Butter Chicken (Murgh Makhani)
Butter chicken is a favourite curry - it is usually reasonably mild, but rich in flavour. This is a straight forward recipe for making butter chicken from scratch for a quick, delicious family meal. Lummox number two made this for our dinner last night for his Thursday cooking slot - it was fabulous! Ingredients For the curry for 4 people 500g chicken thigh 2 cloves garlic 1 inch piece ginger 1 1/2 tsp turmeric 1/4 tsp nutmeg 2 tsp cumin 1 tsp garam masala Chili to your taste. We used one medium dried chili - but you could use fresh, chili flakes or chili powder for the amount of heat you like. 140g pot tomato paste 1 small pot natural unsweetened yoghurt 1 onion finely chopped 50g butter 1 cup fresh cream Large handful chopped fresh coriander For raita to serve with the curry 20cm piece cucumber Large handful fresh mint finely chopped 1 small pot natural unsweetened yoghurt Salt & pepper to season Method Ch...