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Cardamom butter chicken
Photo: Lily Banse

Cardamom butter chicken

16 ingredients 15 min Serves 4 openrecipes
Cardamom butter chicken

A homemade curry to rival your favourite Indian takeaway - a rich blend of spices mixed with creamy ghee

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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

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By bbcgoodfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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