13/08/2025
Creamy Butter Chicken Sauce | Easy Makhani Gravy for home
“Creamy • Rich • Restaurant Style”
Silky, buttery, and bursting with flavour — this Butter Chicken Sauce (Makhani Sauce) is the heart of countless Indian favourites.
Made with plum tomatoes, turmeric, chilli, and cardamom, then enriched with butter & cream for that signature restaurant finish.
Perfect with chicken, paneer, prawns… or just mopped up with naan!
Ingredients:
• 600g (2 tins) plum tomatoes, puréed
• 5g turmeric
• 10g cardamom powder
• 20g chilli powder
• 10g salt (plus 3g later)
• 30g ginger-garlic paste
• 10g green chilli paste
• 200ml water
• 150g butter
• 500g cream
• 10g brown sugar
Method:
1. Purée tomatoes until smooth.
2. Add turmeric, cardamom, chilli powder, salt, ginger-garlic paste, green chilli paste & water.
3. Simmer slowly for 30 mins.
4. Stir in butter, cream, extra salt & sugar.
5. Slow cook another 15 mins for a glossy, rich sauce.
💡 Pro Tip: Make a batch and freeze — it’s your weeknight shortcut to restaurant-style curries.