum... now hungry already....LOL
ReplyDeleteHave a nice week ahead.
looks wonderful delicious post
ReplyDeleteHi, drop by & join yr blog from Paty's Kitchen.
ReplyDeleteMarsita
Mel
ReplyDeleteIt has a lovely flavour to it..
Works well with eggs too :D
kankana
ReplyDeleteThank you :D
Rosa
ReplyDelete:D
hui
ReplyDeleteawww... thank you :)
Amelia
ReplyDeletejom... lets eat :D
Torviewtoronto
ReplyDeleteThank you :D
Marsita
ReplyDeleteThank you/ terimakasih Marsita :D
from the ingredients and spices you use, i know your butter chicken must be taste great!
ReplyDeleteflavourful and delicious looks wonderful
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