Tender Indian-style turkey meatballs and creamy makhani sauce made with tomatoes, onions, and spices inspired butter chicken. These meatballs are perfectly spiced and served in a creamy sauce that compliments each other. This easy recipe is also a favorite party dish. You can do it with some warm naans or on a platter.
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It is simply delicious. This recipe is similar to Butter Chicken. It uses butternut squash in the sauce base to make the sauce creamier. Also, it uses masala turkey meatballs to replace the chicken. They are amazing. You can make a few more meatballs for this recipe.
This is one of my favorite recipes. I’m proud to have come up with it and made it. It was amazing! Someone else must take credit for the original idea.
Chopped’s judges were competing in a recent episode. They teamed up with their siblings to create deliciousness using the ingredients from the mystery box. Her sister Chef Maneet Chauhan made these fantastic meatballs using ground turkey. She also used butternut squash in the sauce and made delicious raita.
After watching the episode, I knew that I had to make turkey meatballs with makhani sauce. There was no recipe, so I made my lamb Kebabs recipe and then used the Makhani sauce from my butter Chicken recipe to make this sauce.
What is Makhani sauce?
Makhani Sauce is a rich, creamy sauce made with tomatoes, onions, and butter. This sauce is also used to make butter chicken or Makhani, the most popular Indian restaurant dish. Makhani is butter, like. This is why the sauce tastes almost like butter. It could also mean that the word contains a lot of butter. I do both. I add butter to the plate and make it creamy.
To make my sauce creamier, I add soaked cashews to it. Cashews can be used in place of cream to make it dairy-free.
These Masala Turkey Meatballs are our favorite, and they come in creamy Makhani Sauce.
- Masla turkey meatballs are perfectly spiced and so full of flavor that you might want to eat them right as they are. Just for this reason, I always make extra.
- The sauce has a rich flavor and is creamy. It complements the meatballs very nicely.
- This crowd-favorite recipe is simple to prepare for a large group. You can make it ahead of time, making it more convenient for meal preparation.
How to make Masala Turkey Meatballs
- Combine all spices in a bowl and add to the ground turkey
- While you prepare the sauce, please place it in the fridge for about 30 minutes.
- Make approximately lime-sized balls
- In a large heavy-bottomed saucepan, heat oil. Then, cook the meatballs in a single layer.
- Keep the sauce aside until you are ready to mix it with the other ingredients.
How to make Butternut Squash Makhani Sauce
- Saute the onions, ginger, garlic, and tomatoes in butter until they become soft.
- Combine them with the pre-soaked cashews in a blender jar.
- Blend until you have a smooth paste
- Add the spices to the paste.
- Mix the tomato paste.
- You can also add a can of butternut squash puree.
- Mix it well and allow it to cook.
- If the sauce becomes too thick, you can thin it with some milk.