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Butter Tofu Curry

A butter chicken inspired curry.

Mitchel Koster

2025-06-07

4 portion(s)

Ingredients

  • 1 block of tofu (broken apart)
  • 1 tbsp Ginger (minced)
  • 1 tbsp garlic (minced)
  • 1 onion (rough dice)
  • 1 can of tomatoe blokjes
  • 50 grams cashew
  • 1 tbsp Red chilli powder
  • 1 tsp kasoori methi
  • 1/2 tsp garam masala
  • 4 tbsp sugar
  • 2 tbsp kashmiri chilli powder
  • 5 tbsp butter
  • 3 tbsp cream
  • 2 tbsp malt vinegar / 1.5 tbsp White Vinegar
  • Salt to taste

Steps

Marniating the tofu

Marinate the chicken with ginger paste, garlic paste, red chili powder, and salt for at least an hour, but preferably overnight.

Hint: For extra richness add 2 tbsp of yoghurt, 1 tsp of ginger/garlic paste, 1 tsp of lime juice and dried fenegreek leaves with 1 tsp of oil.

Vegerable prep

Roughly chop the onion, soak the cashews in warm water.

Cooking the aromatics

Add some oil to a htot pain and and seer the marinated tof in the pan, once seered take out and put aside. Tot he same pan add the onion, some oil and 1 tbsp of butter. Once the onions are sauted add the tomatoes and cashews. Once all ingedients are mixed add a cup of water, add garlic paste, salt, vingenar, 1 tsp sugar and garam masala and red chili powder.

Let it simmer for 15-20 minutes and blend into a blender.

Making the gravy

Strain the sauce through a sif back into the pan, add the remaining 4 tbsp of butter, 3 tbsp of cream and add back in the tofu. Simmer for 5-10 minutes and add in the 1 tsp fengreek leaves in the end.