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Vegetarian Butter “Chicken”

March 29, 2011 By Sage 3 Comments

Right off the bat, this is not the prettiest dish you’ll ever see on this blog. Secondly, I’ve never had butter chicken, so I don’t really know if this is good butter “chicken”.

But, whatever it is, it’s quick, delicious, inexpensive, relatively healthy, and I pretty much always have the ingredients on hand. So, off we go…

Butter Chickpeas Recipeolive oil
1 chopped onion
1 -2 garlic cloves, pressed
3 t curry powder
1/2 t garam masala
1 t ground ginger
1/2 t cumin
1 cup tomato sauce
1/4 cup water
2 T sugar
1/2 cup coconut milk
1 1/2 cups chickpeas*
1/2 lb potatoes, cubed and boiled

Heat a bit of oil in a large skillet. Add the onion and sauté just until the onion starts to brown, then add the garlic and cook a few more minutes.

Stir in the curry powder, garam masala, ginger, and cumin. Stir and cook a few minutes more, then add the remaining ingredients. Simmer for 10 minutes, or until the sauce thickens a bit. I’m still learning Danish tomato products, so if it’s not thickening up to my liking, I stir in a bit of cornstarch.

Once I get the texture squared away, I add a bit of salt and freshly ground black pepper and taste it. I find that curry powder and garam masala vary from brand to brand, and even package to package, so I start off easy and usually pimp it near the end. Sometimes I add hot chili powder, smoked paprika, and/or red curry paste.

I serve this over brown rice, but then again, I serve everything over brown rice :)

*this is equal to one 15 1/2 oz. can

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Comments

  1. Jodie says

    April 15, 2011 at 1:59 AM

    With a dish like this you could try some fresh coriander, &/or some natural yoghurt, or maybe some chopped nuts to pretty it up a bit ; )
    Looks tasty, Nice one! :D

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  2. Jodie says

    April 15, 2011 at 2:03 AM

    Haha, I also just noticed that you don’t fancy fresh coriander ‘XD Lots of people don’t, it does have a pretty… unique sock kinda flavour >_> My Mum can’t stand the stuff, personally I love it : )

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  3. Jacki says

    August 16, 2011 at 4:58 AM

    have you made/had paneer makhanwala? its like butter chicken, but with paneer (obviously) and the sauce is TO DIE FOR!! it’s so wonderful! I have an ayurvedic (no onions or garlic) version that is so good! It’s one of my family’s favorites.

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