Re: Butter chicken
**(coz the stupid website had it in a really gay way)
Chicken Makhani Recipe**
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**Ingredients**
a)
4 -5 chicken breasts (skinned, cleaned, cubed)
1 tsp. chili (Lal Mirch) powder
1 tsp. lemon juice
1 tsp. butter
salt
b)
Marinade:
2 tbs. yogurt
1 tbs. ginger (Adrak) finely crushed or paste
1 tbs. crushed garlic (Lehsan)
1 tsp red chili (Lal Mirch) powder
1 tsp mustard oil (or ½ tsp crushed Rai)
1 tsp lemon juice
1 tsp garam masala
1 tsp. salt
c)
Makhani sauce:
½ tsp garam masala
2 tsp sugar
½ tsp chili (Lal Mirch) powder
400 g. tomato puree
1 tsp crushed ginger (Adrak)
1 tsp crushed garlic (Lehsan)
100 ml crème
1/2 tsp fenugreek (Methi) Leaves
500 grm. butter
2 green chilies
¼ tsp. salt
**Instructions**
a)
- Add mixture of chili powder, lemon juice, and salt to chicken. Leave for 30 minutes.
b)
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Remove whey of yogurt (hang in muslin cloth 15 min or if using homemade Drain excess whey).
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Mix chili powder, salt, Garlic (Lehsan), Ginger (Adrak), lemon, garam masala, and Rai.
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Combine spices and yogurt.
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Marinate chicken. Make sure to coat thoroughly, if short make more marinade. Chill chicken 3-4 hours.
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Skew chicken. Cook 425-450 F (depends on broiler) for 8-15 min. Turn skewers every 5 minutes. Watch carefully, chicken to be cooked thoroughly and a bit toasted.
c) -
Heat butter in med. sized pan. Add garam masala. Wait till crackles. Add Ginger (Adrak), Garlic (Lehsan), and 2 green chilies. Cook 2 min. adds tomato puree, chili powder, garam masala, salt, 1 cup water. Boil, reduce heat, simmer 10 min. add sugar & Fenugreek (Methi)) leaves
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Add chicken. Simmer 5 min. add crème.
Serving: 5 persons