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Butter Chicken Sauce (Makini Sauce)
Traditional Sauce for Butter Chicken. Add this to Tandoori Chicken to make your own delicious butter chicken.
Author
Chef Ben Kelly
Ingredients
1/2
baseball sized
Onion
2
cloves
Garlic
1
thumb sized
Piece of Ginger
1
ea
Green Chili
2
tbsp
Canola Oil
2
tbsp
Butter
1
tsp
Dried Fenugreek Leaves
1/2
cup
Tomato Paste
1/4
tsp
Kashmiri chili powder
1/2
tsp
Ground cumin
1/2
tsp
Ground coriander
1/2
tsp
Ground cardamom
1/2
cup
Water
1/2
cup
Whipping Cream
sm
handful
Fresh Cilantro Leaves
to taste
Salt and Pepper
to taste
lemon juice
Instructions
Put the onion, ginger, garlic, and chili in a food processor and make a paste.
Heat a pan over medium heat, add 2 tbsp of oil and 2 tbsp of butter and cook the onion paste just until it starts to brown slightly.
Add the spices and cook for 1 minute.
Add the tomato paste and cook for 1 minute.
Add 1/2 cup of water and cook for 4-5 minutes.
Add the Cream and bring to a boil.
Reduce heat, season to taste with salt and pepper. A small amount of sugar may be required. Taste and determine this for yourself.
Finish with a few drops of lemon juice and the fresh cilantro.