Chicken Makhani

[ysabetwordsmith]

Doug cooks on fishbowl nights.  Usually it's something simple like lox, eggs, and onions.

Tonight he is making the chicken makhani.  He asked me to help find the cornstarch.  I went into the kitchen and aaaaaa it smells so good!  I just want to stand there and smell it but then I would be in the way and not get any work done.

But it smells soooooooo yummmmmy. :P''''''

And now I am starving. 

EDIT 9/5/17: It tasted as good as it smelled.  :D

Comments

[siliconshaman]

My Aunt used to call that 'a proper door hanger' [or whatever that is in Welsh] as in, you'd have people hanging around the kitchen door...

Yes...

[ysabetwordsmith]

It was a very proper door hanger indeed!

It took three times as long to make as the recipe said, though, so Doug was unenthused about the return on investment.

I promptly volunteered to help make it again some time when I am not stuck in my office.

[mashfanficchick]

I know you're busy with the Fishbowl tonight, but will you be posting the recipe for this in the future? I'm very curious, because last week was the first time I ever had anything except dal makhani: one of the vegetarian daily specials at our favorite Indian restaurant was paneer makhani, which--much to my surprise!--was more reminiscent of butter chicken than of the ubiquitous dal.

Well...

[ysabetwordsmith]

>> I know you're busy with the Fishbowl tonight, but will you be posting the recipe for this in the future? <<

Here it is.

>> I'm very curious, because last week was the first time I ever had anything except dal makhani: one of the vegetarian daily specials at our favorite Indian restaurant was paneer makhani, which--much to my surprise!--was more reminiscent of butter chicken than of the ubiquitous dal.<<

That's because the sauces are the same. Butter chicken = chicken makhani. Paneer is the same thing but with cheese instead of chicken. Dal makhani uses red kidney beans and urad dal (a tiny black bean). There is also lamb makhani.