Makhani Chooze

Name: Makhani Chooze
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 3 g/½ tsp Kashmiri Deghi Mirch (or Paprika); 150 ml/⅔ cup Cream; 30 g/5 tsp Cashewnut paste; 3 g/½ tsp Kashmiri Deghi Mirch (or Paprika); 20 g/⅓ cup Coriander; 50 g/3 Tbs Ginger paste; 50 g/3 Tbs Garlic paste; 2 Murgh Tandoori*; 250 g/9 oz Butter; 10 g/1 Tbs Ginger; 8 Green Chillies; 1 kg/4½ cups Tomatoes; Salt

Preparation info

Serves:
4

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
1 hr 5

Appears in

Prashad

By J. Inder Singh Kalra

Published 1990

About

Also known as Butter Chicken, this is easily the most popular Indian poultry delicacy after Murgh Tandoori or Tandoori Chicken.

Ingredients

2 Murgh Tandoori*

Asia
India
Punjab
Main course
Gluten-free

Method

Preparation

THE CHICKEN: Cut each into 8 pieces.

THE VEGETABLES: Wash, and roughly chop tomatoes. Scrape, wash and chop ginger. Remove stems, wash, slit, deseed and chop green chillies. Clean, wash and chop coriander.

Cooking

Melt half the butter in a handi, add the ginger and garlic paste