Recipes / North Indian

Butter chicken (home method)

Tomato-cream gravy; Kashmiri chilli for colour, kasuri methi at the end.

Household recipes vary; this is a culinary overview for UK home cooks, not a certified restaurant method and not diet advice.

4 servings · Prep 20 min · Cook 40 min · Delhi / Punjab

Ingredients

  • Chicken thighs
  • Butter-chicken masala or Kashmiri chilli + garam masala
  • Tomato puree
  • Butter, cream or yoghurt
  • Kasuri methi

Method

  1. Marinate chicken with yoghurt and spices.
  2. Simmer tomato with masala, finish with butter and cream.
  3. Add chicken, kasuri methi last.

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