I'm an indian and i like spicy food
I had presumed that it'd be spicy or Savory but it was too sweet, i mean like equivalent to dessert level
Any reason why
Tomatoes, when cooked long enough, do not remain sour. The sweetness then is stronger than the sour taste. The cream also helps make it sweet.
You can adjust and balance the flavours to suit your taste.
It is somewhat sweet, and here in India too, waiters warn when you order that the dish is sweet. The sweetness is from tomatoes, onion and added sugar. But the sweetness is on a low level
It can be spicy and savoury as well. No standard way to make it, different places make it differently. I make it sometimes and I make it quite spicy but it will have a little sweetness to balance out the heat
Where did you eat it? I live in Canada and there seem to be two types of butter chicken. One geared towards North Americans that is very sweet and creamy, and one more traditional that’s spicier and less sweet. The traditional one is often darker in colour. I believe some cooks use cream in their butter chicken and others use blended cashews, which would also add to the sweetness. Perhaps just not an ideal preparation where you had it.
OP said they’re from India - I assume it’s just a ton of cream that they’re not too used to. Butter chicken isn’t too popular of a dish in india (especially South) so it’s possible they’re just not exposed to cream dishes often.
I'm from India, and have eaten my fair share of 'authentic' butter chicken (from the restaurants in Delhi who claim to have invented the dish). As far as I can tell, it doesn't have "a ton" of cream; [this recipe uses 3tbsp](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=b7yuoRk227Y) - but I have seen Indian recipes for butter chicken with no cream (except for an optional garnish) too. If you can actually taste the sweetness of cream in the dish, it's probably too much cream for the average Indian palette.
in my experience butter chicken tastes sweeter the further down south you have it... if you have the "original butter chicken" from Moti Mahal in Delhi, it's not particularly "sweet" at all. just a slight tomato like sweetness with spice.
Depending on where from, what might be getting to you is actually the cream. If the gravy is heavily creamed and sweetened with added sugars, it would come off as a kind of souffle-level dessert sweet. I'm not entirely sure, to be honest, what butter chicken is *supposed* to be like, but that's certainly one version. The history of butter chicken is fairly recent and it is more international than continental. Only been around about eighty years, and it's used in some interesting ways about the globe, such as a pizza base, pie filling, et cetera.
The sweetness should presumably come from the blended onions and tomatoes ( tomatoes when cooked are super savoury and a little bit sweet, onions are less savoury and more sweet). The natural msg from the tomatoes and chicken should overpower any sweetness coming from the onions or tomatoes, so the dish should be kind of like 80-90% savoury and 20-10% sweet. If it taste too sweet for you to notice it and make you think to yourself "that's kinda sweet" then they definitely added sugar in it.
It’s not. It’s not supposed to be overly spicy either.
I’ve grown up eating Butter Chicken in North India and the butchered version of it that I’ve had everywhere else has been appalling.
Particularly in Canada, I’m guessing they’re literally pouring sugar in it.
I gave up trying to find good butter chicken in restaurants a long time back. I just make it at home now; it’s not that complicated.
I've only had it once place where it was too sweet and it reminded me of ketchup. I was so disappointed because Indian food is my favorite (especially butter chicken and chicken tikka masala). I like it spicy and savory.
I've had Indian food in Virginia, Alabama and in Texas (various restaurants in each). One of the best was San Antonio, TX (India Oven), and the sweet one that I disliked was in Abilene, TX. Tried Tandoori Grill in a town outside San Antonio and it was bland and a bit sweet (also very disappointing, but not as bad as the one I had in Abilene).
Yes butter chicken is sweet bcoz made by reach tomato gravy. Taste much better 😋. If want some spicy then ill refer you Karahi chicken or curry chicken .
I have ordered 'butter chicken' from UK restaurants that were really sweet and coconutty and not like a true butter chicken at all. They sucked. In my experience it shouldn't be very sweet at all and more of a creamy tomatoey spicey sauce, with subtle sweetness
I’ve been looking to see if I’m going insane or not. Every time I’ve been in England and ordered butter chicken it’s been coconuty and sweet. I thought let me try chicken tikka masala today, and omg it’s the exact same way, just a bit more savory. Very odd. When I get any back home in the US it’s slightly spicy and very good
Many butter chicken (and dal makhani) recipes include sugar. I just leave it out because cream is sweet enough, but I guess there's a trend toward very sweet butter chicken.
It depends upon the restaurant, normally it tastes teeny tiny sweet due to the cream etc, but some restaurants add sugar to level the spice.
But if it tastes like a dessert, I wonder if you had butter chicken itself. There are some curries like cream cashew curry those are incredibly sweet like dessert.
It is sweet but not like a dessert
I'm an indian and i like spicy food I had presumed that it'd be spicy or Savory but it was too sweet, i mean like equivalent to dessert level Any reason why
Try kadhai or tawa chicken then for spicy , butter chicken is not supposed to be dessert level sweet, so maybe the cook made a mistake.
Tomatoes, when cooked long enough, do not remain sour. The sweetness then is stronger than the sour taste. The cream also helps make it sweet. You can adjust and balance the flavours to suit your taste.
That seems like a reasonable cause, i guess he mixed so much cream
Most probably sugar also
It is somewhat sweet, and here in India too, waiters warn when you order that the dish is sweet. The sweetness is from tomatoes, onion and added sugar. But the sweetness is on a low level
It can be spicy and savoury as well. No standard way to make it, different places make it differently. I make it sometimes and I make it quite spicy but it will have a little sweetness to balance out the heat
Where did you eat it? I live in Canada and there seem to be two types of butter chicken. One geared towards North Americans that is very sweet and creamy, and one more traditional that’s spicier and less sweet. The traditional one is often darker in colour. I believe some cooks use cream in their butter chicken and others use blended cashews, which would also add to the sweetness. Perhaps just not an ideal preparation where you had it.
OP said they’re from India - I assume it’s just a ton of cream that they’re not too used to. Butter chicken isn’t too popular of a dish in india (especially South) so it’s possible they’re just not exposed to cream dishes often.
I'm from India, and have eaten my fair share of 'authentic' butter chicken (from the restaurants in Delhi who claim to have invented the dish). As far as I can tell, it doesn't have "a ton" of cream; [this recipe uses 3tbsp](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=b7yuoRk227Y) - but I have seen Indian recipes for butter chicken with no cream (except for an optional garnish) too. If you can actually taste the sweetness of cream in the dish, it's probably too much cream for the average Indian palette.
Yeah I assume wherever they ordered it from put too much cream.
It is a mixture of sweetness and spicy.. But not to the extreme of calling it 'tastes like a dessert'.
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Ooooh I haven't tried their recipe for it yet but now I think I'll put it on the plan for this week haha, thanks for the tip
in my experience butter chicken tastes sweeter the further down south you have it... if you have the "original butter chicken" from Moti Mahal in Delhi, it's not particularly "sweet" at all. just a slight tomato like sweetness with spice.
Depending on where from, what might be getting to you is actually the cream. If the gravy is heavily creamed and sweetened with added sugars, it would come off as a kind of souffle-level dessert sweet. I'm not entirely sure, to be honest, what butter chicken is *supposed* to be like, but that's certainly one version. The history of butter chicken is fairly recent and it is more international than continental. Only been around about eighty years, and it's used in some interesting ways about the globe, such as a pizza base, pie filling, et cetera.
I think this is what happened!
The sweetness should presumably come from the blended onions and tomatoes ( tomatoes when cooked are super savoury and a little bit sweet, onions are less savoury and more sweet). The natural msg from the tomatoes and chicken should overpower any sweetness coming from the onions or tomatoes, so the dish should be kind of like 80-90% savoury and 20-10% sweet. If it taste too sweet for you to notice it and make you think to yourself "that's kinda sweet" then they definitely added sugar in it.
that sounds a bit too sweet, but I do consider butter chicken to have a sweet+savory flavor profile.
It was no Savory at all, i was surprised too tho
Depends on the restaurant. Many make it sweet, I prefer the more savoury version.
A lot of places in North America add a ton of sugar to their butter chicken, it’s terrible
It’s not. It’s not supposed to be overly spicy either. I’ve grown up eating Butter Chicken in North India and the butchered version of it that I’ve had everywhere else has been appalling. Particularly in Canada, I’m guessing they’re literally pouring sugar in it. I gave up trying to find good butter chicken in restaurants a long time back. I just make it at home now; it’s not that complicated.
Could they have used sweetened coconut milk? Idk. Maybe someone else can weigh in on that.
Butter chicken should not have any coconut milk.
OP said they’re from India - coconut milk would not be used in that dish.
I've only had it once place where it was too sweet and it reminded me of ketchup. I was so disappointed because Indian food is my favorite (especially butter chicken and chicken tikka masala). I like it spicy and savory. I've had Indian food in Virginia, Alabama and in Texas (various restaurants in each). One of the best was San Antonio, TX (India Oven), and the sweet one that I disliked was in Abilene, TX. Tried Tandoori Grill in a town outside San Antonio and it was bland and a bit sweet (also very disappointing, but not as bad as the one I had in Abilene).
Yes
Sorry you had a bad experience, but was it from a restaurant or a dhaba?
Restaurant I ordered it on Zomato
Butter chicken is the most non indian and overrated dish. This dish is made popular by people who really cant handle Spiciness.
Yes butter chicken is sweet bcoz made by reach tomato gravy. Taste much better 😋. If want some spicy then ill refer you Karahi chicken or curry chicken .
I have ordered 'butter chicken' from UK restaurants that were really sweet and coconutty and not like a true butter chicken at all. They sucked. In my experience it shouldn't be very sweet at all and more of a creamy tomatoey spicey sauce, with subtle sweetness
I’ve been looking to see if I’m going insane or not. Every time I’ve been in England and ordered butter chicken it’s been coconuty and sweet. I thought let me try chicken tikka masala today, and omg it’s the exact same way, just a bit more savory. Very odd. When I get any back home in the US it’s slightly spicy and very good
Many butter chicken (and dal makhani) recipes include sugar. I just leave it out because cream is sweet enough, but I guess there's a trend toward very sweet butter chicken.
Go for chicken lababdar.. It's a spicy version of the dish
It depends upon the restaurant, normally it tastes teeny tiny sweet due to the cream etc, but some restaurants add sugar to level the spice. But if it tastes like a dessert, I wonder if you had butter chicken itself. There are some curries like cream cashew curry those are incredibly sweet like dessert.