Murg Makhani / Chicken Makhani – Chicken in Rich Almond based Sauce

Murg Makhani / Chicken Makhani – Chicken in Rich Almond based Sauce






Dum Ka Murg:

Ingredients:

For Marination:

Chicken thighs – preferably thighs cut into chunks
Onion bulb onion grated
Green chili 1 minced
Ginger-garlic paste 1/2 spoon
Yogurts
Lemon juice few spoons
Vinegar few spoons
Salt
Turmeric powder 1/4 spoon
Chili powder 1 spoon
Kashmiri chili powder 1 spoon
Pepper powder 1/2 spoon
Coriander powder 1/2 spoon
Cumin powder 1/2 spoon
Garam masala powder 1/2 spoon.

Onion grated
Tomato 2 pureed
Saffron
Cardamon 6
Bay leaves 2
Almonds 15 – paste
Ghee for frying
Cilantro leaves few
Fresh Cream to garnish.

Method:

In a shallow pan, heat ghee and throw in the whole spices. Add onions and tomatoes, fry real good, once it is aromatic, add the marinated chicken. Cover and cook.

Further add almond paste, continue cooking. Once oil shows up on the top, add the chopped cilantro leaves, remove from heat.

Serve warm to go with your chappathis or rotis.

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20 Responses so far.

  1. Hi malar,

    I tried to post comments for the past 2-3 recipes,but cannt able to post.due to some issue in posting the comment,luckily today i tried,its working now.
    Chicken Makani luks very tempting and delicious…Thanks for sharing.

  2. G.Pavani says:

    chicken makhani lookinh yummy n delicious

  3. Priti says:

    Looks so delicious…drooling now

  4. Fuat Gencal says:

    Ellerinize,emeğinize sağlık.

    Saygılar.

  5. Ana Powell says:

    Hi Malar
    I`ll bring the naan bread.
    So moreish ♥

  6. Satrupa says:

    Murgh Malai looks gr8 …..I’m sure it tastes even better. I do this with cashews.

    Cheers n Happy Cooking,
    Satrupa

    http://satrupa-foodforthought.blogspot.com

  7. ? says:

    Looks scrumptious and perfect for the monsoon!

  8. While reading itself I could feel the aroma in the way you narrated… wow…thanks for sharing

  9. Shriya says:

    Perfect looking makhani. Looks yummy and inviting.

  10. Even i wasnt able to comment malar, may be there was some prob…murg makhani is one of my fav, and the colour of it looks superb…

  11. Priya says:

    Wowww gorgeous looking chicken makhani, looks very tempting, mouthwatering here..

  12. Looks great..delicious, drooling here

  13. Jiboombaa says:

    chicken Makhani makes me to drool..Wonderful dish.

  14. awesome malar..lovely pics and mouthwatering dish….looks tempting and yum…check ur comment section seems theres some problem commenting…tc

  15. Suman Singh says:

    rich and deliciously looking good murg masalam…

  16. thats so deliicous colorful yummy chicken makahani.. feel to taste some..

  17. Abhilash says:

    The pics look super. This is worth a try when I become a good chef ;)

    Super recipe!!!

  18. OMG what a lovely color !! makes me drool…
    Deepa
    Hamaree Rasoi

  19. Malar Gandhi says:

    Prema, Sushma and Sanyukta, thanks for letting me know about the commenting trouble…I dunno what went wrong, but trying to fix it,…as far as I know, my pictures are taking time to load…so just reduced each page with 2 posts now, hope this works.

  20. Hey Malar,
    I have been following your blog for quite some time now,but this is the first time I am posting a comment.I LOVE your blog.
    I am not too much in to cooking non-veg but this recipe has really really tempted me.Now I will be making this one soon.(and you will be receiving all the blessings from my dear husband who loves non-veg and practically begs for me to cook non-veg).

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