# Soft garlic butter Naan, alongside rich & creamy butter chicken

A creamy butter chicken served with soft garlic naan, perfect for the holiday season.

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

## Ingredients

- Dried tomatoes, roughly chopped
- Red onions, roughly chopped
- Fresh ginger, roughly chopped
- Garlic, thinly sliced
- Coriander, roughly chopped
- Chicken breast
- ginger garlic
- salt
- yogurt
- black pepper
- cumin
- coriander
- garam masala
- Kashmiri chili
- lemon juice
- oil
- all-purpose flour
- yeast
- salt
- sugar
- yogurt
- oil
- warm water
- butter
- cashew nuts
- water
- hot butter
- garlic
- coriander
- heavy cream
- butter
- fenugreek

## Instructions

1. Roughly chop dried tomatoes.
2. Roughly chop red onions.
3. Roughly chop fresh ginger.
4. Thinly slice garlic.
5. Pound and grind the garlic to a paste using a mortar and pestle.
6. Roughly chop coriander.
7. Marinate chicken breast with ginger garlic, salt, yogurt, black pepper, cumin, coriander, garam masala, Kashmiri chili, lemon juice, and oil. Mix to combine.
8. In a bowl, combine all-purpose flour, yeast, salt, sugar, yogurt, and oil.
9. Add warm water to the flour mixture and mix it in, working the gluten until strong.
10. Shape the dough into a ball and cover with a damp towel.
11. Heat oil in a pan.
12. Spread the marinated chicken in the pan and fry until charred.
13. Flip the chicken and continue frying until golden brown. Set aside.
14. In the same pan, melt oil and butter.
15. Sauté the onions.
16. Sauté the ginger garlic paste.
17. Sauté the tomatoes.
18. Add cumin, coriander, garam masala, salt, and Kashmiri chili, and cook to form a paste.
19. Infuse cashew nuts with the spices.
20. Add water, mix, and simmer the sauce.
21. Punch down the dough which has doubled in size.
22. Flour the surface, portion the dough into balls, and cover them.
23. Blend the cooked sauces until smooth and silky.
24. Add the chicken cubes to the sauce and let them finish cooking.
25. Roll out and stretch the dough into a hot dry pan until risen.
26. Flip the naan directly over the flames until charred and smoky.
27. Melt slightly hot butter and garlic, add coriander, mix it in, and brush over the naan.
28. Repeat the naan steps for the rest of the dough.
29. Add heavy cream to the almost done chicken.
30. Finish the butter chicken with more butter and fenugreek.
31. Serve with warm garlic naan.

## Equipment

- mortar and pestle
- bowl
- pan
- blender

## Tips

- Work the gluten until strong for the dough.
- Flip naan directly over flames till charred and smoky for best results.
- Finish butter chicken with more butter and fenugreek.
- You can get away with shapeless chapatis

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CmldeiFtlmV/?igsh=cmQ3dHkyMTFmbDMz
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/40d80604-2a65-4014-a86b-5de493cdff40
- Extracted: 2026-04-12

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