This keto chicken curry is an incredibly creamy keto coconut curry with juicy chicken pieces, aromatic Indian spices, and only 5.4g net carbs per serve. This keto coconut curry recipe will turn your home into an Indian restaurant and all your family will enjoy it!
Masala sauce is an Indian curry sauce made of tomato puree, cream, and lots of Indian spices including turmeric and garam masala that turn the sauce orange. Other delicious spices in Masala sauce are garlic, cumin, cilantro and it’s the combination of all these spices that makes this Masala sauce flavorsome.
A keto curry chicken Masala is a keto Indian meal made with juicy boneless chicken thighs cooked in fragrant Indian spices and tomato creamy Masala sauce.
Not all Indian curry recipes are keto-friendly. Some fast-food Indian curry sauces include sugar and even in good quality Indian restaurants, the sauce is thickened with cashews. Unfortunately, cashews are higher in carbs than other nuts and often raise up carbs in keto Indian curry recipes.
Keto curry with Masala spices is very easy to make and your whole family will enjoy it. The trick to make the best keto curry with chicken is to first marinate the meat with acidic food like lime or lemon juice and yogurt.
This is an important step to make a flavorsome keto curry with tender meat. The longer you soak the chicken pieces into the marinade the more flavorsome the curry will be. Plus, the tenderer and juicier the chicken will be too! So the best way to marinate chicken for a keto curry recipe is to combine your chicken pieces along with:
Since your keto curry will taste even better if it marinates longer, you can make this step the day before and leave the meat in the fridge overnight. It is perfect to meal prep your next day’s keto meal.
The next day, bake the chicken on a large baking dish on broil mode. Turn the chicken pieces very often to broil all sides. Another tasty way to cook chicken for a keto curry is to barbecue the meat! If you have a barbecue, I highly recommend that option. The chicken will taste like Indian tandoori chicken.
While the chicken bakes, prepare your creamy keto curry Masala sauce. All you have to do is fry the tomato paste in coconut oil along with all the spices. The curry paste is what makes the curry sauce bursting in flavors so try to stick to all the spices listed below to achieve the best balance of flavors. All you need are:
When the paste is fragrant and unsticks from the sides of the pan, it is time to create the curry sauce by adding:
Bring to a gentle boil for a few minutes until the chicken is baked and ready to go in the sauce.
It is time to combine the flavors by adding your grilled chicken pieces into the Masala sauce. This is a keto coconut chicken curry sauce so to make the sauce creamy, I used full-fat coconut milk from a can in this recipe.
Always warm the coconut milk before adding it to the pan to ensure a super-creamy curry sauce. Another option is to use heavy cream or canned coconut cream. These two options provide an even creamier keto curry sauce.
Yes, you can use this recipe to make a vegetarian keto curry. Simply swap the meat with tempeh or tofu. Now you are probably wondering if you can also use paneer, a popular Indian cheese used in curry recipes. Is paneer keto-friendly? No, it is not as it contains 6g net carb per 100g which can be approved on a low-carb diet plan but not on keto.
The best keto curry sides are fried cauliflower rice to replace the carb-loaded rice usually served at the restaurant. Another option is to make my keto naan bread recipe
Of course, if your family is not on a keto diet, serve brown rice on the side for them, it will be a healthy choice and you can all enjoy the same meal with love.
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The nutritional information doesn’t help me as I don’t know how many “servings” this recipe makes. How much is a serving, containing the nutrients you list (that is, how many servings in the recipe)? 4 or 6, maybe?
The recipesize of any recipe on the blog appears on top of the recipe card. The nutrition panel is for one serving. For this curry, it says on top of the recipe serve 8. Enjoy, XOXO Carine
Can the almond flour be replaced with something else? Allergy to almonds and nuts sadly. Love the recipes btw!
Thank you
You use coconut flour or arrow root flour
The recipe doesn’t use any of these flour, I am using almond flour.
You can use sunflower seed flour or sesame flour instead. Enjoy! XOXO Carine
Can I add to my review, I had left overs the next day and it was even better. A delicious curry dish worth the effort. Making it Friday for Saturdays meal. Thanks a million.
I am very happy to read your review on my keto curry recipe ! Thanks for sharing. XOXO Carine
Lovely curry, a bit of work involved as you cook the Quorn (vegetarian) in the oven but it tasted very nice.
Happy to see that qorn taste good in the recipe. I agree that it take a bit of time to bake the marinated chicken (or quorn), but it definetly make all the difference in taste ! Enjoy, XOXO Carine
Hi, would the recipe work with chicken breast rather than chicken thighs?
Sure, it is simply less juicy. Enjoy! XOXO Carine
Hi Carine,
This was an amazing recipe!!!! Yes it was time consuming but it was so worth it! Thank you so much!
Great! I glad you love it ! Enjoy the recipes on the blog, XOXO Carine.
Hi Carine,
Thanks for the recipe! I’m excited to make it but I don’t have almond meal. Would flaxseed meal or almond flour be good alternatives?
Yes sure, almond flour will work but I won’t use flaxmeal it will make the sauce too slimy. Enjoy, XOXO Carine.
Made this tonight for my husband and he loved it. I used soy yogurt, low-fat UHT coconut milk and opted for fresh parsley instead of fresh coriander since we’re not too big on that. Need to make the vegan version next time so I can eat my fair share too 🙂 thanks for the recipe!
Yeah ! I love when hubby is on board with healthy food. Not everyone appreciate the flavor of coriander indeed so parsley is a great swap. You will love making this with tofu or even try roasted eggplant that is amazing. XOXO Carine.
It was an interesting dish, really easy to make and restaurant-like result. Nevertheless, personally, I did not get the satisfaction I was looking for. Definitely, a recipe that I will play with by changing either the spices or the meat because it is a really every-day-kitchen-skills plate.
Hi, This looks yummy! Just curious…Is there spinach in the one pictured here?
HAHA yes well spotted! I did not mention it in the recipe because it is an extra tweak I give to the recipe to make my kids eat there greens. I just added a handful of spinach at the end, stir and cook until soft like 2-3 extra minutes. It is very optional, just like the extra greens ! Enjoy. XOXO Carine.
I love your curry recipe Carine! I hate soaking cashews to make a creamy nut curry – time consuming- almond meal was the best alternative. Plus it is not too spicy the kids love it too.
I am making it right now and it smells wonderful in my house. The recipe is very easy, I used tofu instead of chicken to make it vegan. Thanks for the lovely recipe Carine.
Thanks Myriam ! I love the tofu option too. I am glad you love this simple indian curry recipe. See you soon on the blog, xoxo, Carine.
Made it twice already and just wanna say how easy and tasty was this curry. Thanks for sharing!
I am vegan so I made it with tofu instead of chicken. Turn out great!