🍗🌿 Methi Malai Chicken – Creamy & Flavorful Dinner Delight

Ingredients

For chicken:

• 500 g chicken (bone-in or boneless)
• 1 cup fresh methi leaves (cleaned & chopped)
• 1 large onion (finely chopped)
• 1 tomato (pureed)
• 1 tbsp ginger-garlic paste
• 2 green chillies (slit)
• ½ cup fresh cream (malai)
• ½ cup milk (adjust for gravy consistency)
• 2 tbsp curd (beaten)
• 1 tsp kasuri methi
• ½ tsp garam masala
• 1 tsp cumin seeds
• ½ tsp turmeric powder
• 1 tsp coriander powder
• ½ tsp red chilli powder (adjust)
• 2 tbsp oil or ghee
• Salt as required

Instructions

1. Sauté the methi
   • Heat 1 tbsp oil in a pan → add fresh methi leaves.
   • Cook for 2–3 minutes until raw smell goes away. Keep aside.
2. Cook the chicken
   • In the same pan, heat 1 tbsp oil/ghee.
   • Add cumin seeds → let them splutter.
   • Add onions → sauté until golden brown.
   • Add ginger-garlic paste & green chillies → fry until aroma comes.
   • Add tomato puree + turmeric + coriander + red chilli powder → cook till oil separates.
   • Add chicken pieces & curd → mix well & cook for 5–6 mins.
3. Make it creamy
   • Add sautéed methi leaves into the chicken.
   • Pour milk & cook until chicken becomes tender.
   • Add cream, garam masala & kasuri methi → simmer 2–3 mins.
   • Adjust salt and thickness as needed.

Serve

Garnish with a pinch of kasuri methi & serve hot with:
✔ Naan
✔ Paratha
✔ Jeera rice

Creamy, aromatic and mildly spicy — a perfect restaurant-style chicken curry at home! 😍🍽️