Photo: Burger SinghAmritsari Murgh Makhani Burger
Butter chicken in a bun. A crispy fried chicken patty is topped with cheesy sauce and the chain’s makhani sauce, the buttery tomato gravy of murgh makhani, seasoned with Amritsar-style masala. It is the clearest example of what Burger Singh is about: a dish every Indian knows from restaurant menus, moved onto a fast-food burger.
The story
Murgh makhani is Punjabi food that became famous in Delhi. The Moti Mahal restaurant in Daryaganj made it known in the 1950s, and the same kitchen is also credited with dal makhani and paneer makhani, the other butter gravies now on almost every Indian menu. The English name butter chicken first appeared in print in 1975, as a speciality of the Gaylord Indian restaurant in Manhattan. It has travelled far since, used as a filling in pizza, poutine and wraps in Canada and in pies in Australia and New Zealand, so a butter chicken burger is part of a long line of adaptations.
What’s inside
- crispy fried chicken patty
- makhani sauce
- cheesy sauce
- Amritsari masala
- bun
Make it at home
There is no copycat of the Amritsari Murgh Makhani Burger yet. Until there is, these recipes on the site come closest to it, judged by what goes into the bun.
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Chimichurri Chicken Burgers - Shares chicken
Chicken Burger (Natalia) - Shares chicken
KFC Chicken & Donuts Sandwich (Copycat) - Shares chicken
ABQ Hot Chicken Sandwich
Similar burgers at other chains
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Chicken & Donuts Sandwich
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About Burger Singh
Burger Singh is the story of one nickname. Kabir Jeet Singh, from an army family, went to the University of Birmingham for an MBA and paid his way with evening shifts at a burger restaurant and night shifts at a pub. He found British burgers bland, started working Indian spices into the patties, and friends began calling him Burger Singh. Back in India, he opened the first Burger Singh in Gurgaon in 2014, in a space of about 98 square feet.
More than 100 outlets in over 50 Indian cities, many of them small outlets built for delivery.
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