food
Butter Chickpea Curry
What better way to wrap up Curry Week than with a delicious butter chickpea curry? Warm spices, hearty vegetables… and a splash of Alpro of course.
food
Butter Chickpea Curry
What better way to wrap up Curry Week than with a delicious butter chickpea curry? Warm spices, hearty vegetables… and a splash of Alpro of course.
Supplies
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1 small onion, finely chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon ginger paste
- 1 tablespoon garlic paste
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 1/2 teaspoon mild red chilli powder (Kashmiri chilli if you have it)
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon green cardamom powder
- 1/2 teaspoon turmeric
- ⅛ teaspoon ground cloves
- 4 large tomatoes, sliced
- 500 millilitres water
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon fenugreek leaves
- 1 green chilli, slit
- 400 grams good quality chickpeas, drained
- 2 teaspoons garam masala
- 3 tablespoons double cream
- 2 tablespoons flaked almonds, toasted
- 2 tablespoons coriander leaves
Steps
- Heat the oil in a large frying pan then add the finely chopped onion and salt. Stir often so the onions don’t burn, and cook for 5 minutes or until they soften and just start to colour. Add the ginger and garlic pastes to the pan, and stir while they cook for 2 minutes, then add in the spices: cumin, chilli powder, cinnamon, cardamom and clove. Stir them into the onion mixture for another minute before adding the sliced tomatoes.
- Saute the tomato and onion curry base for 5 minutes then add in 500 millilitres of water, the sugar, fenugreek leaves, slit green chilli and chickpeas. Cook on a medium-high heat for 10-15 minutes while the sauce reduces and thickens. Get your serving accompaniments ready now. Or, if preparing in advance, you can turn off the heat at this point and re-heat it just before serving.
- When you are ready to serve, re-heat the curry if it has cooled, stir in the garam masala, and then the double cream. Serve on basmati rice, sprinkled with toasted flaked almonds and fresh coriander.