Butter chicken and vegetables
4
Points®
Total time: 55 min • Prep: 20 min • Cook: 35 min • Serves: 4 • Difficulty: Easy
Chicken stock and tandoori paste take this Indian favourite to healthy heights. Sweet potato, chickpeas and beans bulk it out, ginger and cashews up the flavour ante. Cooking this recipe and planning out your healthy meals can help you on your weight loss journey.
Ingredients
Raw cashews
⅓ cup(s), (50g)
Vegetable oil
2 tsp
Skinless chicken breast
500 g, cut into 3cm pieces
Brown onion
1 medium, thinly sliced
Tandoori paste
2 tbs
Fresh ginger
1 tbs, grated
Tomato(es)
700 g, diced
Chicken stock
½ cup(s), (125ml)
Orange sweet potato (kumara)
400 g, peeled, thinly sliced
Canned chickpeas, rinsed and drained
1 400g can, (1 x 400g can)
Green string beans
100 g
99% fat-free, plain or natural yoghurt, unsweetened
⅓ cup(s), (80g)
Instructions
1
Place cashews in a food processor. Process until finely ground.
2
Heat half the oil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Cook chicken, turning, in batches, for 3–5 minutes or until browned. Transfer to a plate.
3
Heat remaining oil in pan. Add onion and cook, stirring, for 5 minutes or until softened. Add tandoori paste and ginger and cook, stirring, for 1 minute or until fragrant. Return chicken to pan with tomatoes, stock, sweet potato and ground cashews and bring to the boil. Reduce heat and simmer, covered, for 20–25 minutes or until sweet potato is tender. Add chickpeas and beans for last 10 minutes of cooking.
4
Stir yoghurt into butter chicken. Serve.
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