Halloumi Butter Chicken
A vegetarian twist on classic butter chicken, with golden fried halloumi in a rich, fragrant spiced tomato and butter sauce.
Ingredients
- 500g halloumi, sliced
- 4 garlic cloves, minced
- 2 teaspoons ginger, minced
- 4 cloves (whole spice)
- 2 cardamom pods
- 2 teaspoons ground coriander
- 2 teaspoons turmeric
- 2 teaspoons garam masala
- 2 teaspoons mild chilli powder
- 480ml tomato passata
- 6 tablespoons tomato paste
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 160ml single cream
- 60g butter
- Rice, to serve
Instructions
- Melt the butter in a large pan and fry the garlic, ginger, cloves and cardamom pod until fragrant.
- Stir in the ground coriander, turmeric, garam masala and chilli powder, then add the tomato paste, passata and lemon juice. Simmer for 10-15 minutes until thickened.
- Meanwhile, fry the sliced halloumi in a separate pan until golden brown on each side.
- Stir the single cream into the sauce, then add the fried halloumi and gently heat through.
- Serve over rice.