I love Indian food, but I’ve always been nervous to try making it from scratch. Their sauces are so flavorful and I didn’t know if I would be able to recreate that at home. The New Indian Slow Cookerchanged my mind!
The pictures in this cookbook are absolute gorgeous. They capture the style of Indian food perfectly. All of my favorite dishes are in this book, from curries to Masalas to a Tomato-Butter Sauce that I recently made.
This isn’t your average cookbook! It begins with an introduction to Indian cooking and an explanation of the traditional Indian spices and other ingredients. I had a hard time finding a lot of the spices in my local grocery stores, but they can be ordered online.
The first recipe I tried from this cookbook was Tomato-Butter Sauce. The recipe is only for the sauce. The book suggests adding “sauteed pieces of boneless chicken, to make chicken tikka masala.” I cubed boneless chicken and cooked it in a skillet with a little bit of salt to season it. Once it was cooked thoroughly, I added it into the slow cooker while I finished making the rice.
Tomato-Butter Sauce from The New Indian Slow Cooker Cookbook
Ingredients
- 6 tbsp butter
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1 cup half-and-half
- ¼ tsp saffron thread, optional
- 2 28 oz cans tomato sauce. Preferably without salt
- ½ cup water
- 1 2 ½ inch piece fresh ginger, peeled and diced
- 2 or 3 serrano chiles, minced
- 1 ½ tsp garam masala
- 2 tbsp roasted ground cumin
- ¾ to 1 tsp ground Indian red chile
- 1 ¼ tsp salt
- 4 tbsp sugar
- 2 tbsp dried fenugreek leaves
- 2 heaping tablespoons chopped cilantro
Instructions
- Heat the cooker on high and add the butter to melt. This will take about 10 minutes.
- Add the cream and half-and-half to the melted butter. Add the saffron and mix well.
- Add the tomato sauce, then rinse the cans with ¼ cup of water each to get all the sauce; add this to the cooker.
- Add the ginger, Serrano chiles, garam masala, cumin, ground red chile, salt, sugar and genugreek, and mix well. Cover, reduce heat to low, and cook 6 hours.
- When ready to serve, stir in cilantro.
I am looking forward to trying more of the recipes from this book. If you want to try making Indian dishes at home, be sure to grab a copy of The New Indian Slow Cooker.
I was sent this book to review from Blogging for Books. However, all opinions are my own. This post contains affiliate links.
abby - little city adventures says
looks so yummy! I love Indian food but I cannot get hubby to eat it
Jenna Brussee says
He should try this recipe! I was hesitant to try Indian food a few years ago because I had some that wasn’t that great. Now I love it!
Hannah @ Joyful Life says
ohhh man Im SO happy i clicked on this link! I am pumped to try this!!! 🙂
Jenna Brussee says
You will love it! It’s really easy to throw together and tastes amazing.
Laura Rhinehart says
I absolutely love Indian food! I might just have to put this book on my wish list!! It looks amazing!
Jenna Brussee says
I am loving this book! Indian food is one of my favorites, so I am enjoying making some of my favorite dishes at home.
Jessica at Team Wiking says
This sounds SO delicious! I love indian food but have never tried cooking it before.
Jenna Brussee says
I was always scared to try, but this book makes it so easy!
Madison says
This was one of the ones I almost requested! I haven’t eaten a lot of Indian food and I’m wanting to start trying it more!
Jenna Brussee says
You should request it next time! I am loving it. This recipe was easy to make and tasted so good. I’m excited to try some more!
Megan Walker says
I love making Indian food at home, and tikka masala is my absolute favorite. I will have to make this for sure!
Jenna Brussee says
Let me know what you think if you try it! I can’t wait to try more recipes from this cookbook.
Amy Hodgdon says
Indian food is AMAZING! I may have to get this book next!
Yours looks like it turned out super well!
Jenna Brussee says
This book is definitely worth it! You will love it.
ashortblonde says
This book sounds like just what I’ve been looking for! I’ve really wanted to start cooking more Indian food because I love it, but I didn’t grow up eating it and therefore don’t have a good starting point. Thanks for sharing.
Jenna Brussee says
This book is a great starting point! As long as you get the right spices, it’s very easy to follow.
Jennifer Sikora says
That looks delicious! I am going to have to check out that cookbook.
Jenna Brussee says
You should! I highly recommend it.
Tiffany Khyla says
I definitely want to try this!
TheAdventuresofBugandBoo says
Sounds like a good book! Does it have recipes for jalfrezi and rogan josh? I will definitely buy it if so!
I was also really nervous to try cooking curries from scratch, but they actually turned out pretty good – I must follow instructions to a T :). I was lucky to try it in England, where Indian food reigns supreme (and all grocery stores, including the tiny corner ones, carry every ingredient necessary). I’m having a tough time finding ‘exotic’ ingredients in the store here now that I’m back home!!
Jenna Brussee says
Hmm, it doesn’t seem to have those two dishes. It’s still got a lot of wonderful curries, dals and masalas! It can be hard to find good Indian food here. We have a couple restaurants but no grocery stores or places to buy these spices.
TheAdventuresofBugandBoo says
Ah bummer. Still sounds good! I haven’t properly checked out the downtown areas, they’re probably more likely to carry what I’m looking for – my parents are out in the boonies ha
Heather Smith says
This looks great! My sis would love this cookbook!
Jenna Brussee says
It would make a great Christmas present!
MOMentous Mom; Perfectionist says
Heading to amazon later to find this cookbook. I love Indian food and find I have the toughest time finding great recipes, thanks!
Jenna Brussee says
You will love this book! It’s definitely a must have.
A Woman The World Deserves says
So I love Indian food! I dare not try any slow cooker recipe without it being tried and true. Looks like I have a new recipe!
Jenna Brussee says
This recipe is definitely a winner! I wasn’t sure how it would turn out but it was great.
dani says
I LOVE LOVE LOVE Indian food!!! I will definitely add this to my recipes to try!!! I’m vegetarian, so I’ll prob. replace the chicken with tofu! I actually think this book is prob. a must have for me as I adore my slow cooker and indian food. what a genius combination 🙂 Thanks for sharing!
Jenna Brussee says
This book is so good! It would be really easy to substitute tofu in all the recipes.
Jessica Pureromance Bures says
This is making me hungry…hmm indian food for breakfast. I think so hahaha
Jenna Brussee says
Not a bad idea!
Stephanie says
Looks SO good! Thank you so much for linking up at Tasty Tuesday! Your recipe has been pinned to the Tasty Tuesday Pinterest board! Please join us again this week!