Butter chicken

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Butter chicken or murgh makhani is an Indian dish popular in countries all over the world that have a tradition of Indian restaurants. While the dish's general recipe is well known, the actual flavour can vary from restaurant to restaurant even within Delhi.

It is a dish made by marinating a chicken overnight in a yoghurt and spice mixture usually including ginger, lemon or lime, pepper, coriander, cumin, tumeric, chilli, methi and garlic. It is in some ways similar to chicken tikka masala. The chicken is then roasted or baked.

A sauce is made from butter, tomatoes, almonds and various spices, often including cumin, cloves, cinnamon, coriander, pepper, fenugreek and sometimes cream. Once the sauce is prepared the marinated and roasted chicken is chopped and added to it.

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Butter Chicken Recipe at Wikibooks Cookbook.