Dad’s Healthier Butter Chicken

Name: Dad’s Healthier Butter Chicken
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon sunflower or vegetable oil; 1 teaspoon garam masala; 1 teaspoon ground turmeric; 1 teaspoon ground cumin; 50 g (1¾ oz) single (pure) cream; 2 garlic cloves, crushed or finely grated (shredded); 25 g (¾ oz) fresh root ginger, crushed or finely grated; 4 chicken breasts, cut into bite-sized chunks; 50 g (1¾ oz) natural yogurt; juice of 1 lime; 200 ml (7 fl oz) boiling water; 1 teaspoon salt; 15 g (½ oz) pumpkin seeds (pepitas); 15 g (½ oz) cashew nuts; 1 teaspoon desiccated coconut; ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1 teaspoon ground coriander; 1 × 400-g (14-oz) tin chopped tomatoes; 25 g (¾ oz) fresh root ginger, finely grated (shredded); 3 garlic cloves, finely grated (shredded)

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Tinned Tomatoes Cookbook

By Samuel Goldsmith

Published 2024

About

My Dad has been a curry fan for a long time, since he cooked his way through Pat Chapman’s Curry Bible. He’s made some amazing curries over the years, serving up entire feasts on special occasions or just a Friday-night curry whenever the craving hits. This butter chicken curry is his signature dish. Recently, Dad started a blog – dadcookshealthy.com – to share his favourite recipes that he’s adapted to mak

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Gluten-free

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