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murgh makhani recipe

Murgh Makhani Recipe, Chicken Makhani Gravy

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A gravy recipe with tomatoes and cashew nuts blended into a puree and mixed with stir fried chicken.
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 20 minutes
Course chicken
Cuisine Punjabi
Servings 4
Calories 425 kcal

Ingredients
  

To marinate chicken:

  • 4 tbsp beaten yogurt
  • salt to taste
  • ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder
  • ½ teaspoon red chilli powder
  • 1 teaspoon ginger garlic paste
  • 2 tsp oil to mix while marinating chicken
  • 500 gms boneless chicken pieces
  • 2 tbsp oil to stir fry the marinated chicken

To make tomato cashew gravy:

  • 2 tbsp oil
  • ½ tsp cumin seeds (jeera)
  • 1 small cinnamon stick (dalchini)
  • 2 cloves (loung)
  • 1 cardamom (elaichi)
  • 1 teaspoon ginger garlic paste
  • 6 tomatoes, chopped
  • 16 cashew nuts
  • 3 slit green chillies
  • salt to taste
  • 1 teaspoon red chilli powder
  • 2 cups water

Other ingredients while cooking the gravy:

  • salt to taste
  • ½ tsp kashmiri red chilli powder
  • ½ teaspoon garam masala powder
  • 1 tablespoon tomato sauce
  • ¼ tsp sugar
  • 2 tablespoon butter
  • 2 tablespoon cream
  • ¼ tsp kasoori methi
  • 2 tablespoon coriander leaves for garnishing

Instructions
 

To marinate the chicken:

  • Take a mixing bowl, add yogurt into it.
  • Add salt as per taste, red chilli powder, turmeric powder, ginger garlic paste, oil.
  • Mix well.
  • Add boneless chicken pieces into the yogurt mix and mix well.
  • Marinate the chicken for about 30 minutes.
  • Take a pan, add oil and heat it.
  • Add the marinated chicken into it and stir fry the chicken until it is done well.
  • Rest the chicken aside for later use.

Making of tomato puree:

  • Take a pan, add oil and heat it.
  • Add cumin seeds and let them splutter.
  • Add cloves, cardamom and cinnamon into it and saute for few seconds.
  • Add ginger garlic paste and saute few seconds.
  • Add the chopped tomatoes, cashew nuts, green chillies, salt, red chilli powder, water, mix well.
  • Cook the gravy until the tomatoes turn soft and pulpy.
  • Cool down the mixture.
  • Add this mixture into a blending jar.
  • Blend into a fine puree.

Cooking of the murgh makhani:

  • Take a pan, strain the blended tomato cashew nut puree into the pan using a sieve and discard the seeds.
  • Add salt as per taste, kashmiri red chilli powder, garam masala powder, tomato sauce and mix everything.
  • Add a pinch of sugar to balance the sourness of the gravy and stir.
  • Cook the gravy until oil releases from the sides.
  • Add boneless chicken pieces into the gravy.
  • Add butter generously into it, add cream and mix well.
  • Add kasoori methi into it, stir well.
  • Cook the gravy until oil leaves the sides.
  • Garnish with chopped coriander leaves, lemon wedges and butter.
  • Serve hot with naan or paratha.

Notes

  • This gravy is purely made with tomatoes and cashew nuts and one can also add onions while cooking the gravy along with tamatar and kaju which gives even more creamy texture to the gravy.

Nutrition

Nutrition Facts
Murgh Makhani Recipe, Chicken Makhani Gravy
Amount Per Serving
Calories 425 Calories from Fat 171
% Daily Value*
Fat 19g29%
Saturated Fat 6g38%
Cholesterol 26mg9%
Sodium 963mg42%
Potassium 1211mg35%
Carbohydrates 27g9%
Fiber 7g29%
Sugar 15g17%
Protein 6g12%
Vitamin A 1025IU21%
Vitamin C 58mg70%
Calcium 200mg20%
Iron 7mg39%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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