The next series should be “But Faster”

Tip: garaam masala actually works better when added at the end. Most of the flavour compounds dissipate at high heats.

Im indian and grew up in india with authentic curry being made 24/7 and honestly he did it pretty much the same way they always did soooo A+ from me.

I’m 17 and just made this dish for iftar for ramadan, I want to start learning dishes for college so this seemed like a good start. All I got to say is it turned out better than the ones I have outside in an indian restaurant, I’m so proud of myself but mostly thank you for this perfect recipe

**Fun facts and things about butter chicken coming from an Indian.** First thing's first, that looks really amazing! As an Indian I gotta admit it really is the quick, cheap and easy way to make it. Extra things I would like to add after watching my mom make it for years: For butter chicken the chicken used is a whole different dish in itself called Tandoori Chicken (but the way he shallow fried battered chicken is smart too). Strain the tomato puree after cooking properly to get that silky texture of "Makkhan" (butter). Butter chicken is not really based on butter. It was Brits that translated Murg Makhani to butter chicken. While Murg means chicken and Makhani means butterly the meaning behind butterly is not butter itself but rather a silky texture which really means Makhani. So essentially if you were to name it in American way it would be baked chicken with silky curry. And the most important thing my mum always said is if you heat Garam masala too much it gives off distorted bitter taste and ruins the dish so always add it in the end. Happy cooking y'all!!!

I'd love to see a series called 'but bougie' where you take things like Vienna Sausages and make them hilariously expensive

Thank you for this recipe! I just made it for my whole family and even my dad liked it and he is literally the pickiest eater I know. My dad pretty much doesn’t like anything that’s not Japanese, but yesterday he was genuinely impressed and even got seconds! He agreed it could be spicier so I’ll be adding some serano pepper next time, but he said he would be fine if I made this more frequently which NEVER happens. We have a short list of foods in my household that my dad doesn’t mind eating often, and this made it! Thank you!

I made this last night for my family of 5 and not only was it WAY cheaper than the Indian restaurant we frequent, but actually may have been as good, if not better! I doubled the recipe and there was barely any left. It was such a flavor bomb! We served with basmati and naan. I will be making this again and again!

“Lord have mercy I’m bout to BUST”😂😂😂

I'm about to hook y'all up. NEVER buy spices in the big chain grocery stores. Always buy them from grocery store targeted at minorities, i.e. Asian grocery stores, Indian grocery stores, Latino grocery stores, etc. They're usually sold in bags for cheap and hold a lot more spice than those tiny bottles from Walmart or Kroger

dude honestly i have tried like 4 or 5 or your recipes and they were all amazingly delicious. you have become my go to recipe guy. thanks

This recipe became a staple in my house real quick. We make this almost once a week. Thank you Josh!

use kashmiri chili powder instead of paprika , kashmiri chili gives more red color , and in the end use dried fenugreek leaves.😊 if you love sweet and salt curry add some sugar .Use ginger garlic paste(fresh,not store bought) not only ginger. & if you want you can add 5/6 cashew in tomato then blend it in mixer.it gives more creamy flavour

Dearest Joshua, I write to let you know that I made this the other night and impressed all house mates. They all tried it and loved it. My roommates sister came, smelled it in the air, and gave into temptation. She adored it. My ex brought a friend over just to try it. It was a major hit and everyone has asked for the recipe. Thank you for making my cooking seem impressive. I am just a novice in the kitchen but I am proud of how this turned out. Sincerely, Summer

I just made this today and my whole family loved it! Thank you for your easy way to follow along with the recipe, Josh!

Literally bless this series, it's kept me on budget through college and happy with my food.

Aaaaaaand there goes another recipe into my "Food" playlist to cook later that week! Love me some Butter Chicken!!

Why were we not in the pantry today?! WHAT IS GOING ON.

Thank you! This recipe is really good. Cooked some for my sister today and she really enjoyed it. Make sure to put the right amount of tomato sauce i put in an extra amount and the flavor changed dramatically.

Just made this for my South African husband and he absolutely LOVED IT. He’s usually pretty picky, but he snarfed this up real quick. Thank you for your videos! Great editing and excellent information

Just an advice for everybody, don't toast your garam masala, it's added as a finishing spice since the ingredients are already toasted and then made into a powder. Cheers!

you should do like... week long but cheaper stuff. you get $50 for the week, and that's all the ingredients you get. no relying on stuff you already have - it had to be bought at some point. like a weekly budget menu challenge!

This recipe is amazing. I've made it 4 times already. Simple and pretty much restaurant quality.

Made this dish and really loved it! I cooked this twice, adding these changes on the second run through: 1. Did a bit more of a caramelizing of the onions by cooking them on a low heat in a butter/oil mixture for about 20 minutes. Also added some sugar to it. I then upped the heat and added the finely chopped garlic and ginger, cooking those for about a minute. 2. Toasted the spices separately. When added directly to the veggies I found they stuck to them and I wasn't really able to get an even toasting. 3. Followed the advice of some others here and left the garam masala out of the toasting, added it to the paste afterwards. 4. Substituted water for chicken broth I had on hand. I thought it was already really good, but these changes (especially cooking the onions for longer to get a sweet flavor and adding the garam masala afterwards) really made the sweet flavors a lot stronger. I think this is definitely going to become a go-to for me. Thanks Joshua!!

I made this. It's really good. It's like a slightly toned down indian dish. Perfect for beginners of indian cuisine.

Finally a recipe that i can properly make in INDIA!

When you see the color and texture at the beginning, you know he's NAILED IT. Again.

I make a butter chicken once a month (just made some yesterday, in fact). Apart from omitting the ginger, this is pretty similar to how I do mine, although I clarify a stick of butter and use that instead of oil to shallow fry the chicken, and then use the fond from the chicken and butter fry to directly start my curry base. Still tastes absolutely amazing, and the clarified butter keeps the Garam Masala from scorching (which makes it taste bitter).

For a change, a western chef did not completely come up with a random concoction and can it butter chicken. This is reasonably close to what a real butter chicken should be. There’s a distinct taste to butter chicken that comes from cardamom powder. I’d sub the cardamom powder in favor of garam masala. And please, don’t add that much turmeric. 1/4 teaspoon is good enough. Add a bit of honey to round off the curry. And ideally you want to grill your chicken instead of pan fry

I wanna see some of Josh’s favorite meals to make when no one is around. The ones that make joshie feel better.

I MUST give this a try!!!! I have never had curry chicken and hear it’s really good!

I tried making this recipe the other day and it was absolutely amazing. It is inexpensive, easy to make and fulfilling! Will definitely make again.

"tumeric is optional," is probably the most sacrilegious thing i've heard as a desi

I love the But Cheaper series, it's great to see how cheap good food can be made. It'd be really nice to have an "upgrades" section, maybe at the end, where you talk briefly about those extra "expensive ingredients" and how to use them for those of us who aren't quite so budget limited though.

I made this, it was so quick any easy! Tasted amazing. Thanks for the awesome recipe!

I just made this and it exceeded all my expectations. Absolutely delicious!

I screamed when he caught the spoon! It's rarely happened😄

I made this today with some slight alterations, I used less turmeric and I added the garam masala at the end with the cream as per suggestions from the comments here. It was so good, even better than a different recipe I used to make, and way simpler.

I really like that your food looks excellent and like something I could actually make. Thanks JDubbs!

I can’t thank you enough for this. I make super complex meals all the time but love curry and this was super easy and makes me happy. I’m this is my “Lazy” meal when I’m home from tour lol

I’m finally learning how to cook and this was by far the best meal I’ve made. Thank you Joshua.

Ever since I’ve watched this I’ve been eating a variation like 2 or 3 times a week. I normally don’t add any chicken and just simmer in some chickpeas and spinach maybe some sweet potato and I eat it with a slice of toasted pita or naan. It’s probably the most low effort- high reward meal I know.

So I’ve done a BUNCH of your recipes, but no doubt, this was absolutely the best!

Honestly, one of the best curries, if not the best, I've ever had! Thanks Josh!

As a Sikh and butter chicken lover I approve of this recipe!!

Recently discovered your channel. So impressed with balance you strike between information, time, simplicity and humour. Masterfully edited; everything is so cleverly integrated, your formula is perfect. Just massive props, and thank you.

After 25 years as a chef I say that anything that tastes great and is economical gets my vote. Liked and subbed.

I watched at least five videos before cooking. Your recipe is the easy to follow, and the only one that listed the amount of chicken. Thank you.

As an Indian, I am very proud of you, Josh. 🙏

Suggestion: After "But Better" and "But Cheaper" start a series of "But Healthier" with tasty stuff for people looking to lose weight.

I just made this and I gotta say- Papa never misses. NEVER. This tasted so good hubby asked for it again for next week.

Okay, I made this for the first time tonight, and it blew my socks off. The taste of the fried meat alone after having soaked in the marinade for two hours was unlike any other I've experienced in my 35 years on this planet. When the whole dish came together in the end, after that last step and an added dash of salt, it was... magical. This is going into my repertoire of regular dishes, for sure! Thanks a bunch, Josh!

I was expecting to hear Evenly incorporated from Phineas and Ferb

In the last frame, Josh looks like a cross between Rapunzel and Sleeping Beauty.

Thank you for an awesome recipe. You make cooking soooo fun!

Doubled this, OH MY GOD. Wowie. Hit the clean plate club and became an instant favorite which is wonderful cause MAN this took a while to make. Absolutely worth it, AND cheaper than ordering Curry that'll only last the night. Sir, thank you.

This is the first time I've already made something super similar to what you've made. We don't use the yogurt marinade (too lazy and we never remember to buy it) and we have a little less cream, more butter, but otherwise it's almost exactly the same. Nice! Naan is easy to buy frozen and heats up well, so we just do that, too.

Hot tip: curry is one of my favorite dishes to make and when the budget gets tight, I’ll replace half the chicken with a can of chickpeas. Less chicken, a little healthier, and a little cheaper!

I just made this. My first time making a curry from scratch. No store bought pastes or short cuts. Thanks, Josh (can I call you Josh, you don't even know me!). It was great. Poured the sauce into my food processor and it's now permanently stained yellow from the turmeric. Don't care. It was delish and I wanted that smooooooth restaurant texture and lack a hand blender. The yogurt marinade is key. Not optional. Please marinade your chicken people. It makes the chicken springy yet moist and I'll be doing this for every chicken I ever cook in the future, be it curry or bbq kebabs or whatever. It's clutch. Do it! Thanks again, peace out.

For a more filling version, use ghee instead of vegetable oil. The extra stearic acid and reduced linoleic acid profile satiates you more and leaves you with more energy until your next meal. Yes it's slightly more expensive but better for you.

I love that they do the math after recording so Josh just says for "this much" with no idea what it is lol

New But Cheaper catchphrase: "Save da money, eat da yummy"

I made this recipe for my Indian husband, He absolutely loved it very affordable ! Thank you.

Made this and wife’s comment was “restaurant quality” - awesome Josh! Thanks.

Gonna be honest, I love this series! These recipes are great for me as a college student

I’ve been making chicken curry and rice for my meals at work for 3 weeks straight now (store bought, meh). It goes great with nutritional needs and my workouts. I’m glad you’ve shown me a simple awesome method for something that will much more awesome than store curry sauce.

This is my first recipe of yours I’ve made and I fully trust you now will definitely not be the last recipe I make!! Wow 😍😍

I just made this. I had to look up the spices in the garam masala and make it myself because it is not available in my area and I did not want to wait a week to make it. I was surprised at the amount of stuff stuck to the bottom of the pan and that it all came off. This taste amazing! I will definitely do this again often!

dude, just TODAY was looking at recipes of curry with rice, I'm scared.

This was great. I love curry and will often spend a lot of time in the kitchen making one, but I had no idea you could achieve something tasting so good with comparatively little effort. Will definitely do this again.

This looks delicious! I can't wait to try making it myself!

i’ve made this twice now and it’s sooo tasty!! to be fair i’ve literally never had indian food, authentic or otherwise lmfao but it’s one of my boyfriends favorite meals i’ve made for him! one thing i’ll say is that i recommend cooking the chicken till it’s basically done, first time i made this i followed his word and while the chicken was at a safe temp for consumption by the end, it’s not as soft and juicy texturally as it is when you cook it longer (tried this last night to much better results!)

I just made this with my husband tonight. BEST CURRY WE’VE MADE, HANDS DOWN. Thank you so much for making this recipe so simple!!! 💙

This is the first josh recipe i’m making, and it feels like I’m an accomplished chef looking at my burnt onions

I marinated the chicken today. Couple hours later I cooked a few pieces. Life changing. I'm making the sauce and rice tomorrow for friends but I've rarely utilized cardamom or turmeric. I like cumin in chili but I'm rambling. The combination of spices genuinely surprised me. For the first time in what feels like a decade, i experienced new flavors. Weather this dish is to a T, in traditional or not, I can't wait to serve it to my friends with some homemade naan and steamed rice.

This recipe is incredibly good. I highly recommend it

Let’s make josh realize the beauty in realistic ingredients with this series

The laying on the table at the end is literally my mood half the time i feel him on a soul level right now

Stupendous - my compliments to the chef!

Finally, a curry recipe I actually have all the ingredients for! Thanks papa

YAY! I LOVE WHEN YOU UPLOAD!!! IT MAKES ME SO HAPPY!!!

Made this today, it’s amazing! This is gunna be my go to curry recipe for sure 👏

You are saving lives with this series.

Total home run with this recipe. Thank you Joshua for contributing to an exceptional evening with friends

Finally something I can make without hunting down an ingredient I’ve never heard of

I'll be honest, this was actually a very nice way to make this dish :) I watch Joshua to learn more about European and American dishes and was quite surprised by this one. If I had to add something, it would be lime/lemon with onions on the side :) sometimes I also like to mix in finely chopped coriander stems just before serving it gives the dish a sweet freshness. And bonus, U can make almost the same dish with Paneer -(or cottage cheese, or fresh cheese, Frischkäse in Germany or even Proteinella, maybe Feta cheese too) cheeses with mild to no flavour of their own- and you have Paneer Makhani :)

This video made me subscribe. Its the first time i try one of your recipes....thank you for existing this was amazing (although i subbed heavy cream for coconut cream and used no-fat yoghurt). It was exactly the flavor i was looking for.

I ended up making this, after seeing it a year ago, and holly WOW it was truly amazing. We made Jasmin coconut rice on the side and added some veggies into the curry mix. Thanks Mr Weissman!

Just finished making this recipe tonight and my god I love it, thank you so much man, glad you are in Austin too, I will high five you if I ever see you around!😀🤙

Note: for it to taste like it came from a restaurant, fenugreek leaves are a non-optional ingredient, sprinkled on towards the end of cooking.

Super easy, super tasty. Brilliant work mate!

Just made this, added some chili flakes at the end for heat, but overall 10/10. Definitely keeping on rotation 😊 Thank you Josh for a great curry

Made this this weekend and it was so good. Needless to say my leftovers didn’t last long.

Yup! Cooking down the tomatoes are key to Indian curries. It provides acidity AND umami. Especially important for veggie curries (for us vegans). I would add coconut milk at the end instead of cream, but hey - you do you and I'll do me. Cheers!

Added this to my arsenal of recipes it’s amazing and easy

It came out Perfect! Thank you so much !

Yo I am currently in the middle of finding all the ingredients to make my own curry (butter chicken too!!) for the first time! Get out of my head Josh!!! You keep doing this ♡ I love it though

I made this last night and it was great! The only thing is it's extremely mild. I'd highly recommend adding cayenne for a bit of a kick.

A year later from this video I came back with a quest to try this dish. I have never eaten Butterchicken but it always looked so good. I tried Josh's but cheaper and this stuff is bussin

I just made this! It's not the best butter chicken I have ever had but its definitely up there! It did cost me more than 2 dollars but was worth it 🤗 my first time ever making an Indian dish from scratch!