Photo: Lily Banse
Cardamom butter chicken
16 ingredients
15 min
Serves 4
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A homemade curry to rival your favourite Indian takeaway - a rich blend of spices mixed with creamy ghee
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
749
Calories
56g
Protein
25g
Fat
75g
Carbs
Counts 14 of 18 ingredients — the other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 14 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Rice | 1 cup cooked (158g) white | 206 |
| Chicken | 100g cooked | 165 |
| Olive Oil | 1 tbsp (14g) | 119 |
| Yogurt | 170g plain Greek | 100 |
| Cream | 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy | 51 |
| Onion | 1 medium (110g) | 44 |
| Tomato | 1 medium (123g) | 22 |
| Turmeric | 1 tsp ground (3g) | 9 |
| Cumin | 1 tsp ground (2.1g) | 8 |
| Clove | 1 tsp ground (2g) | 7 |
| Cardamom | 1 tsp ground (2g) | 6 |
| Cinnamon | 1 tsp ground (2.6g) | 6 |
| Garlic | 1 clove (3g) | 4 |
| Ginger | 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) | 2 |
| Seed | not in our table | 0 |
| Coriander | not in our table | 0 |
| Ghee | not in our table | 0 |
| Fenugreek | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- 2 garlic cloves , roughly chopped
- thumb-sized piece ginger , chopped
- 2 green chillies , chopped (leave seeds in if you like it hot)
- small bunch coriander , leaves picked, stalks roughly chopped
- 3 tbsp ghee , or vegetable oil
- 2 onions , sliced
- 2 tsp each turmeric, garam masala and ground cumin
- 1 tsp ground fenugreek
- 4 chicken breasts , cut into 2.5cm cubes
- 4 cloves
- 12 cardamom pods , seeds removed
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 400g can tomatoes
- 150ml pot yogurt
- 50ml double cream
- chapatis and rice , to serve
Directions
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By bbcgoodfood ·
Recipe sourced from
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