Butter Chicken Sauce (Murgh Makhani)

If you've never tried Butter Chicken, I think you need to.  And fairly soon.  It's one of the most delicate of curry dishes, and melts in your mouth with greatness.  GREATNESS!!  I was hooked from the first time I tried it, I can tell you that!

Butter Chicken, for us, started at the Farmer's Market here in town.  This great cook (Pam) makes the sauce in little tubs and freezes it so people like me can grab one, store it and create a terrific meal in minutes!

But you know me.  I needed to find MY own recipe!  So off I went in search of just.what makes the sauce, the sauce.  And like a good sleuth, I search many recipes and bought many spices (did you know that Indian spices are the most fragrant I've ever found??) and began to experiment.

Is it traditional?  Probably not quite.  Is it good?  You bet!!  And like any one family spaghetti recipe - Butter Chicken is personal per family, perfect per taste and really something you just NEED to try!

Indian Roti (or Chapati)

We love Indian food, particularly curry.  And even more specifically, Butter Chicken.  Thankfully, we have a really great lady (Pam) in town who makes Butter Chicken and sells it at the Farmer's Market in frozen tubs.  Just cook your chicken, add the sauce and finish with cream or yogurt and enjoy.

My stash was running low.  ACK!  So, I scoured the Internet that had recipes that had spices like I remembered Pam's to have and found thousands.  I guess Butter Chicken is like Chili - each region makes it's own, and in each region - each family makes their own.  It was amazing how many recipes there were!

I mixed up a few different recipes and created one that we love, and I now make it in large batches and freeze, just like I did with Pam's.

In doing research for the Butter Chicken, I came across many recipes for Roti.  The best I can compare it to is fresh tortillas.  An Indian flat bread.  Thin, tasty and terrific for scooping up bits of chicken or rice floating in Butter Chicken Sauce. 

And yes, I will add the Butter Chicken Sauce to my blog the next time I make it!!

So, for all those curry Indian cuisine lovers, here's a very common recipe for roti.  I hope you love it was much as we do!