Ingredients

• 500 g - tomatoes, washed and chopped
• 4 - green chillies, deseeded and chopped
• 1 tsp - ginger paste
• 1 tsp - garlic paste
• 1.5 tsp - red chilli powder
• 3 - green cardamoms
• 5 - cloves
• 1.5 tsp - kasoori methi (Fenugreek)
• 1 tsp - ginger, scraped and cut into thin strips
• 1/2 cup - cream
• 1/2 cup - butter
• a few strands - saffron, crushed and soaked in 1 tbsp water
• 1 tsp - sugar (optional)

How to Make Malai Makhani Gravy

• Cook the tomatoes in 2 cups of water.
• Add the green chillies, ginger and garlic pastes, red chilli powder, cardamoms, cloves, salt and sugar.
• Cook over low heat until it becomes thick and of sauce consistency.
• Bring the sauce to a boil, add the butter and cream. Stir and mix well.
• Add the kasoori methi and ginger strips. Stir well. Add the saffron.