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Tikka Masala
Chicken

Tikka Masala – Dairy-free version

Classic Indian tikka masala - chicken in cream with a rich tomato sauce and aromatic spices Dairy-free version: Plant-based cooking cream.

⏱ 55 min🍽 4 servings 🌍 Indian👩‍🍳 Afoona🧩 2 parts

👨‍🍳 Method

For the Fried onion

  1. 1
    Heat the oil in a wide pot over medium heat.
    ⚙ Pan-fryingStoveWide, shallow pot
  2. 2
    Add the onion and fry for 7 minutes, stirring, until the onion turns golden.
    ⚙ Adding to the hot fat and fryingStove
    💡Add by cooking time: what needs long (onion, carrot, meat) goes in first, and what burns fast (garlic, dry spices) goes in last, only until fragrant.
  3. 3
    Add the garlic and ginger and fry 1 minute, just until fragrant. Don't let the garlic brown.
    ⚙ Adding to the hot fat and fryingStove
    💡Garlic burns quickly and turns bitter. Add it only after the onion has softened, over medium heat, and add the next ingredient as soon as it smells fragrant.

To assemble

  1. 4
    Add the curry powder, cumin, turmeric, paprika, ground coriander, salt and black pepper and stir.
  2. 5
    Add the tomatoes and cook 10 minutes.
    Stove
  3. 6
    Add and bring to a boil.
    Stove
  4. 7
    Add the chicken.
  5. 8
    Turn down the heat and simmer 10 minutes.
    ⚙ SimmeringStove
    💡A gentle simmer, not a boil: a hard boil dries the food out and clouds it, a slow simmer cooks it evenly.
  6. 9
    Add the cream and cook another 15 minutes, until the sauce thickens.
    Stove
  7. 10
    Sprinkle the cilantro on top.
  8. 11
    Serve with the rice.
495calories
39 gprotein
17 gcarbs
30 gfat
● protein 31%● carbs 14%● fat 55%

Per serving (401 g), of 4 servings

For the Fried onion · To assemble ·

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (2) · 🍳 One cooking vessel

  • Stove · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
  • Wide, shallow pot · Also works: Deep skillet (sauté pan) (None) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Pot (Layers instead of a single layer)

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