Ingredients
Jo’s Easy Butter Chicken:
- 300 g brown onion, cut into halves
- 30 g garlic paste, or 6 fat cloves
- 30 g ginger paste, or 3 cm fresh ginger
- 1 long red chilli, deseeded and halved, Optional
- 100 g ghee or butter
- 2 to 3 tbsp Butter Chicken Spice
- 150 g Raw Cashew Nuts, or almonds
- 400 g Tomatoes, tinned or fresh
- 100 g tomato paste
- 50 g lemon juice, or juice of 1 lemon
- 2 level tsp salt
- 1 tbsp sugar or honey
- 1400 g Chicken thighs cut in half, boneless & skinless
- 200 g Yoghurt or Coconut cream
Rice:
- 700 g Cauliflower Rice, OR
- 400 g jasmine or basmati rice
- 580 g water
- 20 g oil
- 1 tsp salt
Butter Chicken Spice Blend:
- 3 tsp garam masala
- 2 tsp ground paprika
- 1/2 tsp ½ tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp ground cardamom
- 2 tsp ground cumin
- 2 tsp ground turmeric
- 2 tsp Ground Coriander
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- Add onion, garlic & ginger (plus optional chilli) then chop for 5 seconds / speed 5.
- Add ghee or coconut oil & spice blend, then sauté 5 minutes / Varoma temp /reverse
"Counter-clockwise operation" speed 1. - Add nuts to TM bowl with tomatoes, tomatoe paste, sugar, lemon juice & salt then blend for 1 minute / speed 8.
- Add chicken pieces to TM bowl, and place cauliflower rice in varoma onto lid, then cook for 25 minutes / Varoma temp / reverse "Counter-clockwise operation" speed soft
"Gentle stir setting" or until chicken is cooked through. - Add butter chicken from TM bowl to thermoserver with yoghurt or coconut cream then stir together to combine.
- Serve with either cauliflower rice or jasmine rice and naan bread.
- Place 350 g of the cauliflower into the TM bowl & chop for 5 seconds / reverse "Counter-clockwise operation" / speed 5.
Repeat with remaining 350 g cauliflower.
Clean and dry mixing bowl.
Transfer into Varoma dish and set aside until step 5 when butter chicken is cooking, then place on top of TM bowl/lid. - Place rice, water, oil and salt into mixing bowl, stir with spatula, then start Rice Cooker mode, placing simmering basket instead of measuring cup onto mixing bowl lid.
Transfer rice into a thermal serving bowl or other large bowl, then gently fluff with a fork to separate grains if needed.
Serve as desired. - Add all of the listed spices to the TM bowl and blend on speed 9 for 1 minute.
Butter Chicken:
Optional - Cauliflower Rice:
Optional - Jasmine Rice:
Butter Chicken Spice Blend
Tip
* The chicken thighs don't need to be diced up into small pieces.
In fact, larger pieces give a much better final result, because you don't want the chicken shredded, which is what happens when they are cut up too small. Therefore, simply cut the thighs into halves or third's depending on how large the thighs are.
* For a spicier butter chicken add some fresh chilli in step 1.
* Serve garnished with fresh coriander and a side of cooked rice and naan bread.
* Make a large batch of the Butter Chicken Spice Blend to save time in the future.
*Butter chicken sauce can be doubled and half frozen for a 2nd meal. Just add chicken and yoghurt or coconut cream for a quick, easy and delicious ‘fake-away’.
Thermomix Model
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Recipe is created forTM 6
For cooking (simmering) at temperatures of 95°C or above (200°F), the simmering basket should always be used instead of the TM6 measuring cup, as the TM6 measuring cup fits tightly in the lid. The simmering basket rests loosely on top, is steam-permeable, and also prevents food spatter from the mixing bowl. -
Recipe is created forTM 5
If you are using a Thermomix® TM6 measuring cup with your Thermomix® TM5:
For cooking (simmering) at temperatures of 95°C or above (200°F), the simmering basket should always be used instead of the TM6 measuring cup, as the TM6 measuring cup fits tightly in the lid. The simmering basket rests loosely on top, is steam-permeable, and also prevents food spatter from the mixing bowl.Please note that the TM5 mixing bowl has a larger capacity than the TM31 (capacity of 2.2 liters instead of 2.0 liters for TM 31). Recipes for the Thermomix TM5 may not be cooked with a Thermomix TM31 for safety reasons without adjusting the quantities. Risk of scalding by spraying of hot liquids: Do not exceed the maximum filling quantity and observe the filling level markings of the mixing bowl!
This recipe was provided to you by a Thermomix ® customer and has not been tested by Vorwerk Thermomix ® or The Mix Australia Pty Ltd and The Mix New Zealand Ltd.
Vorwerk Thermomix ® and The Mix Australia Pty Ltd and The Mix New Zealand Ltd assume no liability, particularly in terms of ingredient quantities used and success of the recipes.
Please observe the safety instructions in the Thermomix ® instruction manual at all times.
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