Keto chicken tikka masala
Chicken tikka masala is famous for its yellowish orange color, its comfort feeling thanks to the spices and the curry sauce creamy texture. Everything is mixed perfectly and as a result we have one of the most well-known British-Indian dishes.
Several years ago, my husband surprised me for our anniversary taking me to an Indian restaurant called Sindur in Barcelona. I don't know if it was because of the surprise, but I thought it was one of the most delicious dinners I've ever had.
Until this day Sindur is my favorite Indian restaurant. The staff is pretty nice with us since we have been there several times. I've brought friends and coworkers to enjoy the food and everyone says how good this place is.
Every time I try something new at a restaurant and that I like a lot, I go straight to google to find a recipe. When it comes to exotic recipes, the difficult part is to find the ingredients depending on where you live it can be actually impossible. Luckily for me I live in Barcelona and this wasn't a problem. It wasn't the most easy task ever, because I had to visit a few small markets in the Raval neighborhood to find what I wanted and although I went to a few I didn’t find all the spices I wanted but I did find the most important ones.
I've made several Indian recipes and this one has the easiest to find ingredients. The two spices that were harder to find were garam masala and turmeric powder. The last one is the one that gives this dish its color and nowadays you can find it almost at any supermarket, it went viral thanks to the hippies.
Garam masala is harder to find, but it's actually a mixture of spices, so you can make it yourself by mixing coriander, cumin, pepper, cinnamon, cloves, cardamom and nutmeg powder.
Technically speaking chicken tikka masala is not an Indian food, it's an British-Indian food which was created after the British took the India. It's a food that's closer to the British taste and today it's kind of a British food rather than Indian hahaha. Anyway, it's delicious and really easy to make, here you have the recipe, enjoy!
: 45 min.
: 15 min.
4 servings
Chicken marinade
- 600 g Chicken breast
- 1 Piece of ginger
- 3 minced garlic clove
- 1/2 Tsp Salt
- 1/2 Tsp Chili powder
- 1/2 Tsp Garam masala
- 1/2 Tsp turmeric powder
- 1 Tbsp lemon juice
- 125 mL Greek yogurt
Masala sauce
- 2 Tbsp coconut oil
- 1 Cinnamon stick
- 4 Cardamom
- 2 Bay leaves
- 2 Minced garlic cloves
- 1 Small onion
- 3 Cloves
- 1 Tbsp minced ginger
- 1 Tsp Coriander seeds
- 4 Tomatoes
- 2 Tbsp Cashew nuts
- Salt to taste
- 1/2 Tsp Turmeric powder
- 1/2 Tsp Chili powder
- 1 Tsp Garam masala
- Mince the ginger for the marinade and the sauce and then divide it for each use.
- Cut the chicken into bite size pieces.
- Put the chicken in a bowl together with the marinade ingredients: ginger, garlic, the spices (including the salt), Greek yogurt and lemon juice.
- Mix everything with your hands and let it marinade for at least 30 minutes (overnight is better)
- Rehydrate the cashew nuts for about 30 minutes as well
- In a pan put a drizzle of coconut oil. Once it's hot add the cloves, cinnamon, cardamom and the bay leaves, fry them until they are fragrant and the leaves start to brown (be careful not to burn them).
- Add the onion and stir fry it until golden brown and translucent.
- Add the minced garlic, together with the ginger and mix a little.
- Add the spices and mix well so the flavors are well distributed, then lower the heat to low.
- Cut the tomatoes into big chunks.
- In a blender put the tomatoes, the cashew nuts and process them very well.
- Once the onion is ready, add the tomato and cashew sauce to the pan and cook them until the tomatoes are cooked.
- The chicken can be prepared in different ways, you can grill it, fry it in a pan or in the oven. Cook it as you prefer until it's golden brown.
- Mix the sauce with the chicken and that's it it's ready.
- : 424.1 kcal
- : 8.87 g
- : 21.54 g
- : 45.08 g
- : 1 : 18
- : 0.18 mg
- : 0.61 mg
- : 10.9 mg
- : 1.78 mg
- : 0.84 mg
- : 2.48 µg
- : 159.29 mg
- : 32.78 µg
- : 7.5 µg
- : 28.59 mg
- : 15 IU
- : 1.05 mg
- : 5.58 µg
- : 90.23 mg
- : 0.43 mg
- : 3.79 mg
- : 73.12 mg
- : 707.39 mg
- : 49.23 µg
- : 502.47 mg
- : 5.82 mg
