{"id":22909,"date":"2022-11-18T19:08:03","date_gmt":"2022-11-19T03:08:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nourishdeliciously.com\/?p=22909"},"modified":"2025-04-25T13:09:45","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T20:09:45","slug":"chicken-tikka-masala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nourishdeliciously.com\/?p=22909","title":{"rendered":"Chicken Tikka Masala"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This iconic dish has traveled across the globe and become a beloved dish of Indian cuisine, especially in Indian restaurants. Loved by local Indians, Indian diaspora, tourists and practically everyone who has tried it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The original recipe was invented at a restaurant named Moti Mahal, Daryajang in Delhi, India. As the story goes, the chef apparently was looking ways to use up the day’s leftover Tandoori Chicken (bone-in). He chopped the leftover tandoori chicken and mixed it into a creamy tomato sauce. This not only kept the chicken from drying out, but elevated the flavors of the leftover tandoori chicken to a whole new level. As the tandoori chicken sat smothered in the buttery creamy sauce, it developed flavors and tenderized the meat, and left the restaurant diners absolutely amazed and craving for more. This, in a nut shell, is the story behind Murg Makhani what we know as Butter Chicken. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The authentic recipe is a a two step process: grilling the chicken pieces (tandoori or tikka) and then adding it to the buttery sauce. But if you want a quicker recipe you can skip the grilling and braise the marinated pieces of chicken in the tomato-masala sauce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ive made this recipe many many times and experimented with different methods, this is one of my favorite and Im sharing it with you. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Ingredients You’ll Need<\/h2>\n\n\n\n