Avocado Chicken curry is a deliciously spiced Indian curry that goes well with Indian flat breads, steamed brown rice or festive rice.
A perfect side dish to keep you warm during those cold winter days.
Richly creamy and mildly flavored with avocados and spiced with aromatic Indian spices, this curry is set to pack a punch to your afternoon meal or late night dinner during the cold months.
Avocado Chicken Curry
Weekends are for experimenting with new dishes in our kitchen.What can be more fun than creating new recipes by blending flavors using aromatic spices?
Thus a new recipe was born!
The avocados, I bought were sitting on the kitchen counter.
A light bulb moment!
Does it always have to be Butter Chicken?
What if I used avocados in the recipe instead?
Would it not create a flavorful creamy texture to the chicken curry I am about to prepare?
What’s more it will be healthy too!
Lo & behold! The Avocado Chicken Curry was born!
Health Benefits of Avocados
Did you know?
Avocados have so many health benefits.They
- lower the cholesterol level,
- have highest fiber content
- are rich in Vitamin C and E and folic acid
- and also improve memory.
The rich and creamy texture of these avocados when blended with aromatic Indian spices would yield a flavorful sauce to coat my chicken curry in.
What’s more, one could have as a side with Indian flat breads or with rice.It would be a win win either way!
So many different choices with Avocados
There surely are many different ways to eat avocados other than just in guacamole or green salad, if only one lets one’s imagination run wild.
Step by step instructions on how to make
Here is the step by step instructions for you to follow, to make tis quick and easy, flavorful Avocado Chicken curry.
Have you tried this Avocado Chicken curry yet ?
4
servings10
minutes15
minutes257
kcal25
minutesIngredients
8 8 -10 pieces Chicken Thigh
1 Large 1 Onion finely sliced
1 Large 1 Tomato cubed
2 2 Avocados skinned, pitted and blended into a fine paste
2 tbsp 2 Coconut Oil
2 tsp 2 Ginger Garlic paste
Salt to taste
- Spices
1 1 inch Cinnamon
3 3 Cardamom
1 tsp 1 Chilli powder
1/4 tsp 1/4 Turmeric powder
Directions
- Heat oil in a wok , when warm add the cloves, cardamom and cinnamon till they splutter.
- Now add the finely sliced onions & sauté them till light brown, then add the cubed tomatoes & keep stirring till they turn soft.
- Next add the turmeric powder, chili powder & stir for a few minutes, before adding the cleaned and cut chicken pieces into it.
- Stir for a few minutes without adding any water allowing the chicken to cook in its own steam.
- Next, add the ginger garlic paste & stir it into the mix, till the raw smell disappears. Add salt to taste.
- Let the sauce cook in its own steam, now add the blended thick paste of avocados into it, which gives the gravy a creamy texture. Cook covered with lid for another 5 minutes until the raw smell disappears & you smell the subtle aroma of avocados blending with Indian spices.
- Remove the cooking pan from heat & serve the avocado chicken curry with Indian flat breads or steamed brown rice.
Notes
- The creamy texture of the avocados in the chicken curry proves to be a healthy choice in replacing the butter in the butter chicken recipe. Talk about maintaining those curves 🙂
The Bottom Line
Go on give it a try! I am certain you will list among your favorite recipes to make in the Fall and the winter months.
Here are some links to my published recipes with Avocados, for your interest.
Make good use of the seasonal produce and create wonderful healthy recipes at home in your own kitchen.
- https://stirringmyspicysoul.com/avocado-how-to-choose-store-and-prepare/
- https://stirringmyspicysoul.com/eggless-avocado-cupcakes/
- https://stirringmyspicysoul.com/chocolate-rasberry-avocado-cake/
- https://stirringmyspicysoul.com/avocado-chicken-curry/
- https://stirringmyspicysoul.com/methi-pita-bread-with-avocado-n-mushroom-filling/
Wow! Never thought Avocados could be used in this way too!
Thank you,Pooja, for stopping by and sharing your kind remarks. Try out the recipe for yourself, the avocados makes it a creamy rich chicken curry. Goes perfect with our Indian flat breads or festive rice. Don’t forget to sign up to subscribe to my blog for more such delicious recipes ,to land right into your inbox on a regular basis !