# Butter Chickpeas

These butter chickpeas might just be better than butter chicken, offering a delicious vegetarian alternative to a classic dish.

- Total time: 10 min
- Cuisine: Indian
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 3 cans chickpeas
- 1 diced onion
- 2 tablespoons ginger garlic paste
- 2 tablespoons butter chicken masala
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp red chili
- 2 heaping tablespoons tomato paste
- 1 to 1.5 cups heavy cream
- chopped cilantro
- oil

## Instructions

1. Heat up some oil in a pan on the stove.
2. Sauté diced onion until it is golden brown.
3. Add ginger and garlic paste and sauté until it no longer smells raw.
4. Add butter chicken masala, a little bit of salt, and a little bit of red chili powder.
5. Add a splash of water to help sauté the spices down.
6. When the mixture is really fragrant, add tomato paste and a little bit of water to loosen it up.
7. Sauté the mixture until it no longer smells raw.
8. Once the sauce is nice and thick, add heavy cream and stir it in.
9. Add a little bit more heavy cream until it is the color that you want.
10. Add washed and drained chickpeas.
11. Get the mixture to a point where it is bubbling nicely.
12. Add the lid and simmer for about 10 minutes to get them a little bit softer.
13. Add chopped cilantro and serve with garlic naan.

## Equipment

- pan
- stove
- spoon
- lid

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6Lg8GNa/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/02cf5772-ab0c-450d-88ec-ce8750701d02
- Extracted: 2025-07-14

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