Mother butter chicken from Mowgli Street Food: Stories and Recipes from the Mowgli Street Food Restaurants (page 112) by Nisha Katona

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Notes about this recipe

Beth891 on April 17, 2026

Pretty tasty! It doesn't take too long to make (other recipes have you marinading the chicken but not this one) and it had a good flavour. I'd add the full amount of butter next time (I only added about half) as I think it would have tasted even better with it. One to make again.
etcjm on January 16, 2023

As per the other notes, I didn't have the tandoori masala paste (completely missed it on recipe), so used curry powder instead. Didn't seem to affect the dish and I was rather surprised it turned out as well as it did. I have another go to recipe for this dish and it normally takes a lot longer! Very saucy, which the family liked. Pretty good for a quick dish and I would buy the paste to try it again.
FJT on July 24, 2022

Lovely recipe! I had to substitute a few spices as I’m running my spice cupboard down before an international move, so I won’t rate this. I also cut back on the butter by about a third and my husband didn’t notice! Looking forward to being able to make it again with all the right spices.
joneshayley on February 22, 2022

Really good, Sophie particularly loved this. I don’t know how authentic mine was to the recipe as the tandoori masala evaded me, so I subbed a home made version for the chicken marinade. Either way it’s a lovely mild but flavour filled dish.