#and we do actually have coriander so the naans will be that and garlic

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HOW TO MAKE CHICKEN JALFREZI AT HOME | CHICKEN JALFFREZI RECIPE

Chicken Jalfrezi is most famous and delicious dish in this world. The chicken jalfrezi recipe is very easy to make. Chicken Jalfrezi Recipe is very popular in Pakistan and India. Most of people like this dish. Homemade Chicken Jalfrezi Recipe. How to make chicken jalfrezi at home.

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Chicken Jalfrezi Recipe

About Chicken Jalfrezi

How do I know this Chicken Jalfrezi is legit? I express you why.

What is Chicken Jalfrezi?

How to prepare Chicken Jalfrezi

Consuming the best components to make this curry twinkle

Chicken Jalfrezi Exchanges + Accompaniments

How can you aid Chicken Jalfrezi?

The Greatest Chicken Jalfrezi!

Components

Guidelines

Did you prepare this recipe?

Chicken Jalfrezi Recipe

About Chicken Jalfrezi

This dish receipts its name from the Bengali word “jhal” which lightly converts to burning or hot. Accurate to its name, this curry is set its unique spicy taste by making the meat in oil and green chilies between added spices. Helped with also hot naan or steamed rice, this is a impeccable meal for someone with a palette for flavor.

The cause why it’s full this recipe so mend long to understand the graceful of day is this my partner does not like. Then so, it fair not ever done up on our meal cycle, like, ever. So as this recipe has been in the works for six years, I maybe only baked it six times through that time.

How do I know this Chicken Jalfrezi is legit? I express you why.

I’m really extremely satisfied to say this recipe actually carried my family away. You’d think this isn’t such a rare occurrence. A though back my parents derived to call me and I prepared this minus actually giving it much supposed and I was really shamed and delighted at how copious they precious this! It absolutely set my assurance in this recipe and prepare me even better-off to have it up now on the blog for you all to enjoy too!

This recipe is also open the link as a video!

What is Chicken Jalfrezi?

Chicken Jalfrezi is a gutless chicken curry made with an old-style onion and tomato masala. It is described by the addition of big, chops bits of capsicum (bell pepper) extra in to the finish of the cook-time, so they save their color and taste. Approximately varieties of Chicken Jalfrezi too add big bits of onion, but my recipe doesn’t.

Anything collections a Chicken Jalfrezi separately from extra fixed curries is the faintly tasty count of vinegar at the finish.

How to prepare Chicken Jalfrezi

Chicken Jalfrezi began sour very much like maximum extra curries we jump by cooking an onion. Mixing it frequently to confirm it doesn’t prickle or brown randomly. Save the temperature middle to high, modifying as compulsory.

Formerly the onion is start to turn golden, we’ll enhance about red, garlic and green chilies.

Next a little actions, we’ll enhance in some tomatoes. We’ll cook this down well, into a jammy and fit combined mix, until the water desiccates ready, the mix converts focused and the oil starts to single beside the ends.

After we acquire to the abstract opinion of oil departure (the tested desi fries amongst us will know how significant this is), we’ll enhance in the chicken and interests. We want to cook the chicken and flavors over a high temperature in the masala till the chicken no longer leftovers pink.

Increase more water, protection and then rumble on low for 20 or so minutes, so the chicken cooks done.

After the chicken is ready, increase in the capsicum and vinegar. Mixing done, then protection over and cook for an extra 5-10 minutes. The goal now is for the capsicum to motionless recall its head, but quiet yield on approximately of the tastes of the curry and too issue some of its personal.

Appearance by improving with some fresh coriander.

Consuming the best components to make this curry twinkle

Preferably, you need to use gutless chicken thigh bits. Chicken thigh is suggestively more warm, juicy and normally more pleasant than breast pieces. Query your exterminator to cut them in curry size bits

I like using a mixture of highlighted capsicums for this recipe – it looks beautifully vibrant and it also adds a variety of flavors to the bowl

As constantly, I acclaim using new components. Other onions, tomatoes, ginger and garlic will do surprises for the wisdom of taste

Chicken Jalfrezi Exchanges + Accompaniments

I wish using white onions for this recipe they accompaniment the flavors of the curry well

If you’d similar to use bits of onion in this recipe, switch one of the capsicum for semi an onion staked into large places

If you do not have fresh tomatoes, you can use some extra tomato mash instead. About 2-3 tablespoons will avail.

If you’d like a better-off, smoother masala then you can add a 3-4tbsp of dual cream or coconut milk to it I’d mention addition it in at the similar time as you enhance the capsicums

If you’d like to create a fruitarian variety of this recipe, you can use paneer instead of gutless chicken. Fair temporary the similar quantity of chicken for paneer chop the paneer and cook it, confirming the paneer has twisted golden evenly before count into the curry. It won’t necessity to heat for long – 10 minutes extreme to soak in all the flavor. To make thing calmer for you, I also have a Paneer Jalfrezi recipe here

How can you aid Chicken Jalfrezi?

The sky is the edge! Honorably, this is my favorite slice around this curry. It’s so useful! You can eat it with rice, or any kind of bread such as my Roghni Naan or roti. Poppadum’s work a luxury also on the cross. You can enjoy it without any carby confidantes too just take a divide and this is an unlimited meal to enjoy too, thanks to the gutless chicken! It goes unlimited helped beside a cooling salad and raita (yogurt sauce).

The Greatest Chicken Jalfrezi!

Yield: 4 servings

Cook Time: 1 hour

Total Time: 1 hour

Chicken Jalfrezi is a popular chicken curry recipe made using gutless chicken pieces and capsicum. This easy and wonderful recipe will wonder you with its flavor!

Components

5 cup oil or ghee

3 onions, chopped

1 whole bulb of garlic, minced

Large chunk of ginger, minced

2-4 green challis, whole

1 tsp tomato puree/concentrate (optional)

2 tsp salt, or to taste

2 tsp paprika

5 tsp crushed black pepper

1 tsp coriander powder

1 tsp cumin seeds

5 tsp turmeric powder

3 tomatoes, chopped

800g chicken boneless, cut into bite-sized pieces, preferably thigh

3 capsicums, rather different colors, diced into bite-sized pieces

5 tbsp white vinegar

Fresh coriander, for garnish

Guidelines

In a pot, add the oil/ghee. Enhance in the onions and cook on a average high temperature, inspiring often to confirm the onions brown lightly

Formerly the onions are start to try golden (between 10-15 minutes) enhance the garlic, ginger and green chilies. Cook this for a insufficient minutes

Enhance in the tomatoes. Try the heat up to high and cook the combination till most of the water desiccates out, the oil starts to single and the mix looks jammy

Add the chicken bits and all the flavors. Cook these on high heat, inspiring often to confirm the chicken does not burn and is colored lightly. Stay to cook this for about 10 minutes

Add almost 1/3 cup of water, shield and allow the chicken to cook for almost 20 minutes

Add in the vinegar and the diced capsicum. Stir through, then turn the heat down to low and allow this to cook for between 5-10 minutes, covered with the lid. The capsicum should remain crunchy

Finish off by inspiring in about sliced coriander already helping.

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Sugar & Spice

For @ubiquitous-girl

"We have frozen naan bread at home."

"We have water at home," Loki countered, tipping his chin at Stephen's glass. 

"Loki, we can't not drink water when eating out."

"And yet you're arguing the soundness of eating bread, a staple of your diet." 

"You're the one who keeps saying we Earth people need to expand our palate beyond the conventional," Stephen grumbled. "I’m all for supporting the local food scene, I just don't see the point of ordering something we can make at home."

"Oh I doubt that very much," Loki said dryly. "You burned my toast this morning."

Stephen's lips twitched as he tried not to smile. Finding himself on the verge of failing, he held the menu closer to his face to hide his failure. "It wasn't my fault. I got distracted."

"Really? By what?" Loki asked innocently.

Stephen shrugged. "I'd rather not say. Can't play favourites."

Loki's eyebrows rose to meet his hairline. "Favourites?"

"With all your...endowments."

At the extremely pleased look on Loki's face, Stephen braced himself for Loki's natural confidence to start singing self praises but to Loki's credit, none came forth.

Whenever Loki's silence lasted long enough for his smile to turn sad like that, Stephen knew that was his cue. 

"Let's order. I'm starving." Stephen picked up the menu again and flipped through it hastily. "What's our protein of choice for tonight? Chicken tikka again?"

Loki made a face. "We could have made that at home, helped ourselves to one of Wong's frozen dinners like we did last week."

Stephen froze. "That was you?"

"He didn't seem to mind."

Stephen set the menu on the table with a laugh of disbelief, "Loki, that's stealing."

"I replace everything I take," Loki said with a flippant shrug. "Your underdeveloped palates just couldn't tell the difference." 

He closed his menu with a loud clapping sound. "I'm not in the mood for meat." 

"We can go somewhere else?" 

"No, no. I know what I want." Loki was about to scratch the air to catch their server's attention when he paused. "Do you?"

Stephen allowed his shoulder to relax, relieved for once that he was spared the burden of ordering. Half the things on the menu he could not even pronounce. "Surprise me."

“It’s your funeral, Strange.” Loki raised his hand. “Excuse me, Miss?”

A server approached the table, grinning from ear to ear. “Are we ready to order?”

Loki gave the young lady his most charming smile in return. "Yes. We will have the chana masala, paneer tikka, aloo gobi and...naan. Lots and lots of naan, please."

"Plain, butter or garlic, Sir?" 

"All three?" Loki looked to Stephen for affirmation but before Stephen could give it, Loki had already made up his mind. "All three."

"Anything else? Drinks?"

"Masala chai for me, please. Stephen?"

"Anything that isn't spiced?"

"Mango lassi?" Loki suggested. 

"Anything that isn't sugary?"

"Salted lassi, then."

Stephen doubted such a drink existed and hence looked at the server to be sure, but she was already writing the order down. 

"This is going to be interesting," Stephen muttered once the waitress was well on her way to the kitchen with their order. 

"You're not going to ask what I ordered?" 

"Something chickpea-y, something cheesy, something potato-ey."

Loki chuckled. "I've never seen you this unimpressed by a meal you haven't eaten yet."

"I trust you," Stephen said. He glanced around at the tables of hungry patrons still awaiting their food. "Just not the waiting time."

"I have a feeling we won't be waiting for very long," Loki said mysteriously.

Stephen blinked a few times. "Don't tell me. I don't want to know."

"I can't let my enchantment skills go rusty, Stephen."

Stephen held his hands up in the air. "I don't have a problem with it. I'm used to getting dirty looks from people everytime we eat out."

"People give us dirty looks?" Loki's eyes darted nervously around the crowded restaurant. "Why?"

"Loki, I was just kidding."

"You don't think they recognise me, do you?"

Stephen reached across the table for his lover's hand. "Loki, hey. Calm down."

Loki retrieved his hand rather forcefully to fist clumps of his hair at his temples. "I shouldn't be seen with you."

"Loki…" Stephen groaned.

"Excuse me," a voice interrupted. 

"Do you mind? We're having a private conversation here," Stephen growled.

"You...don't want your food?" The server asked uncertainly. 

Like a mask sliding into place, Loki’s face was once again a facade of charm and joviality. "Of course we do." 

The server began unloading her tray, and with each dish placed in front of them, the enticing scent of spices and aromatics rose in clouds of steam that had Loki’s mouth watering.

"That was fast," Stephen said, surveying the lavish spread in front of him suspiciously.

Loki rolled his eyes. "There is no pleasing you, Doctor."

"The website said this was a fine-dining establishment when I made the reservation," Stephen said, beginning to sound cross. "They'd better not serve us reheated curries, you know how sensitive you are."

"Norns, give me strength..." Loki groaned. "Stephen, the cushions you're sitting on are vintage Mughal-era cushions." He lifted his dinner plate and flicked the edge of it with his fingernail. The ring it made was unmistakably clear. "And this is real bone china."

"Okay. I will reserve my opinions until after I've tasted the food."

"As you should. Everything has to be evidence-based with you, doesn't it?" Loki sassed. 

"You know me so well," Stephen said coolly. Being the methodical and safe man that he was, he decided to start with the dish that appeared the least threatening: the aloo gobi, a classic potato and cauliflower dish.

The curry tasted heavenly, hitting all the right notes with its strong turmeric and coriander game against the equally heavy ginger and cumin aftertaste. 

"They actually made it to order," Stephen said, pleasantly surprised at how fresh and vibrant the dish tasted.

"Poor Stephen," Loki murmured. "You need to go to more restaurants where the chefs aren't quite so lazy."

"Those kinds of restaurants are expensive." 

Stephen ripped into a piece of bread and groaned in pleasure at the first mouthful. It was the fluffiest, butteriest naan he had ever tasted, but when he reopened his eyes, the rapture dissipated. "Don't."

"Don't what?"

"Don't make that face," Stephen said, his voice low, his tone flat. "Don't feel sorry for me. I've lived the jetset lifestyle before. I don't miss it."

"I am not feeling sorry for you. If anything, I feel sorry for myself." Ignoring his steaming chai, Loki filled his own glass from the water decanter and drank almost half of it in one gulp. "And just to make things clear between us, I don't miss it either."

Stephen took his time, but when he next spoke, his eyes were a lot kinder. "Sometimes I forget you're a prince."

"Was," Loki corrected. "I am a nobody now."

"Don't say that," Stephen rebuked.

The restaurant chose that exact moment to begin playing music, a soothing, melismatic sitar recital that tugged on the strings of Loki’s heart. He forced himself to smile. "I misspoke." 

He scooped some of the chickpea masala onto a triangle of naan bread and held it out. "Here, try this." 

Stephen saw the chance to salvage the night and opened his mouth to gladly accept the offering, regretting his decision almost instantly.

Loki watched in fascination as Stephen spluttered and changed the colour of his face several times. 

Midgardians were such wondrous, colourful creatures.

“Are you alright, Stephen?” he asked curiously.

Stephen lifted a finger as if to say 'hold on', but Loki was having far too much fun to stop.

"You look very flustered. Not many things can do that to you."

"Only the spiciest pepper on this planet " Stephen gasped. “You’re enjoying this, aren’t you?”

“Oh, very much,” Loki agreed, marveling at the gorgeous flush of Stephen’s face. “Red is a good colour on you.”

“What?” Stephen wiped the sweat out of his eyes. 

“You’re breathtaking.”  

And before Stephen had the chance to react, Loki's lips were already on his.

Just like magic, the burning in Stephen’s mouth and throat receded. 

"Thanks," he mumbled, touching his fingers to his mouth to see if he could still feel them.

"Are your lips still numb?" Loki teased.

"More from the kiss than the spell," Stephen murmured. "Not that I'm complaining, but I thought you said no PDA?" 

"I got distracted," Loki confessed. "You are making it very hard for me to behave in public."

A lascivious grin slowly spread over Stephen's face.

"What?" Loki asked.

"Look around you," Stephen urged.

Loki caught a glimpse out of the corner of his eye of a familiar iridescence. "The Mirror Dimension? So naughty, Doctor." 

"My lips are still numb. It's going to take a lot more than a kiss for me to recover." Stephen grabbed Loki by the waist and hauled his lover into his lap. "Care to help me?"

"What about dinner?"

"We can always get back to it after dessert."

"Hmm," Loki mused.

"Unless...you're not feeling it?" Stephen asked hesitantly.

Loki continued to play idly with Stephen's hair.

"Loki, I won't force you." 

"No, Doctor. You wouldn't."

"Are you disappointed?"

"No." Loki shook his head, his eyes shining. "By the Norns, no. You protect me, and you respect me. Now I don't know why, but..."

Loki held the tip of his finger to Stephen's lips to keep him from interrupting.

"My whole life had me thinking I was not right the way I am." He gazed into the kindest pair of eyes he had ever seen. "You're the first who made me feel differently."

"I don't know if that's enough.”

Loki sighed and touched his forehead to Stephen's. "You make me feel . That is enough."

"You deserve more than enough." Stephen drew in a shaky breath. "You deserve to know how I feel."

"No, I don't - I don't want to know."

"Too bad. You have no choice."

Loki clasped his hands to his ears. "Shut up." 

"You're not a nobody, Loki. You are a somebody who means a lot," Stephen said quietly. "To me."

"Shut up, Stephen."

"I love you, Loki." Stephen's voice cracked. "I love the hell out of you."

"I love you too," Loki said thickly. "So much."

Stephen's heart soared, but there was still something he needed to say,

“So you gotta let me take care of you, okay?" He cupped the sides of Loki’s head. "Will you give me that?”

Loki nodded, wiping his hand across his eyes, but Stephen’s attention was already elsewhere, focused on sliding the first piece of paneer tikka off its skewer. 

Stephen then placed the cube of grilled cottage cheese between his lips, ignoring the spice rub that was already burning holes on his tongue.

“You are going to feed me, aren’t you?” Loki asked, sounding more excited than he had the right to be. 

“Every damn piece,” Stephen promised through a lipful of cheese, and set to work. 

[ezra-blue]

EAT A VEGETABLE/BREAKFAST

You know what I love? Eggs. Eggs lots of ways. 

Oh, and to be clear, I’m talking whole eggs. Egg whites alone might be lower in fat, but the yolks are loaded with protein, vitamins, and healthy fats. I’m a believer in the whole egg, and I love how beautifully adaptable they are.

My favorite is probably poached, especially poached over oatmeal or on English muffins with avocado and smoked salmon, but the thing about poached eggs is you want to use fresh eggs, since the whites don’t hold together as well for older eggs. That’s when you scramble those eggs.

I’m not a big fan of cheese in my eggs, though a little cottage cheese or ricotta is nice for making them creamy. I like tossing some herbs or vegetables into my scrambles. A rolled basil omelet is nice, scallions and togarashi are good scramble fillers, any mix of chopped herbs is fine, but my absolute favorite scramble is the Curried Eggs Masala.

This picture does not convey the aroma or that fabulous flavor. The ingredient list might be daunting but believe me, it is damn well worth it. After all, white people destroyed the world hunting for spices, we might as well use them.

I’ve seen recipes for Anda Burj or Masala Scrambled Eggs, and I’ve incorporated some of their ideas, but I don’t add butter or cream (I prefer nonstick pans to keep my eggs from getting oily, runny, or greasy) and I’ve synthesized multiple versions into what I think is my ideal. This is how my Curried Eggs Masala rolls.

Recipe under the cut!

Curried Eggs Masala

Serves 2.

Ingredients

1 shallot, diced 1 jalapeno, diced (seeded if you’re not a heat fan!) 1 small tomato, diced 1 tsp minced ginger 2 cloves of garlic, minced small 4 whole eggs 1/4 cup nonfat Greek yogurt 1/4 tsp salt 1/4 tsp ground cumin 1/4 tsp coriander 1/4 tsp curry powder 1/4 tsp garam masala 1/8 tsp turmeric Pinch red cayenne pepper 1 Tbsp minced cilantro

Prep Options:

Because it’s 7 a.m. and who the fuck wants to chop onions at 7 a.m.?

I’ve gotten into food prep lately, albeit not the “everything ready up to a week in advance” crazy type, but having things ready a night or two before isn’t beyond the pale for me. For this recipe, you can actually preassemble everything the night before. You can chop the shallot, jalapeno, garlic, ginger, and tomato and store it in one bowl, and mix the spices, yogurt, cilantro, and eggs in a separate bowl, beaten with a fork. Just be sure the seal the shallot and jalapeno tight, since 

Instructions:

1. On a nonstick skillet over medium heat, saute the shallot, jalapeno, ginger, tomato, and garlic. 2. Combine the eggs, yogurt, salt, cumin, coriander, curry powder, garam masala, turmeric, cayenne, and cilantro in a bowl. Beat with a fork until well combined. 3. Once the shallot, jalapeno, and garlic have browned a little, remove the pan from the heat and add the vegetables to the eggs. Combine quickly, put the pan back on low heat, hit the surface with cooking spray, then pour the eggs on. 4. Move the eggs frequently with a silicone spatula, until they form soft curds and look less wet. I prefer my scrambles a little soft, but if you want to cook them until they’re firm, go off I guess. You know how you like your eggs scrambled. 5. When eggs are scrambled until desired, serve.

But how to serve these?

So, you could just mound these up on a plate and dig in. You do you.

But if you really want to do you, then do you.

Toast? Sure. Toasted naan? Hell yeah. 

My second-favorite service option is above -- SALAD. Your eyes do not deceive you, I pile them on a nice little mound of dark leafy greens with some sliced tomatoes, and fork my way through! This is a wonderful way to get a big hit of fiber and protein to start your day.

My favorite service option, unfortunately, is not very photogenic because I can’t quite get it to stand still on a plate. I toast half of a whole wheat pita pocket, load it up with eggs, and enjoy. I often do this in conjunction with the salad, and I’ll tuck some spinach and kale in with my eggs too. The pocket doesn’t hold all the eggs, either, so I’ll still have plenty to enjoy with my leafy greens!

I can’t recommend this highly enough. The heat, spice, and flavor are incredibly satisfying, and you get your veggies in early in a delicious, wonderful way.

[thevintagebluebird]

Unpinned - Winter Squash and Wild Mushroom Curry

Tumblr tells me it’s been six months since my last post. That seems pretty on-brand for me and this blog. Valentine’s day is coming up, and I could offer you all flowers, chocolates, and promises I don’t intend to keep: or I can just try to cook new recipes and take photos of them more often. 

Let’s see, what’s new...well, we left the nightmare world of 2020 behind and are now firmly in the nightmare world of 2021. Still in lockdown. Still hanging out on Zoom. Oh! But the fella and I did the unthinkable: we MOVED! Yes, after eight long happy years together in a two-room apartment, the pandemic finally broke us. Working from home gets really cramped when you can’t walk behind your partner’s conference call to get to the bathroom. With everyone fleeing the cities for the space of the suburbs, apartment rents in our little commuter city plummeted! So we finally, FINALLY found our unicorn apartment. Same city, same rent, AND THREE BEDROOMS BABY. And that means no more plastic blue countertops here! So allow me to present my first vegan recipe AND my first post from the new digs: 

Winter Squash and Wild Mushroom Curry! Straight off the never-fail pages of the New York Times cooking section, I printed this recipe sans images and left it hanging on my fridge for weeks, waiting for the right moment. Apparently at 4:45pm driving home during a snowstorm I realized it was THE right moment, because I stopped at the grocery store, loaded up my cart with a concerning amount of mushrooms, and got to work.

Verdict: Is the Pintrest photo complete bullshit? I need to hit up my local Indian grocery stores because I have no idea where you find a branch of curry leaves in Shaws, but other than that not really!

Is it crazy expensive/time consuming/confusing? No! It came together shockingly fast! The mushrooms can start to add up a bit but 100% worth it.

Does it taste good? So good I’m considering making it again TOMORROW.

Winter Squash and Wild Mushroom Curry

INGREDIENTS

3 tablespoons vegetable oil

10 ounces butternut or other winter squash, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch pieces

Kosher salt and black pepper

1 or 2 small green chiles, such as jalapeño or serrano

3 medium shallots or 1 small onion, finely diced

½ teaspoon black mustard seeds

½ teaspoon cumin seeds

Handful of fresh or frozen curry leaves (optional)

2 garlic cloves, minced

1 teaspoon ground coriander

Pinch of ground cayenne

½ teaspoon ground turmeric

1 pound mushrooms, preferably a mix of cultivated and wild, trimmed and sliced 1/8-inch thick

¾ cup coconut milk

2 tablespoons lime juice

Cilantro sprigs, for garnish

In a wide skillet, heat oil over medium-high. When hot, add squash cubes in one layer. Season with salt and pepper. Cook for about 2 minutes, letting cubes brown slightly, then flip and cook for 2 minutes more. Use a slotted spoon to lift squash out, and set aside.

Cut a lengthwise slit in each chile to open it, but leave whole. (This helps the chiles heat the sauce without making it too spicy.)

Add shallots, salt lightly and cook, stirring, 1 minute. Add mustard seeds, cumin seeds and curry leaves, if using, and let sizzle for 30 seconds, then add garlic, coriander, cayenne, turmeric and chiles. Stir well and cook for 30 seconds more.

Add mushrooms, season with salt and toss to coat. Cook, stirring, until mushrooms begin to soften, about 5 minutes.

Return squash cubes to skillet, stir in coconut milk and bring to a simmer. Lower heat to medium and simmer for another 5 minutes. If mixture looks dry, thin with a little water. Taste and season with salt.

Before serving, stir in lime juice. Transfer to a warm serving dish and garnish with cilantro.

Look at that spread. And LOOK AT THOSE NON-70S-BLUE COUNTERS! I may have gone a tad overboard with the mushrooms but they are nature’s meat, after all.

My sous chef for the evening. Pretty dang excited to marry that cutie in the aftertimes.

Ah yes, my favorite part of any recipe: trying to do shoddy math in my head. It calls for 10oz of butternut squash which, due to packing/shipping small boxes almost every day for the last ten years, I can eyeball fairly well, but this was a 1lb 12oz box. I have no idea why they didn’t pack a pound, a pound and a half, or 2lbs, but there ya go. I hate cutting butternut squash so I really shouldn’t complain.

Stop what you are doing to feed the cat because she is a cruel mistress and demands a sacrifice NOW.

Ask your partner if the 3″ cubes look close enough to 1/2″ cubes and admit that they probably need chopping. Oh well. Chop ‘em.

Does he look fly as hell? Yes. But these are our snazzy utility sunglasses. Not only do they make you the coolest person in any room, they also a) reduce overstimulation in a pounding nightclub b) keep the oils from onions from burning your eyes during chopping c) I guess block the sun sometimes.

Get those now-tiny cubes into a hot pan! Perfect! ...for now. Foreshadowing.

Wash your fungus. Now, I’m not fancy and don’t have wild mushrooms or foraged mushrooms (I haven’t gotten to see my mushroom guy at the Somerville Winter Farmer’s Market in a while). I got some shiitake, baby portabella, and plain ol’ white mushrooms. Store brand baby.

Snazzy sous chef grillin’ the onions.

So it’s about time I admit: I did not have some (read: many) of the spices this recipe called for. I have never seen curry leaves. I don’t know what black mustard seed looks like. I don’t own coriander. We turn into weeping piles of burned sand whenever there’s a pepper in the house. So I did a lot of substitutions: entirely left out the chiles (sorry flavor fans) and skipped step 2, swapped ground cumin for the seeds, used curry powder in place of leaves, and threw in a dash of cardamom instead of coriander (it smelled like something that would be happy in a curry dish plus they’re close alphabetically). I added a good dose of black pepper to make up for the lack of mustard seeds (?!) and, anyway, my meals are often struggle meals. 

Ah yes, the other inevitable moment of the evening: when I realize there’s no way the rest of the ingredients will fit into my pan. Tall Allan to the rescue, pulling down our dutch oven gifted by the lovely Ann and Joe when we helped them move a million years ago! It doesn’t get nearly enough use. Maybe I should store it somewhere I can actually reach.

WHOO NOW TWO DIRTY HAND-WASH-ONLY PANS!

Ok now we’re getting somewhere, starting to smell pretty damn good...

If you are not a cilantro-is-soap person, chop up your fresh leaves. I did splurge on these because I also have salsa and can make next-level nachos next time I need a snack. Or put it in a salad or whatever. Mainly nachos.

This is the moment you realize that despite crafting this blog for a few years and being both a person who cooks food sometimes AND a professional pantry chef in years past, you STILL don’t ever closely read the recipe all the way through first. The curry needs rice. What are you even doing with your life. How could you forget to start the rice. Now everything will be done in minutes and you’re starving and the rice is RAW. Concede defeat, promise to make rice FIRST next time, and pull out some tiny bit of starch: these mini whole grain naan breads. They are my new obsession. They’re $3.50 for four slices but holy heck I love them so much.

Done! The whole thing came together in under a half hour, and looks nice on a plate!

We’re skeptical that sans rice this vegan meal will be filling enough, but moments after this photo was taken and before a single bite was had, our doorbell rang and who was it but THE KENTS with GIRL SCOUT COOKIES!  Delivered to our door in a snow storm no less! Desert safely secured, we sat down to discover our fates: it was GOOD!! Filling! Tasty! 

Final final verdict: I’ve yet to try a NY Times recipe I didn’t end up loving (the one and only salad recipe I have is their orange/radish/pistachio dish I was shown a few years ago - amazing) and this was no exception. We’re trying to eat less meat (and have already virtually cut beef and pork from our normal rotation) so finding easy vegan meals is really exciting. We freakin’ love mushrooms and I can’t wait to make this again. Probably later this week.

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Farewell for now, India

A night sleeping under the desert stars was always going to be a tough act to follow, so we gave the honour to another night bus and headed to Udaipur, ‘The City of Lakes’. Udaipur is a truly beautiful city, with stunning architecture, palaces, hilltop vistas and old havelis everywhere you look. We decided that it was an apt place to up our accommodation budget and treated ourselves to a stay in a haveli hotel, complete with rooftop pool. If Varanasi is the last place anybody should start their time in India, Udaipur has to be a strong candidate to be one of the first. It has a lovely cafe culture and at times almost felt European. It’s lakes offer some great cycling routes and one is even home to an observatory!

We decided to put a couple of very old bikes to the test and they just about got us to a palace at the top of a large hill on the outskirts of Udaipur. It became apparent to us on the climb that cycling up the hill isn’t the usually done thing and as more and more locals cheered us on or just looked at us in amazement, we had no option but forget about the fact our bikes were basically falling apart and push on to the summit, where a stunning view and a gaggle of monkeys awaited us.

Apart from all the food, cafes and an excellent cookery class which will of course be covered later, we spent the rest of our time wondering around the beautiful streets or chilling back at our hotel, where we (Tom) found out the hard way that the rooftop pool, which looked so inviting in the warm but deceptive winter sun, was infact unheated! We finished our time in Udaipur with a quick tour around the main city palace. On its own we’re sure it would be pretty spectacular, but off the back of all the other forts and palaces in Rajasthan, a form of fort fatigue was setting in and we didn’t give it the time it likely deserved.

Now winding our way back to Jaipur with just a few final days left in India, we bypassed Chittorgarh, famous for.. it’s fort, opting instead to visit lesser known Bundi, off the back of recommendations from Ciarán and a guy we met in Varanasi. Being an old town in Rajasthan, Bundi does of course have its own palaces and forts, but the interesting thing here was that Bundi is significantly less touristy compared to the other places we visited in Rajasthan and much of it had been neglected as a result. When entering the fort, which was long since abandoned by the last maharajah, we were offered two options, to take either a guide or a stick, as current inhabitants are monkeys and they don’t take too kindly to visitors! After a brief demonstration, we opted for the stick and set off on what turned into a 5 hour exploration of the eerily quiet palace and overgrown fort ruins. The whole experience was actually far more interesting than walking around the well maintained counterparts found in more popular parts of Rajasthan (although Jodhpur still holds the top spot in our eyes!).

Bundi has an abundance of Stepwells. A common feature in most the places we visited, but nowhere more spectacular than here. Originally used for bathing and as a source of water, many are now neglected and in Bundi’s case, dry as a result of a mini drought starting to effect the areas water levels. Our favourite stepwell really encapsulated what we saw so frequently in India, beauty and disorder combined. With a seemingly endless network of steps, the design of this stepwell in particular was stunning. But it has also fallen into disrepair and covered with what at first glance looked like lots of rubbish. We were later informed by a local that this was Pooja, or offerings to the Gods, often consisting of picture frames, flowers and candles which cannot be cleaned up or removed.

After spending the past few days in some of India’s most touristy areas, it was really nice to spend some final time back in a part of India that wasn’t set up for visitors. One of our favourite things about our time in India was the level of interest shown by locals to our visit. Always intrigued to know what we think of their town or country. In fact we (mostly Harriet and her blonde hair) caused quite a stir everywhere we walked in Bundi and frequently found children flocking around us, fascinated by our cameras and amazed to see photos of themselves.

Bundi was also home to one of our favourite accommodations of the trip, Dev Nivas Heritage Hotel, a beautiful 400 year old Haveli with lovely staff and simple but delicious food. It also had a rooftop for kite flying, something which seemingly every child in Bundi practiced in the setting sun, in preparation for their upcoming kite festival. Naturally we had to give it a go, until it shared the fate of most kites, entangled in electricity cables, a common sight at this time of year!

After one final night bus, we reached Jaipur, our last stop in India. We knew how much we would miss the food, so spent a lot of our time here stuffing our faces on walking tours and at restaurants. Although not explicitly on a food tour, our guide on the first tour soon realised we were most interested in sampling the best Jaipur had to offer and he was happy to oblige (more on that to follow!). Between food spots, we learnt about some of Jaipur’s other features, such as Makrana marble, one of Rajasthan’s proudest exports - used to build the Taj Mahal, along with many other monuments. We found time to visit some final temples, forts and palaces, the most striking being the Amber Palace. However, it wasn’t enough to topple our front runner, Jodhpur’s Mehrangarh fort, which will likely cite our blog on next years pamphlet. We are delighted to announce that Jaipur did offer us a winner for the best tuk tuk favour stop. Just as it looked like Agra’s embroidery shop would take the crown, on our last afternoon, our driver passionately pitched a nearby block printing shop. As he had been our driver for the whole day, we decided to go along with it and were pleasantly surprised! Having studied similar methods during her art foundation course, the printing was of great interest to Harriet. The quality of their work was also really nice, so we left with a table cloth and matching napkins to remember Rajasthan by.

Food

Something that was very popular in Udaipur that Harriet got to enjoy a few times for breakfast was the aloo paratha. Made fresh to order it was a roti dough stuffed with spiced potato mash, flattened, fried in ghee and served fresh and warm. The dish would normally be accompanied with a tangy plain yoghurt and lime pickle or tomato chutney. A very comforting dish, that was such a great and simple meal to start the day with.

There was a clear highlight for us when it came to the food in Udaipur (and probably even India) and that was our brilliant Indian cookery class with Shashi. The story behind her cookery business was so inspirational we couldn’t help but feel in absolute awe of her ongoing determination. Shashi tragically lost her husband 20 years ago with three young children to look after and limited to only being able to work from her home due to being a woman in her religion. Shashi’s strength was in her cooking and slowly with support of friends, family and passing travellers she built up her company and reputation from nothing. We lost count of the number of dishes we cooked in the class. Everything from curries, chutneys, sweet and savoury breads to the most delicious chai we have tasted all trip. With the help of Shashi and her son and alongside a really lovely South African family we were continuously helping, watching and tasting for over 4 hours! By the time we sat down to our banquet of food we were already pretty stuffed but wow was it delicious. We cannot wait to start cooking some of these dishes when we get home.

One of the most interesting things we learnt on the course was that for pretty much all curry dishes they use a base sauce that they call “magic sauce”. Made using chopped garlic, chillies, ginger, pulped tomato and a combination of spices you can then freeze to use when you wish. You would think everything would end up tasting the same but that really isn’t the case. Just a really great way to add instant flavour to your curry.

We spent our time in Jaipur cramming in as many Indian snacks and sweets as our stomachs could handle. This was only accentuated during our brilliant walking tour of Jaipur, which just turned into more of a food tour of the city. Our guide lead us to the back streets of the city where they made rabri on mass for local restaurants. We saw deliciously light and fluffy naans being skilfully placed and baked inside a tandoori oven, mustard oil being made from a machine that looked like it had been running none stop for the last 100 years (probably because it had), the chilli wholesaler who could barely move in his shop for all the mountains of dried chillies and tumeric being ground up covering the entire shop (and workers) in the bright yellow spice.

However, our favourite meal in Jaipur was the poha we had for our final breakfast in India. This felt appropriate given it was one of our first meals in India, eating it before climbing the Kalavantin Durg. We do talk about this in our first blog post but for those who want a little reminder it’s a breakfast dish commonly found in the North of India. Made using flat rice, dry fried with a combination of spices and served with chopped red onion, chillies, nuts, pomegranates and coriander. Sweet and spicy with all the textures, such a uniquely brilliant dish.

India ‘Outro’

And so here we are, at the end of an era. The blog has finally reached the end of India! We’re not quite sure whether this, or the moment we actually left India is more of an emotional landmark for us. But seriously, India has a firm place in both our hearts and our renowned ‘top 5’ lists. How somewhere can be so vast, yet so warm, friendly and of course, unique, is staggering. You could spend your whole life in India and still be surprised and amazed everyday, by what it has to offer. We’ll remember it for the people, the food, the chai, the smells (good and bad) and then for the food again. Leaving India brought on a feeling that neither of us had felt before. But then we’d never spent 2 months in another country before and you learn and adjust a lot in that amount of time to the customs and way of life - and there’s so much to love about the way Indians go about their lives. We’re still sorting through thousands of photos we took during our stay, but nothing we can show or tell you about India will really do it justice until you’ve been there to find out for yourselves. And we’ll definitely be going back for more.. as it turns out sooner than we thought, back to Mumbai, albeit very briefly, for a stopover on our flight home!

Travel Jukebox - ‘Blood’ by Rhye

With the amount of night buses we took during this section of India, it’s fitting that we talk about an album recommended specifically for those occasions. Rhye’s second album, Blood, was picked by Xanthe and her suggested occasion, as a night bus album, is a perfect one.

Put simply, Rhye’s music is a treat for your ears. Beautifully soothing doesn’t go far enough. As with their first album, Woman, the album is brilliantly paced, with some excellent instrumentals supporting what is Rhye’s obvious USP, the vocal. We’re not going to share the fact that Xanthe gave us when recommending the album, because we think that it’s better you listen to some of Rhye’s music first and then do a little research into them. You’ll discover the fact pretty quickly, and then when you know, you’ve got to go and listen to the album all over again. We still can’t quite believe it’s true!

TLDR; Rajasthan gave us the perfect send off from India and could be the perfect starting point for you!

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Butter Chicken

If you’ve never had Butter Chicken, you’re in for a treat! This classic Indian dish takes chicken thighs and simmers them in a creamy tomato sauce packed with spices until the chicken is irresistibly tender. Serve over steamed jasmine rice and serve with warm naan bread!

If you love butter chicken, don’t miss out on our Slow Cooker Chicken Tikka Masala, this Coconut Curry Soup, or these Thai Chicken Skewers.

Classic Butter Chicken

If you’re a fan of Indian food, then chances are you’ve had classic Butter Chicken before. And if you have, chances are even higher that you have become a cult follower much like myself. If you’re not familiar, Butter Chicken is a classic Indian dish consisting of chicken thighs simmered in a creamy tomato sauce until the chicken is super tender and infused with the most delicious, creamy spice-infused tomato sauce.

If you’re a novice to the Indian food game, the spice the spice list we use may be unfamiliar to you, but don’t worry, because these days, you can find all of them at pretty much any grocery store. Garam masala is the dominant spice used in butter chicken (we will talk about the other spices below), and it has the most wonderful curry-like taste to it. It’s packed with spices, but it’s not “hot” spicy, in it you’ll find notes of coriander, cinnamon, cloves, cumin, and pepper. It’s quite heavenly.

Spices in Butter Chicken:

Garam masala. We talked about garam masala up above, but the full list of ingredients includes cinnamon, mace, peppercorns, coriander seeds, cumin seeds, and cardamon pods. So if you don’t have any of the spices below, you can always double up on the garam masala instead.

Cumin. Ground cumin adds a nice smoky note to the butter chicken.

Fenugreek. While this ingredient is definitely optional if you can’t find it, it does add a lovely savory element to the butter chicken.

Coriander. Ground coriander is actually the seed version of cilantro, so it has a similar flavor profile to it. I find that ground coriander is a little more smoky in flavor and love the way it compliments ground cumin.

Tumeric. If you’ve never used turmeric before, now is a great time to start. This vibrant orange spice give dishes a lovely yellow hue and has a nice warm ginger-like flavor to it.

Brown sugar. To balance out all those spices, you need a little bit of sweetness and brown sugar is my sugar of choice.

Ingredients in Butter Chicken:

Chicken. Classic butter chicken is made with chicken thighs. Chicken thighs are a lot more flavorful than chicken breasts and they can hold up to a long-simmered sauce. Unlike chicken breasts, chicken thighs become super tender and shred really well when they’ve cooked for a semi-long period of time.

Yogurt. Whole-milk yogurt is a classic ingredient in a lot of Indian dishes. Here, we use it to marinate the chicken, since it helps to tenderize it in the process.

Garlic, onion, and ginger. I mean, is any dish complete without a little garlic and onion?

Crushed tomatoes. You could also use whole tomatoes and crush them yourself, but buying them pureed already is such a time-saver.

Lemon juice. I love the acidic bright flavor lemons adds to butter chicken, it’s a must!

Heavy cream. A classic component of butter chicken is the cream sauce, and to achieve that, we use a good amount of heavy cream. It’s what makes butter chicken so luxurious.

Let’s make Butter Chicken!

Marinate the chicken. Marinating is a really important part of making butter chicken.Here’s what we do: Add chicken to a large plastic baggie. Add in yogurt, garam masala, cumin, tumeric, garlic cloves, ginger, and salt. Zip the bag shut and massage marinade into the chicken. Marinate for at least three hours, but no longer than 12. I find that you don’t need to marinate the chicken much longer than a few hours, but of course, if you’re prepping ahead of time, you can do it further in advance.

Cook the chicken. Heat a large non-stick or cast-iron skillet to a medium-high heat. Add a little bit of olive oil and then sear the chicken. Sear for 3-4 minutes until brown and crusty, flip over and do the same on the other side.

Make the sauce. Once the chicken is brown, remove from the pan. Turn the heat down to medium and add more olive oil, onions and garlic. Sauté until slightly softened. Stir in tomato sauce, remaining garam masala, remaining cumin, remaining salt, and tumeric, fungeek, coriander, lemon juice, and brown sugar. Bring to a boil and then reduce to a simmer. Add the chicken back to the pan and simmer until chicken is cooked through, about 4-5 minutes.

Finish it off! Stir in the cream. Simmer another 2-3 minutes. Serve over rice with naan.

Substitutions and Tips and Tricks for Recipe Success

Make sure to get all the excess marinade off before searing the chicken otherwise, the bottom can burn.

If you don’t want to use heavy cream, you can swap out coconut milk or even light coconut milk.

If you’re really not into chicken thighs, you can use chicken breasts, but make sure you don’t overcook them.

Any kind of whole-milk plain yogurt will work, it doesn’t matter if it’s regular or Greek.

To add some sweetness and texture, I love to add in a handful of raisins and cashews. So yummy.

When searing the chicken, don’t try to flip it until it easily releases from the pan.

What to Serve with Butter Chicken:

The classic partners to butter chicken are steamed Jasmine rice and warm naan.

If you want a more substantial side, you could whip up a batch of these super crispy egg rolls.

Cilantro Lime Rice would be a nice update to plain steamed rice and would soak up all that delicious sauce wonderfully.

Can I make Butter Chicken in Advance?

Yes!!! In fact, this is just as good if not better the next day. Just make from start to finish, cool completely and store the chicken and sauce in one container and the rice in another container. Re-heat over a low heat until the chicken is up to temperature.

More Delicious Chicken Recipes to Try:

Slow Cooker Thai Peanut Chicken

Awesome Chicken Katsu 

Best Bourbon Chicken

Creamy Chicken Marsala

Honey Butter Baked Chicken

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Butter Chicken

If you've never had Butter Chicken, you're in for a treat! This classic Indian dish takes chicken thighs and simmers them in a creamy tomato sauce packed with spices until the chicken is irresistibly tender. Serve over steamed jasmine rice and serve with warm naan bread! 

Course Main Course

Cuisine Indian

Keyword butter chicken, indian chicken

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 35 minutes

3 hours

Total Time 3 hours 55 minutes

Servings 4 people

Calories 565kcal

Author Nicole Leggio

Cost $25

Equipment

Cast iron skillet

Ingredients

1 and 1/2 pounds boneless skinless chicken thighs

1/2 cup plain whole-milk yogurt (greek is fine)

1 tbsp garam masala, divided

1 tsp cumin, divided

6 large garlic cloves, grated and divided

1 tbsp minced ginger, divided

2 tsp kosher salt, divided

2 tbsp olive oil

28 ounces crushed tomatoes

1/2 lemon juiced

1/2 tsp ground coriander

1/2 tsp ground tumeric

1/2 tsp feungeek

1 tbsp brown sugar

1 cup heavy cream

Instructions

Add chicken to a large plastic baggie. Add in yogurt, 2 tsp garam masala, 1/2 tsp cumin, tumeric, 3 garlic cloves, 2 tsp grated ginger, and 1 teaspoon salt. Zip the bag shut and massage marinade into the chicken. Marinate for at least three hours, but no longer than 12.

Once the chicken marinates. Heat a large non-stick or cast-iron skillet to a medium-high heat. Add 2 tablespoons of olive oil. Once the oil is hot, sear the chicken. (Make sure there isn't a lot of excess marinade on the chicken.) Sear for 3-4 minutes until brown and crusty, flip over and do the same on the other side. The chicken should release easily from the pan when it's ready to turn. If needed, sear chicken in batches, you don't want to overcrowd the pan.

Once the chicken is brown, remove from the pan. Turn the heat down to medium and add remaining olive oil, onions and garlic. Saute for 2-3 minutes until slightly softened. Stir in tomato sauce, remaining garam masala, remaining cumin, remaining salt, and tumeric, fungeek, coriander, lemon juice, and brown sugar. Bring to a boil and then reduce to a simmer. Add the chicken back to the pan and simmer until chicken is cooked through, about 4-5 minutes. *If you want a cream sauce, add the sauce to a blender before adding the chicken back in, blend until smooth, return to the pan and then simmer the chicken.

Stir in the cream. Simmer another 2-3 minutes. Serve over rice with naan.

Nutrition

Serving: 1serving | Calories: 565kcal | Carbohydrates: 21g | Protein: 38g | Fat: 38g | Saturated Fat: 17g | Cholesterol: 247mg | Sodium: 1614mg | Potassium: 1090mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 13g | Vitamin A: 1372IU | Vitamin C: 19mg | Calcium: 159mg | Iron: 4mg

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If you’ve never had Butter Chicken, you’re in for a treat! This classic Indian dish takes chicken thighs and simmers them in a creamy tomato sauce packed with spices until the chicken is irresistibly tender. Serve over steamed jasmine rice and serve with warm naan bread!

If you love butter chicken, don’t miss out on our Slow Cooker Chicken Tikka Masala, this Coconut Curry Soup, or these Thai Chicken Skewers.

Classic Butter Chicken

If you’re a fan of Indian food, then chances are you’ve had classic Butter Chicken before. And if you have, chances are even higher that you have become a cult follower much like myself. If you’re not familiar, Butter Chicken is a classic Indian dish consisting of chicken thighs simmered in a creamy tomato sauce until the chicken is super tender and infused with the most delicious, creamy spice-infused tomato sauce.

If you’re a novice to the Indian food game, the spice the spice list we use may be unfamiliar to you, but don’t worry, because these days, you can find all of them at pretty much any grocery store. Garam masala is the dominant spice used in butter chicken (we will talk about the other spices below), and it has the most wonderful curry-like taste to it. It’s packed with spices, but it’s not “hot” spicy, in it you’ll find notes of coriander, cinnamon, cloves, cumin, and pepper. It’s quite heavenly.

Spices in Butter Chicken:

Garam masala. We talked about garam masala up above, but the full list of ingredients includes cinnamon, mace, peppercorns, coriander seeds, cumin seeds, and cardamon pods. So if you don’t have any of the spices below, you can always double up on the garam masala instead.

Cumin. Ground cumin adds a nice smoky note to the butter chicken.

Fenugreek. While this ingredient is definitely optional if you can’t find it, it does add a lovely savory element to the butter chicken.

Coriander. Ground coriander is actually the seed version of cilantro, so it has a similar flavor profile to it. I find that ground coriander is a little more smoky in flavor and love the way it compliments ground cumin.

Tumeric. If you’ve never used turmeric before, now is a great time to start. This vibrant orange spice give dishes a lovely yellow hue and has a nice warm ginger-like flavor to it.

Brown sugar. To balance out all those spices, you need a little bit of sweetness and brown sugar is my sugar of choice.

Ingredients in Butter Chicken:

Chicken. Classic butter chicken is made with chicken thighs. Chicken thighs are a lot more flavorful than chicken breasts and they can hold up to a long-simmered sauce. Unlike chicken breasts, chicken thighs become super tender and shred really well when they’ve cooked for a semi-long period of time.

Yogurt. Whole-milk yogurt is a classic ingredient in a lot of Indian dishes. Here, we use it to marinate the chicken, since it helps to tenderize it in the process.

Garlic, onion, and ginger. I mean, is any dish complete without a little garlic and onion?

Crushed tomatoes. You could also use whole tomatoes and crush them yourself, but buying them pureed already is such a time-saver.

Lemon juice. I love the acidic bright flavor lemons adds to butter chicken, it’s a must!

Heavy cream. A classic component of butter chicken is the cream sauce, and to achieve that, we use a good amount of heavy cream. It’s what makes butter chicken so luxurious.

Let’s make Butter Chicken!

Marinate the chicken. Marinating is a really important part of making butter chicken.Here’s what we do: Add chicken to a large plastic baggie. Add in yogurt, garam masala, cumin, tumeric, garlic cloves, ginger, and salt. Zip the bag shut and massage marinade into the chicken. Marinate for at least three hours, but no longer than 12. I find that you don’t need to marinate the chicken much longer than a few hours, but of course, if you’re prepping ahead of time, you can do it further in advance.

Cook the chicken. Heat a large non-stick or cast-iron skillet to a medium-high heat. Add a little bit of olive oil and then sear the chicken. Sear for 3-4 minutes until brown and crusty, flip over and do the same on the other side.

Make the sauce. Once the chicken is brown, remove from the pan. Turn the heat down to medium and add more olive oil, onions and garlic. Sauté until slightly softened. Stir in tomato sauce, remaining garam masala, remaining cumin, remaining salt, and tumeric, fungeek, coriander, lemon juice, and brown sugar. Bring to a boil and then reduce to a simmer. Add the chicken back to the pan and simmer until chicken is cooked through, about 4-5 minutes.

Finish it off! Stir in the cream. Simmer another 2-3 minutes. Serve over rice with naan.

Substitutions and Tips and Tricks for Recipe Success

Make sure to get all the excess marinade off before searing the chicken otherwise, the bottom can burn.

If you don’t want to use heavy cream, you can swap out coconut milk or even light coconut milk.

If you’re really not into chicken thighs, you can use chicken breasts, but make sure you don’t overcook them.

Any kind of whole-milk plain yogurt will work, it doesn’t matter if it’s regular or Greek.

To add some sweetness and texture, I love to add in a handful of raisins and cashews. So yummy.

When searing the chicken, don’t try to flip it until it easily releases from the pan.

What to Serve with Butter Chicken:

The classic partners to butter chicken are steamed Jasmine rice and warm naan.

If you want a more substantial side, you could whip up a batch of these super crispy egg rolls.

Cilantro Lime Rice would be a nice update to plain steamed rice and would soak up all that delicious sauce wonderfully.

Can I make Butter Chicken in Advance?

Yes!!! In fact, this is just as good if not better the next day. Just make from start to finish, cool completely and store the chicken and sauce in one container and the rice in another container. Re-heat over a low heat until the chicken is up to temperature.

More Delicious Chicken Recipes to Try:

Slow Cooker Thai Peanut Chicken

Awesome Chicken Katsu 

Best Bourbon Chicken

Creamy Chicken Marsala

Honey Butter Baked Chicken

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Butter Chicken

If you've never had Butter Chicken, you're in for a treat! This classic Indian dish takes chicken thighs and simmers them in a creamy tomato sauce packed with spices until the chicken is irresistibly tender. Serve over steamed jasmine rice and serve with warm naan bread! 

Course Main Course

Cuisine Indian

Keyword butter chicken, indian chicken

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 35 minutes

3 hours

Total Time 3 hours 55 minutes

Servings 4 people

Calories 565kcal

Author Nicole Leggio

Cost $25

Equipment

Cast iron skillet

Ingredients

1 and 1/2 pounds boneless skinless chicken thighs

1/2 cup plain whole-milk yogurt (greek is fine)

1 tbsp garam masala, divided

1 tsp cumin, divided

6 large garlic cloves, grated and divided

1 tbsp minced ginger, divided

2 tsp kosher salt, divided

2 tbsp olive oil

28 ounces crushed tomatoes

1/2 lemon juiced

1/2 tsp ground coriander

1/2 tsp ground tumeric

1/2 tsp feungeek

1 tbsp brown sugar

1 cup heavy cream

Instructions

Add chicken to a large plastic baggie. Add in yogurt, 2 tsp garam masala, 1/2 tsp cumin, tumeric, 3 garlic cloves, 2 tsp grated ginger, and 1 teaspoon salt. Zip the bag shut and massage marinade into the chicken. Marinate for at least three hours, but no longer than 12.

Once the chicken marinates. Heat a large non-stick or cast-iron skillet to a medium-high heat. Add 2 tablespoons of olive oil. Once the oil is hot, sear the chicken. (Make sure there isn't a lot of excess marinade on the chicken.) Sear for 3-4 minutes until brown and crusty, flip over and do the same on the other side. The chicken should release easily from the pan when it's ready to turn. If needed, sear chicken in batches, you don't want to overcrowd the pan.

Once the chicken is brown, remove from the pan. Turn the heat down to medium and add remaining olive oil, onions and garlic. Saute for 2-3 minutes until slightly softened. Stir in tomato sauce, remaining garam masala, remaining cumin, remaining salt, and tumeric, fungeek, coriander, lemon juice, and brown sugar. Bring to a boil and then reduce to a simmer. Add the chicken back to the pan and simmer until chicken is cooked through, about 4-5 minutes. *If you want a cream sauce, add the sauce to a blender before adding the chicken back in, blend until smooth, return to the pan and then simmer the chicken.

Stir in the cream. Simmer another 2-3 minutes. Serve over rice with naan.

Nutrition

Serving: 1serving | Calories: 565kcal | Carbohydrates: 21g | Protein: 38g | Fat: 38g | Saturated Fat: 17g | Cholesterol: 247mg | Sodium: 1614mg | Potassium: 1090mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 13g | Vitamin A: 1372IU | Vitamin C: 19mg | Calcium: 159mg | Iron: 4mg

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If you ask any random person what dish they are able to cook well, 9 out of 10 will tell you “chicken and rice”. But rice is full of simple carbs, which for some people can cause weight issues. So, how can we eat our favorite rice dishes, without these carbs? Well, the answer lies in yet another unexpectedly versatile vegetable… Cauliflower! And, to showcase the rice, I will add a recipe for an Indian chickpea curry.

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Naar het recept (Dutch Recipe)

As the courgette pasta recipe I shared before has gotten a lot of positive reactions (thanks guys!), I have another recipe for you guys that can transform a regular, carb-loaden dish into a powered up, nutrient-dense dish, loaded with vegetables.

Like I said in my last low-carb recipe: courgette noodles, carbs are not the enemy but reducing them in your diet can help you maintain your weight.

So how do we go about transforming a big lumpy, spheric vegetable into perfect little rice grains?

It is much easier than you might think! To transform this fair colored “flower”  into rice, first they must be broken apart or chopped into manageable bits. Both the flowerets and the stem can be used. Then just grind them up in a food processor (you may need to do this in batches depending on the size of your processor and try to make sure not to overfill it… make your processor’s life a bit easier, it’s always there for you, it’s time to show some love and appreciation) or, if you don’t have one, grate them up with a grater (and some elbow grease). You will be left with these little cauliflower grains that resemble couscous or rice and can be eaten in the same way.

A whole head of cauliflower yields about 6-9 portions of rice. That is quite a lot right! So it’s the perfect food to prep on a Sunday, making a big batch and then freezing the rice in little portioned-out bags or containers of 1 or 2 portions so that they are easy to heat up and eat when ready. They can easily be heated in a microwave with a splash of rice vinegar or even a dash of cinnamon if you like. Easy peasy. Then add on your favorite curry (Indian, Thai, Japanese), wokked vegetables, ragout, or anything that pairs well with your old regular rice.

To give you an example of how to pair the rice with a dish, I will include a recipe as well. Since I am trying to show you how to make more plant-based food I will not be using chicken in this recipe but I will be showing you how you can make a full meat-free meal with chickpeas as the star of the dish in a delicious Indian curry. As you probably guessed, this dish is native to India (Go you! And, Go India!). I actually got it from an Indian friend of mine, who once cooked it for me. Although the traditional dish he made and the one I am making are probably not that much alike in the end as I am making it my way… it is still hella tasty though! It’s a flavorful and vibrant dish and a great way to change things up from your usual chicken and rice.

The original name for this recipe is Chana Massala. The base for this dish is, as with any Asian dish, garlic, onions, and ginger. You add some tomatoes and spices and then the magic happens. A very interesting technique can be used where, instead of straight up frying the onions, garlic, ginger, and tomatoes, they are blended up to a paste first and then cooked up in a pan, before adding the spices.

If you were short on some of the spices or just cannot be bothered with so many ingredients, you could potentially leave some of them out. The essential flavor maker, besides of course the onions, garlic, and ginger, is the garam massala. The other spices add more depth to the dish and allow you to change things up a bit as well. Play around with the amounts and see what you like, in terms of spiciness and flavor balance. 

As far as I know, no vegetables are added besides the tomatoes in the sauce. Of course, I could not resist throwing some extra veggies in there and getting them coated in all those beautiful spices. Because, as the Vietnamese say, “Rice without vegetables is like fish without water”. And, of course, the chickpeas!

Let’s put the ricing on the cake.. I mean.. curry!

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RECIPE FOR INDIAN CHICKPEA CURRY & CAULIFLOWER RICE

  This recipe makes 4 portions.

Preparation time: 30 minutes

Cooking time: 20 minutes

Your kitchen tools for today:

A food processor or grater

A skillet pan

A spatula or wooden spoon

Optional: A large knife

Optional: Pestle and Mortar

Optional: A blender

The ingredients you will need are:

For the Cauliflower Rice

1/3 head of cauliflower (about 4 cups)

Optional: A splash of rice vinegar or a dash of cinnamon

For the Chickpea Curry

A can of chickpeas (about 400 grams)

1 red pepper

1 yellow or orange pepper

1 zucchini

4-6 Tomatoes (about 300 grams)

1 or 2 Green Chilies, depending on the spice you can handle

1 Onion

3 Cloves garlic

A knob of ginger of about equal proportions as the garlic

1-2 tablespoons of vegetable oil

2-4 Teaspoons of garam massala

3 Teaspoons paprika powder

2 Teaspoons turmeric powder

1 Teaspoon of cumin seeds

1 Teaspoon of coriander seeds

1 Teaspoon of mustard seeds

A few sprigs of fresh coriander or parsley (Hands up if you’re a cilantro hater)

Salt

Instructions:

Start making your cauliflower rice.

  RECIPE FOR CAULIFLOWER RICE

Ingredients:

1/3 head of cauliflower (about 4 cups)

Start prepping the cauliflower by removing any leafs. Then, coarsely chop or break the cauliflower up into pieces with your hands, to make it easier to work with.

Grind the cauliflower pieces in your food processor or grate them up. You can take this chance to make a large batch of cauliflower rice and freeze the (portioned out) extras up.

When you are ready to use the fresh (or frozen) “rice” simply heat it up in the microwave for about 3 minutes, covered, and stir through after 1 or 2 minutes. Another option is to pour over some boiling water and drain or to fry it up in a skillet.

Your rice might become a little soggy if you heat it too much or if it came from the freezer as the moisture from within is released. This is not a problem though, just squeeze it all out in a clean kitchen towel.

When your rice is dry and hot enough, simply plate it up and add whatever toppings you like or add it straight to your sauce.

To add some extra flavor to your rice, add a splash of rice vinegar, a dash of cinnamon, a sprinkle of herbs or even some spices during the cooking process.

Then we can make the curry…

  RECIPE FOR CHICKPEA CURRY

Ingredients:

A can of chickpeas (about 400 grams)

1 red pepper

1 yellow or orange pepper

1 zucchini

4-6 Tomatoes (about 300 grams)

1 or 2 Green Chilies, depending on the spice you can handle

1 Onion

3 Cloves garlic

A knob of ginger of about equal proportions as the garlic

1-2 tablespoons of vegetable oil

2-4 Teaspoons of garam massala

3 Teaspoons paprika powder

2 Teaspoons turmeric powder

1 Teaspoon of cumin seeds

1 Teaspoon of coriander seeds

1 Teaspoon of mustard seeds

A few sprigs of fresh coriander or parsley (Hands up if you’re a cilantro hater)

Salt to taste

  The spice blend…

Grind your seeds (cumin, coriander, and mustard) up with mortar and pestle before mixing them with the garam massala, paprika powder, and turmeric powder. An optional step, and one I do recommend, is to toast the seeds before grinding them. This brings out the aroma (and will add an amazing warm scent to your kitchen).

If you’re a first-time cook though, you might want to try cooking this with fewer of the spices (the garam massala and paprika powder are really a must though), until you get the hang of it. You could also use pre-ground spices, but freshly grinding the coriander, cumin, and mustard seeds yourself does really take it up a notch.

Toasting the whole spices: cumin seeds, coriander seeds, mustard seeds, a bit of garam massala and whole peppercorns

  You could start directly in a pan with your oil, minced garlic, grated ginger, chopped onions, and chopped chilies, and shortly after add your chopped tomatoes to create the base of the curry. Another option, and the one I prefer, is to blend these same ingredients up, creating a very flavorful sauce or paste. You then add this paste to the pan and heat it for a couple of minutes until all the smells release and the color changes. When it is slightly reduced add your spices and cook again for a few minutes. When the sauce has thickened you can start adding in your vegetables and your chickpeas and cook them for another couple of minutes until cooked but still crunchy and colorful. Add salt to taste.

When you’re ready to plate up transfer a portion of rice to a bowl or plate. Then, on your bed of rice, add the curry.

Finish it off with some fresh coriander or parsley. And.. enjoy!

The curry dish also works great paired with some naan bread.

Tip: Use the dried chickpea variety instead of the canned ones, soaking them overnight in cold water and a bit of salt. You may even add additional flavoring to the soaking water, which the chickpeas will then absorb. Or, disregard the chickpeas altogether and use kidney beans instead.

I made an infographic of the recipe, that is great for sharing and saving. Find it below:

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There you have it. A vibrant and exotic low-carb rice dish.

Please try it at home and let me know what you think.

Share this recipe with your friends if you like it!

Hugs and Kisses,

Laura

Where did I get my inspiration from:

http://www.thekitchn.com/how-to-make-cauliflower-rice-couscous-cooking-lessons-from-the-kitchn-203344

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  For my Dutch friends:

RECEPT VOOR INDIASE KIKKERERWTEN CURRY & BLOEMKOOL RIJST

Dit recept is voor 4 porties.

Bereidingstijd: 30 minuten

Kooktijd: 20 minuten

  Je keukengerei voor vandaag:

Een keukenmachine of rasp

Een koekenpan

Een spatel of houten lepel

Optioneel: Een groot mes

Optioneel: Een vijzel

Optioneel: Een blender

De ingrediënten die je nodig zult hebben:

Voor de Bloemkool Rijst

1/3 bloemkool (ongeveer 4 kopjes of handjes vol)

Een scheutje azijn of een snufje kaneel

Voor de Kikkererwten Massala

Een blikje kikkererwten (ongeveer 400 gram)

1 rode paprika

1 gele of oranje paprika

1 courgette

4-6 tomaten (ongeveer 300 gram)

1 of 2 groene pepers, afhankelijk van de pittigheid die je aankunt

1 ui

3 teentjes knoflook

Een stuk gember, ongeveer evenveel als de knoflook

1-2 eetlepels zonnebloemolie

2-4 theelepels garam massala

3 theelepels paprika poeder

2 theelepels curcuma poeder

1 theelepel komijnzaad

1 theelepel korianderzaad

1 theelepel mosterzaad

Een paar verse takjes koriander of peterselie (handen omhoog als je een koriander-hater bent)

Zout

Instructies:

Begin met het maken van de bloemkool rijst.

  RECEPT FOR CAULIFLOWER RICE

Ingredients:

1/3 bloemkool (ongeveer 4 kopjes of handjesvol)

Begin met het voorbereiden van de bloemkool door de bladeren eraf te halen. Snij de bloemkool met een groot mes in grove stukken of breek deze in stukken met je handen, om ze makkelijker te verwerken.

Vermaal de bloemkoolstukken in je keukenmachine of rasp ze. Je kunt er ook voor kiezen om een grotere hoeveelheid bloemkoolrijst te maken en deze (in porties) in te vriezen. Als je toch bezig bent ;).

Wanneer je klaar bent om de verse (of bevroren) “rijst” te maken, verhit deze dan simpelweg in de magnetron voor ongeveer 3 minuten. Roer tussendoor om, na 1 of 2 minuten. Een andere optie is om kokend water over de tijst te gieten, even te laten staan, en hierna het water af te gieten of om deze op te bakken in een pan met wat olie.

Het kan gebeuren dat er veel vocht vrijkomt bij het verhitten van de rijst, vooral als deze in de vriezer is geweest. Dit is geen probleem. Stop de rijst in een schone keukendoek en wring deze goed uit.

Wanneer je rijst heet en droog genoeg is, kun je het op een bord plaatsen met je toppings of saus naar keuze eroverheen, of direct de pan in bij de saus.

Om wat extra smaak toe te voegen aan je rijst, kun je een scheutje rijstazijn, een snufje kaneel, een sprenkeling van kruiden of zelfs wat specerijen toevoegen tijdens het verhittingsprocess.

 Dan kunnen we aan de curry beginnen.

  Kikkererwten Curry

Ingredienten: 

Een blikje kikkererwten (ongeveer 400 gram)

1 rode paprika

1 gele of oranje paprika

1 courgette

4-6 tomaten (ngeveer 300 grams)

1 of 2 groene pepers, afhankelijk van de pittigheid die je aankunt

1 ui

3 teentjes knoflook

Een stuk gember, ongeveer evenveel als de knoflook

1-2 eetlepels zonnebloemolie

2-4 theelepels garam massala

3 theelepels paprikapoeder

2 theelepels curcumapoeder

1 theelepel komijnzaad

1 theelepel korianderzaad

1 theelepel mosterzaad

Een paar verse takjes koriander of peterselie (handen omhoog als je een korianderhater bent)

Zout

  De specerijen mix.

Vermaal de zaden (komijn, koriander, en mosterd) in een vijzel alvorens ze te vermengen met de garam massala, paprika-, en kurkumapoeder. Een optionele stap, en een die ik zeker aanraad, is om de zaden voor het vermalen even te roosteren in een pan ZONDER olie. Dit brengt de smaken naar boven (en zal je keuken een heerlijk aroma geven).

Als je een beginnende kok bent en niet zo lastig wilt doen, kun je wat van de specerijen en zaden weglaten (gebruik in ieder geval de garam massala en paprika poeder) of gebruik vermalen specerijen uit de winkel totdat je het recept wat beter onder de knie hebt. Maar het vers vermalen van van de zaden geeft het recept wel echt een wow-effect.

Het roosteren van de hele zaden en specerijen: komijn zaad, koriander zaad, mosterd zaad, een beetje garam massala, en wat zwarte peper korrels.

  Je kunt beginnen door in een pan de olie met knoflook, gember, uien, en gesneden peper te bakken en kort erna gesneden tomaten toe te voegen om zo de basis van de curry te creeeren. Een andere optie, en een die ik zelf liever gebruik, is om dezelfde ingredienten in de blender te mengen tot een zeer smaakvolle pasta. Deze pasta kan dan de pan in en een paar minuten verhit worden op hoog vuur. Als hij wat ingekookt is en de geuren vrijkomen en de kleur veranderd. Als het een beetje ingekookt is kun je de specerijen toevoegen en nog een paar minuutjes koken. Wanneer de saus is ingedikt kunnen de kikkererwten en groentes erbij. Dit word opnieuw voor een aantal minuten gekookt, tot de groentes beetgaar en nog steeds knapperig en kleurrijk zijn. Voeg zout naar smaak toe.

Wanneer de saus en rijst klaar zijn leg je een portie rijst op een bord. Op dit bedje rijst komt de curry.

Maak ht af met een paar takjes verse koriander of peterselie. En… geniet!

De curry werkt ook heel goed met warm naan brood.

Tip: Gebruik gedroogde kikkererwten in plaats van die uit een blikje, zet ze een nacht in koud water met een beetje zout. Je kunt zelfs smaakjes aan het weekwater toevoegen (kruiden en specerijen) voor extra smaken die de kikkererwten dan kunnen absorberen. Of, in plaats van kikkererwten, gebruik eens kidney bonen.

Ik heb een infographic van het recept gemaakt (in het Engels), vind deze hier beneden.

Cauliflower Rice with Indian Chickpea Massala If you ask any random person what dish they are able to cook well, 9 out of 10 will tell you "chicken and rice".

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Serve over steamed jasmine rice and serve with warm naan bread!  Course Main Course Cuisine Indian Keyword butter chicken, indian chicken Prep Time 10 minutes Cook Time 35 minutes 3 hours Total Time 3 hours 55 minutes Servings 4 people Calories 565kcal Author Nicole Leggio Cost $25 Equipment Cast iron skillet Ingredients 1 and 1/2 pounds boneless skinless chicken thighs 1/2 cup plain whole-milk yogurt (greek is fine) 1 tbsp garam masala, divided 1 tsp cumin, divided 6 large garlic cloves, grated and divided 1 tbsp minced ginger, divided 2 tsp kosher salt, divided 2 tbsp olive oil 28 ounces crushed tomatoes 1/2 lemon juiced 1/2 tsp ground coriander 1/2 tsp ground tumeric 1/2 tsp feungeek 1 tbsp brown sugar 1 cup heavy cream Instructions Add chicken to a large plastic baggie. Add in yogurt, 2 tsp garam masala, 1/2 tsp cumin, tumeric, 3 garlic cloves, 2 tsp grated ginger, and 1 teaspoon salt. Zip the bag shut and massage marinade into the chicken. Marinate for at least three hours, but no longer than 12. Once the chicken marinates. Heat a large non-stick or cast-iron skillet to a medium-high heat. Add 2 tablespoons of olive oil. Once the oil is hot, sear the chicken. (Make sure there isn't a lot of excess marinade on the chicken.) Sear for 3-4 minutes until brown and crusty, flip over and do the same on the other side. The chicken should release easily from the pan when it's ready to turn. If needed, sear chicken in batches, you don't want to overcrowd the pan. Once the chicken is brown, remove from the pan. Turn the heat down to medium and add remaining olive oil, onions and garlic. Saute for 2-3 minutes until slightly softened. Stir in tomato sauce, remaining garam masala, remaining cumin, remaining salt, and tumeric, fungeek, coriander, lemon juice, and brown sugar. Bring to a boil and then reduce to a simmer. Add the chicken back to the pan and simmer until chicken is cooked through, about 4-5 minutes. *If you want a cream sauce, add the sauce to a blender before adding the chicken back in, blend until smooth, return to the pan and then simmer the chicken. Stir in the cream. Simmer another 2-3 minutes. Serve over rice with naan. Nutrition Serving: 1serving | Calories: 565kcal | Carbohydrates: 21g | Protein: 38g | Fat: 38g | Saturated Fat: 17g | Cholesterol: 247mg | Sodium: 1614mg | Potassium: 1090mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 13g | Vitamin A: 1372IU | Vitamin C: 19mg | Calcium: 159mg | Iron: 4mg from The Recipe Critic https://ift.tt/3kVbF1F

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