Indian Chicken Murgh Makhani
6 servings
60 minutes
Murgh Makhani is lightly baked chicken in a tomato sauce with lots of spices. In addition to the usual ginger and garlic for chicken, there are cloves, cinnamon, cardamom and fenugreek, as well as the traditional Indian spice set garam masala. The heat of the chili pepper and the spiciness are softened by the cream that is poured into the sauce at the end.
1
Cut the chicken into small pieces: drumsticks, thighs, wings, breasts cut in half.
- Chicken: 1 piece
2
Mix yogurt, fenugreek leaves, turmeric, garam masala, a clove of crushed garlic, 20 g of grated ginger, and a teaspoon of salt.
- Plain (natural) yoghurt: 200 g
- Fenugreek leaves (methi): 5 g
- Turmeric: 1 teaspoon
- Garam masala: 2 teaspoons
- Garlic: 9 cloves
- Ginger: 60 g
- Salt: to taste
3
Cover the chicken with this marinade, wrap it in plastic, and refrigerate for at least 4 hours.
- Plain (natural) yoghurt: 200 g
- Fenugreek leaves (methi): 5 g
- Turmeric: 1 teaspoon
- Garam masala: 2 teaspoons
- Ginger: 60 g
- Garlic: 9 cloves
- Salt: to taste
4
Bake the chicken in an oven preheated to 200 degrees for 20 minutes.
- Chicken: 1 piece
5
Heat the clarified butter in a thick-walled pot.
- Clarified butter (ghee): 60 g
6
Add cardamom, cloves, and cinnamon, sauté for a couple of minutes until fragrant.
- Cardamom: 5 piece
- Cloves: 2 pieces
- Cinnamon sticks: 1 piece
7
Add fenugreek, 8 cloves of minced garlic, 40 g of minced ginger, and finely chopped green chili. Cook, stirring, for another 4 minutes.
- Fenugreek: 1 teaspoon
- Garlic: 9 cloves
- Ginger: 60 g
- Green chili pepper: 2 pieces
8
Add tomatoes, ground chili, and salt, mix and cook for 30 minutes covered on low heat.
- Canned diced tomatoes: 800 g
- Chili powder: 1 teaspoon
- Salt: to taste
9
Add the roasted chicken, mix it in, sprinkle with garam masala, add salt and sugar to taste, and cook for another 10 minutes.
- Chicken: 1 piece
- Garam masala: 2 teaspoons
- Salt: to taste
- Sugar: to taste
10
Pour in the cream, mix, bring to a boil and remove from heat.
- Cream: 150 ml
11
Garnish the finished dish with chopped cilantro.
- Cilantro: to taste
