Mix up your dinner plans with this homemade vegetable tikka masala. This recipe comes with an easy sauce recipe with affordable ingredients so you don’t have to stress. See below for the ingredient substitutions because this recipe is easy to modify whether you’re a meat-eater, vegetarian, or have lactose intolerance. Serve this vegetable tikka masala over a bowl of fresh rice or pair it with naan bread.

Ingredients

Vegetable Tikka Masala

• 1/2 large yellow onion, chopped
• 1 cup mushrooms, sliced
• 1 large carrot, chopped
• 1/2 large bell pepper, sliced
• Salt to taste
• Optional proteins: boneless chicken breasts chopped and seared, or chickpeas

You can substitute in cauliflower, broccoli, frozen peas, zucchini or squash if desired

Vegetable Tikka Masala Sauce

• 2 Tbs butter or ghee
• 1 onion, finely chopped
• 4 garlic cloves, minced
• 1-inch fresh ginger, peeled and minced
• 1 Tbs ground cumin
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tsp cayenne pepper
• 1/4 tsp turmeric
• 1 (14 ounces) can tomato sauce
• 1 cup heavy whipping cream (or substitute coconut milk if vegan or vegetarian)

Directions

1. First, prepare all your vegetables and optional protein and set them aside.
2. Then, gather your sauce ingredients.
3. Heat the butter or ghee in a large skillet over medium heat and cook until melted.
4. Stir in onion and cook until translucent, about 5 minutes.
5. Next, add in garlic and ginger and cook and stir until fragrant, about 1 minute.
6. Add in the remaining spices cooking until fragrant, about 2 minutes.
7. Stir in tomato sauce into the onion and spice mixture, bring to a boil, and reduce heat to low.
8. Simmer sauce for 10 minutes, then mix in the cream or coconut milk.
9. Bring the sauce back to a simmer and cook, stirring often, until sauce is thickened, 10 to 15 minutes. *Optionally after this step, you may transfer the sauce to a food processor or use an immersion blender to blend the sauce.
10. Then, in a large skillet, use a bit of oil or butter on high heat to saute your vegetables. If you are cooking a protein, we recommend starting with that. Cook until your vegetables are slightly tender, then add in the sauce, reduce heat to low, and simmer for 10-15 minutes.
11. Serve over rice, optionally top with minced cilantro or lime juice and enjoy!

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