Delicious Butter Chicken Recipes To Water Your Taste Buds
 

The dish, that is also known Murgh Makhani in Hindi, butter chicken is, without a doubt, the most popular dish be originated from India. The butter chicken recipe is one of the most popular recipes in the world. If someone is going to an Indian restaurant for the very first time, you are likely to be recommended as a starting place. The dish is mildly spicy, savory flavor and creamy, which makes it more than delicious, but accessible to every palate.
 

Where did the butter chicken come from

Butter chicken had originated in Delhi, which is the capital city of India, sometime during the early 1950s. During that time, an individual named Kundan Lal Gujral used to operate a restaurant in the city, known as Moti Mahal. Kundan had settled in Delhi and started his own food business after fleeing away from a political upheaval from another region of the country. Moti Mahal was a great success, serving several delightful tandoori recipes. (a tandoor is a clay oven, and it can be found in almost all popular Indian restaurants).

Hence the story goes that the cooks of Moti Mahal would mix the leftover marinade juices with the butter and tomato, and then stew a tandoor-cooked chicken in it. It is very unlikely that they would have even the faintest of the idea of what they had stumbled on is now, an internationally-loved delicacy. It is an irrefutable truth of the world which states that often the best things in life have been discovered by accident.

 

Butter Chicken Recipes

Butter Chicken Recipes

Kundan’s restaurant had quickly become a famous attraction in Delhi, and it was not long before that butter chicken proliferated throughout the world. The dish is now enjoyed by people from every walk of life.

The secret butter chicken recipe

What offers the dish a distinctive flavor is a unique blend of spices, that is perfected over time. Typically, any Indian restaurant will marinate the chicken for several hours in yogurt and spices such as garlic, garam masala, ginger, cumin, coriander, and others – this may vary from place to place. It is then cooked ( tandoori-style) and simmered with a mild curry sauce that is filled with butter, and in some cases, even almonds and raisins to give that extra flavor.

The result is a dish that has to be tasted to be believed. After having traveled the world, the butter chicken has come a long way in playing a role as a fine dining restaurant dish. But that's not all, it's popularity has even made the smaller restaurants and roadside food stalls include it in their menus. It is mostly accompanied by an Indian bread, be it roti, naan or paratha and occasionally even rice.