Best Butter Chicken Recipes
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Anyone who loves Indian food - both eating and cooking - particularly non-vegeterian fare, knows that the holy grail of chicken dishes is the BUTTER CHICKEN. Yes all you Chicken tikka and Tandoori Chicken fans can eat your heart out, but Butter Chicken is really the tops.
Since I love this particular dish so much, I tend to order this in almost every restaurant I have ever visited just to enjoy the various flavours. It's different in almost every restaurant, probably one of the few dishes with such a variety.
I have eaten butter chicken across a host of restaurants ranging from Mumbai City to Chicago. What I intend to do here, is to provide all you Butter chicken lovers the various recipes I have come across and also try and locate the restaurant that serves the best Butter Chicken in the world.
Learn how to make the best butter chicken here!
Cheers!
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- Butter Chicken is a Two in One Dish
- Best Butter Chicken Recipes for Dummies - Part I
- Best Butter Chicken Recipes for Dummies - Part II
- Best Butter Chicken Recipes for Dummies - Part III
- The Fastest Butter Chicken Recipe
- Best of the Web on Butter Chicken Recipes
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- Why should you marinade the chicken before your prepare the Butter Chicken?
- Kitchen Equipment for your Butter Chicken
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“Do you know? Butter Chicken was not invented in India!!”
Butter Chicken is a Two in One Dish
Origin of the dish as per folklore
Well the origin of this dish is fairly debatable. But as per popular folklore, to many a surprise, this delicacy wasnt invented in India but rather in Great Britain, albeit by an Indian Chef.
It is said that an Englishman was served Tandoori Chicken, but he complained that it was without any gravy. To deal with this predicament, the Indian chef conjured up a creamy and smooth tomato curry and dunked the tandoori chicken in it. Thus was born the wonderfully yummy butter chicken.
Therefore, in essence you gotta be preparing Tandoori Chicken first before you get to the delicious Butter Chicken.
So it's not one dish but two, mixed with the lovely smooth creamy tomato curry sauce to delight your taste buds.
Best Butter Chicken Recipes for Dummies - Part I
How to make butter chicken - The Chicken
Well for those who are really into butter chicken, the chicken has to be just perfect. You must use your tandoor/oven to get the best and authentic result. You will find recipes that will show you how to prepare this delicacy without the oven,but that will be a compromise.
Step 1 - Prepare the Marinade (there are a host of different recipes below for the preparation- so not going into details)
Step 2 - Always marinade overnight for best results
Step 3 - Roast it in the tandoor/oven for approx 5-10 minutes
Phew - wasnt that simple.
Best Butter Chicken Recipes for Dummies - Part II
How to make butter chicken - The Gravy
This is the buttery part of the dish. A smooth, creamy and yummy gravy is the heart and soul of this preparation.
Must haves
- Tomato puree for the base
- Butter & Cream for the smoothness and texture
- Sugar and Red Chilli powder- this you can vary to suit your palate
- The Spices- Ginger Garlic paste, Cinnamon stick, Cumin seeds, Bay leaves, Cardamoms - Get creative
- Garam Masala powder - for the indian touch
- Cashewnuts/Almonds pastes for the thickness and the richness - this is my favourite.
Get the basics right. Experiment with your own spices and you will get your own lovely delicious gravy
Best Butter Chicken Recipes for Dummies - Part III
The Garnish
This one was just for fun. You can experiment with your garnishing.
My favourites are
Cheeeeese
Coriander leaves
Fenugreek or Methi
Experiment- use your own
Till then.. Enjoy your Butter Chicken and savour some of the best butter chicken recipes on this lens!
If you enjoy this 3-part lesson..do drop me a line
Btw, if you want to learn a little secret and surprise your loved ones by making those exactly same delicious tasting recipes that you had in the restaurant last weekend, the you have to check this out
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More recipes on the Best Butter Chicken
- Butter Chicken Recipe on About.com
- Interesting Butter Chicken Recipe. One without the traditional tomato puree. Not for the purists- but for the more adventurous
- Butter Chicken Recipe on Netcooks.com
- This is a more traditional Butter Chicken recipe.
- Butter Chicken Recipe on Spiderkerala.com
- If you dont have access to an oven or a tandoor, this is good Butter Chicken recipe that you should try.
- Butter Chicken Recipe from Hubpages
- Another delicious and extremely yummy, easy to make butter chicken recipe without the oven
- Butter Chicken Recipe on Indiamarks.com
- A more elaborate Butter Chicken recipe. Not one but two, with a video to boot. Check this out.
- Butter Chicken Recipe of Allrecipes.com
- This one is for the Americans. It uses cornstarch to thicken the gravy in lieu of yoghurt/heavy cream/cashewnuts that the Indians would prefer. The other unique ingredient in this Butter Chicken recipe is Peanut oil.
- Low Fat Butter Chicken from Cdkitchen.com
- Yes..you can have your cake..er..chicken and eat it too. I told you..the Butter Chicken varieties are endless.
- No Butter - Butter Chicken from Cdkitchen.com
- Hear this one. The butter chicken without the Butter???
- Almond Butter Chicken in Orange Sauce from Cdkitchen.com
- This is another Americanised version of the butter chicken in an Orange gravy.
- Butter Chicken Recipe on Visualrecipes.com
- An excellent link which provides literally step by step instructions with pictures. Excellent for beginners to learn how to make Butter Chicken
- Butter Chicken recipe on Sify
- An interesting Video recipe on Butter Chicken
- Indian Butter Chicken Recipes - Associated Content
- Butter chicken recipe without the marinade.
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- Video #1 from Videojug.com
- Its perhaps a more westernised version of the butter chicken. Probably not so authentic but nevertheless the top video on the Net on Butter Chicken
- Video #2 from Videojug.com
- Alfred Prasad, Head chef at Michelin-starred Tamarind in London's Mayfair shows how to make his special Murgh Makhni. A delicious grilled chicken dish, simmered in creamed fresh tomatoes flavoured with ginger, fenugreek leaves and honey.
- Video #3 from Metacafe.com
- Another cool video on How to make the perfect butter chicken
- Video # 4 from Sutree.com
- Learn how to make butter chicken from the experts
- Video #5 from ShowMeTheCurry.com
- Hetal and Anuja show you how to make mouthwatering Indian Butter chicken through their easy to follow step-by-step cooking videos on ShowMeTheCurry.com
- Video #6 from WonderHowTo.com
- Butter Chicken , also known as Murg Makhani, is a very rich and popular Indian dish with everyone and every age group! See the authentic way to make it in this video - warning - it's very rich!
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GeniePark
Feb 10, 2012 @ 11:43 am | delete
- I haven't try butter chicken before, but it sure looks delicious.
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SplashPro
Jan 2, 2012 @ 4:32 am | delete
- Chicken and butter, whats there not to like. Great recipe, thanks for sharing.
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Sureep
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- nice recipe, i like it
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- It's great!!!
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- This butter chicken looks really good!
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