If you have never tried Indian butter chicken, also known as chicken makhani, you need to branch out and try this recipe, which is both easy and delicious. 

Be prepared to spend about 30 minutes prepping your food items for cooking, one hour of marinating, followed by another 30 minutes of cook time. Overall, you can be done from start to finish in about two hours. Do not worry about the time, though, because Indian Murgh Makhani is an dish well worth waiting for!

Recipe

Mix together 1/3 cup plain, non-fat yogurt with 1 tbsp. tandoori masala powder until the two are completely mixed together.

Cut 1 and ½ lbs of skinless, boneless chicken breast into one-inch sized cubes.

Mix the chicken into the yogurt tandoori until the sauce covers the chicken on all sides.

Set the chicken into the refrigerator for one hour to marinate.

Take the chicken out after one hour, and drain away any remaining yogurt sauce.

Blend together half an onion, 1 piece of fresh ginger and 1 garlic clove until a thick paste forms.

Cook 1 tbsp. cooking oil in a big skillet on medium heat. Then add the marinated chicken to the oil, and cook until lightly brown on each side.

Take the chicken off the heat, and pour into a dish.

Cook 2 tbsp. oil in the skillet, and add the onion/ginger paste until there is very little moisture left.

Add 2 tsp. garam masala and ¼ tsp. Indian chili powder to the cooked onion ginger paste, and stir for one minute.

Add 1 cup tomato sauce, reduce the heat to medium-low and stir for five minutes.

Pour the cooked chicken into the mixture with 1 cup half and half, and stir until the mixture starts to boil.

Add 2 tbsp. butter, 1 tsp. dried fenugreek leaves and 1 tsp. salt to the mix, and turn the heat down to low.

Cook for 15 to 20 minutes, and check one of the chicken pieces to make sure the middle is opaque and not pink before removing the chicken from the heat

Reviews

Testers of this recipe from www.AllRecipes.com gave the Murgh Makhani chicken five out of five stars, noting that the recipe was simple and tasty. A few people noted that changing the half-and-half to heavy cream adds a certain creaminess to the recipe and cuts back slightly on the spicy taste. 

Try this Indian butter chicken recipe and learn to enjoy how to make delicious Indian Murgh Makhani right in your own kitchen.

Dining out is not the only option available for showing appreciation to your mother on Mother’s Day. While a meal at a nice restaurant may be a popular way of showing appreciation, other options include cooking dinner for mom. This is the more difficult of the two options and as such may be seen as a more heartfelt gesture. Most people buy gifts, a few may even buy really nice gifts, but to actually take the time and trouble to cook a fantastic meal is a surefire way to earn your mother’s appreciation. An experienced cook will have no problem with this. They know their abilities and, hopefully, their mom’s taste in food. A less experienced cook, however, will need to do some research. 

Find something that is within your abilities. For cooks who are not sure of themselves, simple is always better. This means choosing basic dishes, but not so basic that it will look like you put no effort into it. Simple dishes are also good for youngsters who want to surprise mom with a meal. Here are some ideas.

A Picnic
Picnics usually involve simple foods, and eating outdoors is often a good idea. Foods that may be packed for a picnic include sandwiches, which are within the skill-level of most people and yet can be made as fancy as desired. The key when planning a special occasion such as a Mother’s day dinner is always to use quality ingredients.

Suggestions include premium cold cuts like
• Pastrami
• Mortadella
• Sopressata
• Capicola

Ideally, deli meat should be served on a good roll, so you can save the pre-sliced white bread for the lunchbox. Decent Kaiser rolls are within most people’s budget, especially when it is for mom. To accompany your meat and bread, there should be a decent cheese, and while a simple Swiss can do, a Gouda or even some brie might be more impressive. This may be served with any of a number of sides like a simple potato salad or a regular tossed salad. 

A Pasta Dinner
For those who prefer to cook indoors, a pasta dinner is simple enough to be managed by basic cooks, but can be made fancier depending on what you do with it. Spaghetti and meatballs or just a marinara sauce is fine. Ideally, the marinara sauce and meatballs should be made from scratch. An advanced cook can up the level of difficulty by making everything from scratch, including the pasta.

Other ideas for pasta include a simple Chicken Alfredo served over spaghetti or fettuccine. With each of these ideas, everything can be made from scratch. Both of these dinner ideas are simple enough for a small child to help, as long as they have adult supervision. 

Grilling
It is almost summer, so why not bring out the grill? This is definitely the easiest solution, if you know how to grill properly. A steak or a nice cedar-planked salmon should go over well with mom. Note that neither of these is suitable for first-time cooks. Both are relatively expensive, depending on where you live, and both require precise timing and heat-control and should only be prepared by adults.

Ingredients:
Horsegram – 1 cup
Urad dal – 1 cup
Vamu ginjalu /Ajwain – 3 tspn
Dry ginger powder /sonti/????? – ½ tspn
Dried Red chillies 11 to 13 no
Salt to taste

Making:
Dry roast the urad dal until dal changes to light brown color.Roast horsegram in low flame until it becomes slightly change in color and add vamu ,dry ginger powder and asafoetida and trasfer to the plate.Roast red chillies and allow to cool the above ingredients.
Grind to a coarse powder by adding salt according to your taste.
Once cool store in an airtight container.
Mix horsegram powder with steamed rice along with a dollop of homemade ghee.

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My neighbour has invited us(mom and kids) for lunch at her house on the eve of christmas.Akshay,my toddler is so excited to meet all his friends.
Brownies are perfect for this occasion so went ahead to make nutty chewy brownies for the group .

Ingredients:
Barefoot Contessa Outrageous Brownie Mix - 1 pack/20.8 oz fast and easy when you have mix in hand.
Chopped walnuts – ½ cup
Chopped dried cranberries – ¼ cup
Vegetable oil – ¾ cup
Water – 1 ½ cup
Eggs – 2 no

Making:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray the pan with (Pam)cooking spray.Dust the pan with flour and coat evenly.Place wax paper and keep it aside.

Whisk all the wet ingredients in a large bowl.
Add the brownie mix and beat for 1 to 2 minutes in low speed until well combined.
Add chopped nuts and dried cranberries and fold the batter 2 to 3 times with spatula.
Pour the batter in a lined baking pan evenly.
Sprinkle with Cake Mate Nonpareil Decors and bake 30 to 35 minutes or until the toothpick comes out clean.
Remove the pan from the oven and allow it to cool completely.
Cut the brownies and serve.
Simple and yummy brownies are ready for the party.

My friend has arranged a small get together at her house.
we enjoyed a lot having a talent rounds like singing,dancing,expressing love .
I baked and frosted these yummy brownies for the evening.We had chapathi,aloo kurma,veggie biryani,chole sundal,gunthaponganalu,lemon rice,fruit salad.Enjoyed the evening with lot of fun filled with healthy environment along with lovable kids.