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Warm oil in a skillet over medium heat. Stir in onion and garlic, and cook until the onions are soft and translucent. Stir in curry powder, garam masala, ginger, cumin, and salt.
To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have butter chickpea curry using 17 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Butter Chickpea Curry:
- Prepare 4 tablespoons butter, divided
- Prepare 1 large onion, finely chopped
- Make ready 3 cloves garlic, minced or presses
- Get 1 tablespoon freshly grated ginger
- Take 2 tablespoons garam masala powder (a little less if you use the paste)
- Make ready 2 teaspoons mild curry powder
- Take 1 teaspoon turmeric
- Prepare 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper (adjust to taste)
- Prepare 1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
- Make ready 1/4 teaspoon salt
- Take 170 g tomato paste
- Prepare 1 can (400 g) diced tomatoes
- Prepare 1 can (400 g) full fat coconut milk
- Prepare 3 cans (440 g) chickpeas, drained and rinsed
- Take 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- Make ready 4 tablespoons heavy cream
- Take Chopped cilantro or parsley as garnish
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Instructions to make Butter Chickpea Curry:
- Melt 2 tablespoons of butter in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Add onions, a pinch of salt and sauté for about 5 minutes, until translucent, stirring once in a while.
- Add garlic and sauté for 1 minute, until fragrant. Add ginger and all the spices and sauté for 30 seconds, until fragrant. Add tomato paste and give a good stir.
- Add the can of diced tomatoes, fill the can 3/4 full with water and add to the pan.
- Bring to a low simmer, cover and cook for 10 minutes, stirring every now and then. Remove from the heat, add coconut milk. Transfer to a pot and purée with an immersion blender until smooth and creamy.
- Return the pot to heat, add chickpeas and give a good stir. Cover and gently simmer for about 20-25 minutes, stirring every now and then.
- In a small bowl whisk cornstarch and (cold) heavy cream. (If the cornstarch doesn’t dissolve well, add a tiny bit of cold water). Add the slurry and the remaining 2 tablespoons of butter and simmer for further 5 minutes stirring carefully, until the sauce starts to thicken.
- Take a taste and adjust seasoning as needed. Sprinkle with chopped fresh cilantro or parsley and serve with rice and/or boiled potatoes.
The origin of butter chicken aka murgh makhani is indeed in India, unlike the other popular curry Tikka Masala, which was invented in Britain. The famous curry came to be out of a need to use up leftover chicken. So grilled tandoori chicken got mixed with some tomato curry, butter and cream and a star was born. Warm oil in a pan over medium heat. Stir in onion and garlic; cook until the onions are soft.
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