Makhni Chicken in Hurry

Recipe to make Makhni (Makhani, Buttery) Chicken curry in under 30 minutes.

Its not just the ingredients, but the process in which we will make this dish. We will start by mixing the basic ingredients for making the Makhani sauce in a pot. Let the Makhani sauce start to simmer in the pot at low temperature.

In a separate frying pan, we will caramelize onions. Transfer onions to the sauce being simmered.

Cut chicken in to small strips that are no more than ¼" thick. Fry chicken pieces on medium to high heat till the chicken is white inside. Transfer Chicken into sauce. Continue to cook for 5 minutes.

Cooking Chicken in a hurry

Kitchen Tested By: Réya Doucette, Canada

Ingredients

Makhni Sauce

1. Hurry Curry Tomato Sauce : ¾ Cup

2. Whipping cream: ½ Cup

3. Dahi Yogurt: ¼ cup

4. Butter: 2 Tablespoons

5. Garam Masala: ½ teaspoon

Caramelize onions

1. Canola Oil: 2 Tablespoons

2. Thinly sliced onion: ½ cup

Precook Chicken

1. Canola Oil: 3 Tablespoons

2. Skinless boneless Chicken breast: 1 Pounds

3. Hurry Curry Powder :1 teaspoon

4. Salt: ¼ teaspoon or to taste

5. Dry Red crushed peppers: ¼ teaspoon or to taste

6. Water: ¼ Cup

Method

Makhni Sauce

Mix all the ingredients in a heavy pot. Turn on heat. Keep heat at low. Do not let it come to a boil on high heat to prevent separation of milk solids in the cream and yogurt.

Caramelize onions

Heat oil in a separate pan. Add onions. Sauté till onions are almost caramelized. Transfer the onions to the Makhni sauce on low heat.

Precook Chicken

1. Cut chicken in to thin ¼" wide long strips. This will reduce cooking time as well as eliminate need to marinate.

2. Heat oil in a pan. Use the same pan that you used to sauté onions. Add Chicken, continue sauté till chicken become white opaque to slightly brown about three minutes.
3. Add Curry powder, Salt, and Red crushed peppers. Stir and sauté about two minutes. Don't let it burn.

4. Add water. Cook on high heat till almost all the water is gone.

5. Transfer the chicken to Makhni Sauce pot. Continue cooking at low temperature for 10 minutes.