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Chicken Makhani
Photo: Lily Banse

Chicken Makhani

17 ingredients 8 steps fandom
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

602
Calories
51g
Protein
36g
Fat
23g
Carbs

Counts 15 of 18 ingredients — the other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 15 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Chicken 100g cooked 165
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Yogurt 170g plain Greek 100
Cream 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy 51
Tomato 1 medium (123g) 22
Lime juice of 1 lime (44ml) 11
Clove 1 tsp ground (2g) 7
Cinnamon 1 tsp ground (2.6g) 6
Cardamom 1 tsp ground (2g) 6
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Ginger 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) 2
Cilantro 1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g) 1
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Fenugreek not in our table 0
Coriander not in our table 0
Topping not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 2 pounds of (bony) chicken
  • 1 cup yogurt (dahi)
  • 1" piece of ginger
  • 8 cloves garlic
  • 2 tbs lime juice
  • 4" stick of cinnamon
  • 8 cloves
  • 8 cardamoms
  • 10 black peppercorns
  • 1 tbs oil
  • 2 1/4 pounds tomatoes
  • 1 tsp. dried fenugreek leaves (optional)
  • 1 tbs. white pepper powder (essential)
  • 1 ounce cream (optional but recommended for a touch of class)
  • 1 !!pound!! butter. You can get away with 0.6 lb if 1 lb is too much.
  • salt to taste if you use yellow butter, then scale down the salt accordingly. If you use white butter, then you will need more salt.
  • coriander (cilantro): optional topping.

Directions

1

clean chicken and remove the skin

2

make a smooth paste of yogurt, garlic, ginger, lime juice, cinnamon, cloves, cardamoms, peppercorns and the oil. Marinate the chicken in this for 6 hours.

3

Bake the chicken in a preheated oven for 10 minutes at 250 F (130 C). Put it aside. It kind of makes sense to finish steps 1-3 before starting step 4.

4

We need to get a tomato sauce. Cut tomatoes, put 'em in a pan (no water) and boil. When the quantity has dropped by half, strain through a fine sieve. What comes out of the sieve is the tomato sauce. (This is hard work with a clumsy sieve).

5

Take a pan, start heating the sauce, add the butter. When the butter is melted, add the white pepper powder, salt, fenugreek leaves and cream.

6

Mix the chicken pieces into this sauce. You may like chopped coriander (cilantro) as topping. Serve hot. This works best with good rice (i.e. basmati).

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Category:Bangladeshi Recipes

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Category:Bangladeshi Meat Dishes

Recipe sourced from fandom

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