# Butter Chickpeas

Butter chickpeas that may just be better than butter chicken.

- Cuisine: Indian
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

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

## Instructions

1. Heat up some oil in a pan on the stove.
2. Sauté diced onion until 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 red chili powder.
5. Add a splash of water to help sauté those spices down.
6. Add tomato paste and a little bit of water to loosen it up and sauté till it no longer smells raw.
7. Once the sauce is nice and thick, add heavy cream, stirring until it is the color that you want.
8. Add washed and drained chickpeas.
9. Get it to the point where it is bubbling nicely and add the lid.
10. Simmer for about ten minutes just to get them a little bit softer.
11. Add chopped cilantro and serve with garlic naan.

## Equipment

- pan

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjU2F247/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/a29a94bd-686f-4a9e-8289-c7fcae6346bf
- Extracted: 2025-05-08

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