# Easy Butter Chicken Recipe For Beginners

This is an easy butter chicken recipe perfect for beginners and bachelors, simplifying the process of making butter chicken at home.

- Cuisine: Indian
- Category: Drink
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 500 gms Boneless Chicken cut into 2 inch tikka pieces
- 1 tsp Salt
- 2 tsp Lemon juice
- 3 tbsp Thick and whisked curd/yogurt
- 3 tsp Ginger garlic paste
- 4 tsp Kashmiri Chilli powder
- 0.5 tsp Garam masala powder
- 2 tbsp Oil
- 2 medium Onion, grated
- 6 tbsp Tomato purée
- 7 tbsp Fresh cream
- 0.25 tsp Garam Masala powder
- 1 tsp Kasuri Methi, roasted and crushed
- 8 tbsp Butter
- 1 tbsp Oil

## Instructions

1. Take a mix of boneless thigh and breast fillets and cut these into 2 inch pieces.
2. Marinate the chicken pieces with salt, lemon juice, curd/yogurt, ginger garlic paste, Kashmiri chilli powder, garam masala powder, and oil. Set aside for around 30 minutes.
3. Peel and grate the onions.
4. Dry roast the kasuri methi and crush it into a powder.
5. Heat butter and a little oil in a pan.
6. Add the grated onions to the pan.
7. Fry onions on medium heat for around 7-8 minutes until light brown.
8. Place the marinated chicken pieces side by side in the pan.
9. Fry chicken on medium heat for around 3 minutes.
10. Flip the chicken pieces. Repeat frying for 3 minutes on the other side.
11. Mix and continue to fry on medium heat for around 2 minutes until the chicken pieces are browned and nearly cooked.
12. Add the tomato purée and cook on low heat for around 2-3 minutes until the tomato purée is cooked and oil separates.
13. Now add the fresh cream and 150 ml water, give a mix.
14. Add the garam masala powder and (Kashmiri chilli powder if required).
15. Cook covered on low heat for around 5 minutes.
16. Garnish with crushed kasuri methi.
17. Simmer for 2 minutes.

## Equipment

- Pan

## Source

- Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hj_n77QoEKE
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/1e0582d6-99a5-4090-b5ed-869e2c4db65e
- Extracted: 2026-06-11

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