Easy Tikka Masala

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How about some comfort food? I was craving this hearty, spicy and creamy tikka masala. So I made "tikka" free masala 😆 Honestly, this is delicious with lentils, chickpeas, white fish, chicken, or just vegetables!

I made mine vegetarian and added celery root cubes which turned out to be a great addition!

This is really easy to make at home...

INGREDIENTS:

• 1 TBSP coconut oil or ghee for frying

• 1 large onion, finely chopped

• 1-2 garlic cloves

• 5 cm piece of fresh ginger, grated

• 400ml plum tomatoes or cubed tomatoes (1 tin)

• 200ml full fat coconut milk

• 1 tsp cumin seeds or powder

• 2 tsp garam masala and coriander powder

• sea salt to taste (or chicken or vegetable broth - no sugar and yeast!)

• 1/2 tsp smoked paprika powder

• chili to taste

• vegetables of your choice: I used 1 leek, 1/2 celery root cut in cubes. Spinach or kale would go well with this as well or green cabbage

• protein of your choice: 1 tin of lentils, chickpeas or 500g of chicken breast or white fish

PREPARATION:

• fry some onions over medium heat until brown and add garlic and ginger and cook for about a minute

• if using meat or fish, you can place your breasts or filets in an oven safe dish and pour the mix over your meat/fish and bake it for 20-30 minutes in the oven at 180°C or cut it in small cubes and add to the dish before adding the tomatoes. In this case you would fry it on both sides until almost done.

• add garam masala, coriander and cumin spice and stir well

• add tomato cubes

• add sea salt or vegetable or chicken stock

• add vegetables of your choice and cook for 5 minutes

• add 200 coconut milk

• add lentils or chickpeas and let simmer at low heat for about 20-30 minutes

• add smoked paprika and chillies to taste at the end

• serve with fresh coriander over rice or quiona