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Basic Multi-Purpose Curry Sauce/Gravy

Mar-05-2018
Vanitha Bhat
15 minutes
Prep Time
15 minutes
Cook Time
3 People
Serves
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ABOUT Basic Multi-Purpose Curry Sauce/Gravy RECIPE

Basic Indian curry sauce (ready in a "hurry") with just a few simple ingredients readily available in your pantry; gently spiced and aromatically flavored gravy, perfect to make your favorite Indian curry right at home!!

Recipe Tags

  • Veg
  • Medium
  • North Indian
  • Blending
  • Sauteeing
  • Side Dishes

Ingredients Serving: 3

  1. 1 medium onion, sliced or chopped
  2. 2 medium Tomatoes, chopped
  3. ¼ cup grated coconut/fresh or frozen
  4. 1 teaspoon ginger paste
  5. 1 teaspoon garlic paste
  6. 2 to 3 green chillies/jalapenos
  7. 1 teaspoon jeera/cumin seeds
  8. 2 to 3 Cloves
  9. ½ to 1 teaspoon aniseeds
  10. 1 bay leaf
  11. ½ teaspoon turmeric powder
  12. 1 teaspoon red chilli powder
  13. 1 tablespoon coriander powder
  14. 1 teaspoon curry powder (Kitchen King, Paneer Butter Masala, Pav Bhaji powder or any you have)
  15. 1 teaspoon garam masala powder
  16. Salt to taste
  17. 3 to 4 tablespoons oil
  18. Coriander leaves/cilantro for garnishing

Instructions

  1. Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in a large kadai or deep saucepan. Once the oil is hot, add cumin seeds, cloves and aniseeds. Saute on medium heat for a few seconds.
  2. Tip in the onions, ginger-garlic pastes and green chilies and fry on medium heat for a couple of minutes until the onions are soft and the raw smell of garlic is almost gone.
  3. Stir in chopped tomatoes and mix well. Add a few teaspoons of water and cook until the tomatoes are slight soft and cooked.
  4. Add the dry spices; red chilli powder, turmeric, coriander and curry powder; mix well.
  5. Fry on medium heat, stirring often until the spices are lightly roasted. Stir in grated coconut and fry well until most of the moisture is gone and oil starts to ooze from the sides of the mixture.
  6. Remove from heat and let cool slightly. Place in a blender jar and blend to a smooth and fine paste; keep aside.
  7. In the same kadai heat 1 to 2 tablespoons of oil and add 1 bay leaf and the ground or blended onion-tomato-coconut paste, along with 1 teaspoon of garam masala powder; mix well. Fry on medium low heat for a few seconds.
  8. Add salt to taste and about 1 to 1 1/2 cups of water (rinse the blender jar and use that too; we don’t want to waste any of the amazing spicy mixture!); mix well and bring to a boil on medium high heat.
  9. Once the gravy comes to a boil, lower the heat and simmer on low, covered for about 5 to 7 minutes until all the flavors have come together. Adjust seasoning and salt along with consistency of gravy; remove from heat.
  10. Garnish with finely chopped cilantro/coriander leaves. Flavorful, spicy, aromatic basic Indian gravy (my version and a favorite in our house) is ready.
  11. To make a basic egg curry, just boil and peel eggs, cut into two halves and add to gravy. Simmer a couple of minutes and serve with any naan, roti or paratha (or even rice)! If you have leftover chicken or meat, you can add these instead.
  12. To make a vegetarian version, saute onions and your choice of vegetables (mushrooms, capsicum, gobi, peas or even paneer; I have used only onions and caspicum) and add to basic gravy, simmer and serve!

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Hema Mallik
Mar-07-2018
Hema Mallik   Mar-07-2018

Yummilicious!!!

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