Butter Chicken Recipe

By | Chicken | 4 of 5 stars based on 63 reviews
Ingredients:
Chicken - 1 kg
Butter - 100 gms
Garlic - 1 tsp, ground
Ginger - 1 tsp, ground
Bay Leaf - 2
Almonds or Cashewnuts - 4 tblsp, powdered
Tomato Puree - 5 to 6 cups
Tomato Ketchup - 4 tblsp
Chilli Powder - 1 1/2 tsp
Garam Masala Powder - 1 1/2 tsp
Salt - as per taste or 1 to 2 tsp
Thick Cream - 5 to 6 tblsp
Green Chillies - few, slit
Coriander Leaves - handful, chopped

Method:
1. Melt butter in a non stick pan.
2. Lightly fry the garlic and ginger.
3. Add bay leaf and powdered cashewnuts.
4. Fry over low heat, stirring continuously, till it turns golden colour.
5. Add tomato puree, ketchup, chilli powder, garam masala powder and salt.
6. Cover pan and cook on medium heat for 10 minutes.
7. Add chicken.
8. Cook for another 10 minutes till the gravy is thick and the chicken is cooked.
9. Transfer it to a serving dish.
10. Garnish with swirls of cream, green chillies and coriander leaves.
11. Serve hot with roti or naan.

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63 Responses to "Butter Chicken"

 
madhu Rating: ratingfullratingfullratingfullratingemptyratingempty Unrated
said this on 23 Apr 2008 3:16:49 AM EDT
good

 
madhu Rating: ratingfullratingfullratingfullratingemptyratingempty Unrated
said this on 23 Apr 2008 3:17:40 AM EDT
gggggggoooooodddd

 
Lloyd Rating: ratingfullratingfullratingfullratingemptyratingempty Unrated
said this on 10 Aug 2008 2:29:56 AM EDT
Good recipe. Marinading overnight would give better results

 
Flory Rating: ratingfullratingfullratingfullratingfullratingfull Unrated
said this on 11 Sep 2008 5:39:58 AM EDT
Excellent very good taste & also I like all the recipes of Sanjeev Bhai. Keep it up

 
sanjeev soni Rating: ratingfullratingfullratingfullratingfullratingfull Unrated
said this on 12 Sep 2008 12:44:15 AM EDT
nice taste,

 
reshma Rating: ratingfullratingfullratingfullratingfullratingfull Unrated
said this on 29 Sep 2008 1:37:48 AM EDT
I LIKE IT VERY MUCH.
I NEVER FOR GET IT.

 
sagar Rating: ratingfullratingfullratingfullratingfullratingfull Unrated
said this on 10 Oct 2008 1:21:55 AM EDT
Its an awesome recipe....

 
Emma Rating: ratingfullratingfullratingfullratingfullratingfull Unrated
said this on 20 Oct 2008 4:06:28 AM EDT
Excellent recipe....I tried it out

 
annie Rating: ratingfullratingfullratingfullratingfullratingfull Unrated
said this on 26 Oct 2008 11:43:48 PM EDT
how many does it serve

 
lynda Rating: ratingfullratingfullratingfullratingfullratingfull Unrated
said this on 27 Oct 2008 1:55:29 PM EDT
i want to try it soon some of these ingrediance i have to buy does anyone know of any other indian food i should try. ki really love millagwatoy soup and korms.. mmhhm korms add some recipes people..

 
Ketaki Bhandekar Rating: ratingfullratingfullratingfullratingfullratingfull Unrated
said this on 20 Dec 2008 9:16:26 AM EDT
very good. pleases my dutch fiance's taste buds.

 
rohi Rating: ratingfullratingfullratingfullratingfullratingempty Unrated
said this on 20 Dec 2008 11:28:36 AM EDT
Good recipe we liked it a lot

 
Gaurav Rating: ratingfullratingfullratingfullratingfullratingempty Unrated
said this on 31 Dec 2008 3:58:56 AM EDT
good one

 
Ameya Rating: ratingfullratingfullratingfullratingfullratingempty Unrated
said this on 03 Mar 2009 3:05:36 AM EDT
Very very good ....

 
anamika das Rating: ratingfullratingfullratingfullratingfullratingempty Unrated
said this on 04 Mar 2009 9:14:12 PM EDT
It's too nice

 
anand Rating: ratingfullratingfullratingfullratingfullratingfull Unrated
said this on 10 Apr 2009 3:16:59 AM EDT
too good , really nice........

 
slsahay Rating: ratingfullratingfullratingfullratingfullratingempty Unrated
said this on 02 Jun 2009 5:28:22 AM EDT
nice

 
sonchita Rating: ratingfullratingfullratingfullratingfullratingfull Unrated
said this on 02 Jun 2009 6:42:56 AM EDT
i always want to cook butter chicken..last weekend i tried..it was superb...thanks for recipe

 
sonchita Rating: ratingfullratingfullratingfullratingfullratingfull Unrated
said this on 02 Jun 2009 6:44:29 AM EDT
superb..thanks

 
ankit Rating: ratingfullratingemptyratingemptyratingemptyratingempty Unrated
said this on 08 Jun 2009 10:17:05 AM EDT
this is very bad recipe

 
rajesh Rating: ratingfullratingfullratingfullratingfullratingfull Unrated
said this on 12 Jun 2009 5:12:36 AM EDT
good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 
Harsh Vardhan Sinha Rating: ratingfullratingfullratingfullratingfullratingfull Unrated
said this on 19 Jun 2009 10:13:20 AM EDT
It made an excellent outcome on the first try.

 
akash Rating: ratingfullratingfullratingfullratingfullratingfull Unrated
said this on 01 Jul 2009 1:39:06 AM EDT
i love it

 
Gaurav Bedi Rating: ratingfullratingfullratingfullratingfullratingfull Unrated
said this on 08 Jul 2009 1:37:04 AM EDT
Its awesome.......1st time I prepared Butter Chicken and it was awesome......

Hats off to the cheffffff....

 
sanjeev Rating: ratingfullratingemptyratingemptyratingemptyratingempty Unrated
said this on 01 Aug 2009 7:49:35 AM EDT
its not the actual reciepe of butter chicken

 
lavina Rating: ratingfullratingfullratingfullratingfullratingfull Unrated
said this on 03 Aug 2009 5:20:05 AM EDT
awesome taste...

 
Jaiwant Rating: ratingfullratingemptyratingemptyratingemptyratingempty Unrated
said this on 22 Aug 2009 1:44:01 PM EDT
Horrible! It could not have been worst than this

 
munish Rating: ratingfullratingfullratingfullratingfullratingempty Unrated
said this on 01 Sep 2009 5:23:15 AM EDT
good

 
munish Rating: ratingfullratingfullratingfullratingfullratingfull Unrated
said this on 01 Sep 2009 5:26:08 AM EDT
gooood

 
PRADEEP Rating: ratingfullratingfullratingfullratingfullratingfull Unrated
said this on 13 Sep 2009 12:54:01 PM EDT
THIS IS EXCELLENT RECIPE OUR FAMILY ALWAYS LOVE TO HAVE IT

 
venugopal rao Rating: ratingfullratingfullratingfullratingfullratingfull Unrated
said this on 14 Oct 2009 1:12:14 AM EDT
JUST GREAT AND SIMPLE.

 
venugopal rao Rating: ratingfullratingfullratingfullratingfullratingfull Unrated
said this on 14 Oct 2009 1:13:41 AM EDT
JUST GREAT AND SIMPLE RECEPIE TO UNDERSTAND.

 
rakshaya Rating: ratingfullratingfullratingfullratingfullratingfull Unrated
said this on 18 Oct 2009 12:03:27 AM EDT
so nice

 
ajay Rating: ratingfullratingfullratingfullratingfullratingfull Unrated
said this on 18 Oct 2009 5:29:22 AM EDT
great simple & fantastic

 
chef amir Rating: ratingfullratingfullratingfullratingfullratingfull Unrated
said this on 01 Nov 2009 7:43:23 AM EDT
butter chicken is nice dish this is mostly having in india lot of people like this dish

 
Manisha Pandel Rating: ratingfullratingfullratingfullratingfullratingfull Unrated
said this on 08 Nov 2009 7:18:06 AM EDT
Wow this is so cool. I'll try this recipe tonight.

 
Aisha Rating: ratingfullratingfullratingfullratingfullratingempty Unrated
said this on 16 Nov 2009 2:35:32 AM EDT
nice recipe :-)

 
Aisha Rating: ratingfullratingfullratingfullratingfullratingempty Unrated
said this on 16 Nov 2009 2:36:23 AM EDT
nice recipe :-)

 
shruti Rating: ratingfullratingfullratingfullratingfullratingempty Unrated
said this on 30 Dec 2009 2:44:11 AM EDT
good one

 
anand Rating: ratingfullratingemptyratingemptyratingemptyratingempty Unrated
said this on 25 Jan 2010 4:38:42 AM EDT
you missed out tomato without which its incomplete

 
Guneet Rating: ratingfullratingfullratingfullratingfullratingempty Unrated
said this on 29 Jan 2010 2:52:02 AM EDT
I made chicken for the first time in life with this recipe... Everyone loved it :)

 
candy Rating: ratingfullratingemptyratingemptyratingemptyratingempty Unrated
said this on 29 Jan 2010 9:49:49 AM EDT
well this is not the exact preperation of butter chicken. before addin the chicken to gravy , its roasted frst like tandoori chicken then added to the gravy.

 
Prabhu kumar Rating: ratingfullratingfullratingfullratingfullratingfull Unrated
said this on 01 Feb 2010 7:59:40 AM EDT
i like butter cicken so much and also it is very easy recpie to understand.

 
ankit Rating: ratingfullratingfullratingfullratingfullratingempty Unrated
said this on 18 Mar 2010 10:51:25 AM EDT
Yeah... It was very helpful.... Just as good as it should be.. Very helpful for bacheolars who are bored with eating same kind of food for a couple of months

 
danile Varghese Rating: ratingfullratingfullratingfullratingfullratingfull Unrated
said this on 03 Apr 2010 1:57:34 AM EDT
it's amazing

 
juhi singh Rating: ratingfullratingemptyratingemptyratingemptyratingempty Unrated
said this on 20 Apr 2010 3:16:31 AM EDT
needs more modification

 
juhi singh Rating: ratingfullratingemptyratingemptyratingemptyratingempty Unrated
said this on 20 Apr 2010 3:18:07 AM EDT
needs for modifications

 
shyam Rating: ratingfullratingfullratingemptyratingemptyratingempty Unrated
said this on 24 May 2010 7:52:58 AM EDT
let me try it once .....

 
nandita Rating: ratingfullratingfullratingfullratingfullratingfull Unrated
said this on 16 Jun 2010 11:37:12 PM EDT
hmmm sounding delicious n nw i'll make it for my fiancee

 
Mohd junaid Rating: ratingfullratingfullratingfullratingfullratingempty Unrated
said this on 26 Jun 2010 3:00:24 AM EDT
thankyou
I will try to make it today.

 
manju Rating: ratingfullratingfullratingfullratingfullratingempty Unrated
said this on 27 Jun 2010 3:52:47 AM EDT
good one need to download

 
Sireesha Rating: ratingfullratingfullratingfullratingfullratingempty Unrated
said this on 22 Aug 2010 4:31:18 AM EDT
I prepared it today and we all enjoyed it specially my kid liked it very much.

 
Rama Rating: ratingfullratingfullratingfullratingfullratingempty Unrated
said this on 27 Aug 2010 11:54:39 PM EDT
Good

 
Rama Rating: ratingfullratingfullratingfullratingfullratingempty Unrated
said this on 28 Aug 2010 12:13:02 AM EDT
nkhii

 
Priti Rating: ratingfullratingfullratingfullratingemptyratingempty Unrated
said this on 17 Sep 2010 6:33:04 AM EDT
Liked the recipe provided.

 
sushma Rating: ratingfullratingemptyratingemptyratingemptyratingempty Unrated
said this on 28 Sep 2010 2:59:19 AM EDT
it very poor

 
sandy Rating: ratingfullratingfullratingfullratingfullratingfull Unrated
said this on 08 Oct 2010 10:13:23 AM EDT
awesome cusinie

 
SMIKESH Rating: ratingfullratingfullratingfullratingfullratingfull Unrated
said this on 20 Oct 2010 10:29:26 AM EDT
iam a great fan of butter chicken i like it

 
masharib Rating: ratingfullratingfullratingfullratingemptyratingempty Unrated
said this on 25 Oct 2010 2:04:06 PM EDT
no i was just rating it so pls dont fel bad

 
pardeep Rating: ratingfullratingfullratingfullratingfullratingempty Unrated
said this on 17 Nov 2010 9:13:35 AM EDT
good

 
yesha Rating: ratingfullratingfullratingfullratingfullratingempty Unrated
said this on 26 Feb 2011 5:20:38 AM EDT
good

 
sarosh Rating: ratingfullratingfullratingfullratingfullratingfull Unrated
said this on 16 Mar 2011 11:20:05 AM EDT
good

 
shreyanka saha Rating: ratingfullratingfullratingfullratingfullratingempty Unrated
said this on 30 Mar 2011 3:31:59 AM EDT
it is a quite good