Murg Makhani/ Butter Chicken – Start to Finish – Special Mother’s Day Recipe

Instructions

1. Marinade the chicken with all marinating ingredients. (check For marination of the chicken).
2. Leave it aside for at least 2 hours or up to overnight(8 hours).
3. In the meantime prepare onion tomato gravy.
4. in a pressure cooker, heat the oil.
5. Once the oil is hot put whole cumin, coriander, cardamom pods, cloves, cinnamon sticks, bay leaf and mace. Saute until they stop crackling and emit nice and sweet aroma.
6. Next add sliced onions, dried red chilies, green chilies, garlic cloves, roughly slices ginger. Allow it to cook,
7. When onions are now slightly caramelized, add chopped tomatoes and cashew nuts. Cook for few minutes and add water.
8. Now cover the pressure cooker lid and wait until you get 1 whistle.
9. Before opening the lid make sure the pressure is completely released. And allow it cool down.
10. So when the gravy is cooling down, prepare the chicken to put in the oven and make sure you marinade the chicken for min. 2 hours.
11. So before putting in the oven, add in 2 tbsp cornflour. What it will do is It will bind the chicken and give a nice outer crust. Some use gram flour but it also works great.
12. Now give a final mix.
13. Roast in the oven for 30- 40 minutes or so( depending on the power of your oven). Don't cook it for longer because they will again cook in the luscious gravy for few minutes. If you cook more it will lose juiciness.
14. turn the pieces halfway through and cook for remaining time.
15. Now let's get back to our sauce. It's cool down completely and so i'm gonna blend it.
16. After blending, strain this mixture.
17. Silky, smooth and nice onion tomato gravy will left in the bowl and residue will remain in the strainer.
18. Heat dollop of butter in a pan along with little oil. The oil will prevent the butter from burning.
19. Now add silky smooth onion tomato sauce.
20. When the sauce will start bubbling, add dry fenugreek leaves (known as kasuri methi), followed by honey or sugar, cream, cardamom powder and finishing touch as chopped coriander leaves.
21. The sauce is ready. Now you can put paneer, tofu veggies or anything right into the gravy.
22. But I'm gonna add roasted chicken as it is murg makhan. Simmer and cook for 10 minutes and allow the chicken to absorb some of the gravy so that they become nice and moist..
23. Serve with rice, roti or anything you wish to.
24. Happy Mother's Day.. Enjoy..

• Servings : 5
• Ready in : 90 Minutes
• Course : Main Course
• Recipe Type : Chicken, Dinner, Lunch, Non-veg
• Ingredient : Chicken, Honey