
By BBC Good Food
Old Delhi-style butter chicken
Instructions
Prep:50minCook:1h
Head to your spice rack to make this butter chicken curry, a dish that symbolises Indian food for millions of people all over the world
Updated at: Tue, 11 Mar 2025 01:17:16 GMT
Nutrition balance score
Good
Glycemic Index
47
Low
Glycemic Load
12
Moderate
Nutrition per serving
Calories493.9 kcal (25%)
Total Fat29.8 g (43%)
Carbs24.6 g (9%)
Sugars9.3 g (10%)
Protein33.4 g (67%)
Sodium324.7 mg (16%)
Fiber4.4 g (16%)
% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet
Ingredients
6 servings

800gboneless and skinless chicken thighs
cut into bite - sized pieces

coriander leaves

red onion
finely sliced

green chilli

naan bread

chutney
to serve

120ggreek yogurt

ginger
thumb-sized piece, grated

4garlic cloves
crushed

1 Tbspvegetable oil
or coconut

1lemon juiced

3 tspmild chilli powder

1 tspground cumin

½ tspgaram masala

½ tspturmeric

1kgvine tomatoes
ripe, or plum

ginger
thumb-sized piece, peeled, half grated and half finely chopped

4garlic cloves
crushed

4green cardamom pods

2cloves

1bay leaf

1 tspchilli powder

80gbutter
diced

2green chillies
cut lengthways

75mlsingle cream
plus a drizzle to serve

5 leavesdried fenugreek
crushed between your fingers, optional

1 tspgaram masala

1 Tbspsugar
or xylitol

3 Tbspghee
or butter

2 tspblack mustard seeds

1dried whole kashmiri chilli

6dried curry leaves
Instructions
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