Best Butter Chicken
in Evergreen, San Jose

Great butter chicken is built on a foundation that most restaurants rush. At Noura, every element is prepared deliberately from the marinade to the sauce to the final garnish. Here is what goes into every order of Noura’s Butter Chicken Masala in San Jose.

• Tandoor-grilled chicken first: The chicken is never boiled or pan-cooked before hitting the sauce. It is marinated in yogurt and spices, then grilled in our clay tandoor oven. That char is what separates restaurant-quality butter chicken from home cooking.
• Slow-cooked cashew-tomato base: Ripe tomatoes and whole cashews are simmered together for over an hour before being blended into a smooth, velvety sauce. No shortcuts, no powder-based shortcuts — this is the real thing.
• Fresh cream and house masalas: A measured pour of fresh cream and our chef’s house spice blend are folded in at the end — creating the silky, glossy finish that makes Noura’s butter chicken so recognizable.
• Dried fenugreek leaves (methi): The final ingredient that most home cooks forget. Crushed dried methi stirred in just before serving adds that slightly bitter, aromatic finish that defines authentic murgh makhani.
• Served with basmati rice or naan: Every order comes with your choice of steamed basmati or fresh tandoor-baked naan — because butter chicken without bread to mop up the sauce is an incomplete experience.