Chickpea Butter Chicken

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 6
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 325.5
  • Total Fat: 15.3 g
  • Cholesterol: 63.7 mg
  • Sodium: 665.2 mg
  • Total Carbs: 11.2 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 3.8 g
  • Protein: 23.4 g

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Introduction

Another family favourite Another family favourite
Number of Servings: 6

Ingredients

    6 chicken drumsticks, microwaved, skin removed and deboned
    2 tbsp olive oil
    1 whole onion, diced
    1 heaped teaspoon minced garlic
    1 can tomatoes in juice
    3 tsp indian spice mix
    25 gm ground almonds
    165 ml coconut milk
    1 can chickpeas, drained and rinsed

Directions

Sautee onion and garlic in oil, add tomatoes, almonds, spice, chickpeas and water. Simmer 10 or so minutes. Add chicken and coconut milk and simmer 5 - 10 minutes. Season to taste. If too thin thicken with a little cornflour and water. Makes 6 1-cup serves.
Serve with rice.

NB The spice I use is MDH Butter Chicken Masala from Moshims in New Plymouth.
I puree the chickpeas before adding - what the kids do not see, they love!

Number of Servings: 6

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user JHUNGER1.