According to my family, this is one of their favorite dishes as it is very saucy and comforting. My son in law could opt to have this 365 days of the year. This dish incorporates Indian spices, tomato sauce and heavy cream and butter as the base for gravy. It can be served over rice or with nan but I prefer to serve with vegetable pilaf so this way the dish incorporates proteins and well as vegetables.
I used to cook with all spices from my kitchen and now I use Shan Butter Chicken masala and it turns out yummy! Whenever this dish comes on the table every little morsel in the dish is devoured till it all vanishes.
Origin of the butter chicken meatballs – I used to always cook butter chicken kababs with chicken breast. One day I ended up having ground chicken in the fridge. I wondered if I could use the ground chicken to make meatballs in this buttery sauce. This led to this recipe. Once it became a massive hit in the family I have continued to cook this over the years.
Hope you can try it and get to enjoy it!
Butter Chicken Meatballs
Ingredients
Meatballs
- 1 lb ground chicken
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup ground cashews
- 1 teaspoon Shan butter chicken masala available in Indian grocery stores or online on Amazon
- 1 teaspoon fenugreek leaves
- 1 tablespoon paprika
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 tablespoon chopped cilantro
Gravy
- 1 cup tomato sauce
- 1 cup milk
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 1/2 cup ground cashews
- 1/4 cup tomato ketchup
- 1/4 cup butter
- 3 tablespoons oil
- 1 tablespoon ginger garlic paste
- 1 tablespoon fenugreek leaves
- 1 tablespoon paprika
- 6 teaspoons Shan Butter Chicken Masala
- Cilantro to garni
Instructions
- Add the dry spices to the ground chicken
- Add the egg and cream
- Mix well
- Make balls
- Take pan and heat oil for shallow frying
- Fry meatballs on low to medium heat till cooked
- Remove in a plate
- For the sauce in the same pan add butter to the heated pan
- Add ginger garlic paste and stir well for 30 seconds
- Add tomato sauce
- Add in the dry spices
- Add the heavy cream and milk
- Add the ground cashews
- Add the oil and cook till you see the oil on top
- Add the meatballs and mix gently
- Cook for 3-4 minutes and turn off heat and garnish with cilantro
