Basic Curry Sauce

Title:
Basic Curry Sauce

Yield:
8 Servings

Categories:
Sauces,
Indian




Ingredients:





     2 lb Cooking onions


     2 oz Green ginger


     2 oz Garlic


 2 3/4 pt Water


     1 ts Salt


     1    8oz tin tomatoes


     8 tb Vegetable oil


     1 ts Tomato puree


     1 ts Turmeric


     1 ts Paprika






 This is a recipe for a base curry sauce.  It is not a dish in itself but


 requires adding other ingredients to it to finish a particular dish.


 


 Stage 1 Peel and rinse the onions, ginger and garlic. Slice the onions and


 roughly chop the ginger and garlic.


 


 Put the chopped ginger and garlic in a blender with about 1/2 a pint of the


 water and blend until smooth.


 


 Take a large saucepan and put in the onions, blended garlic and ginger and


 the rest of the water.


 


 Add the salt and bring to the boil.  Turn down the heat to very low ans


 simmer with the lid on for 40-45 minutes.


 


 LEAVE TO COOL


 


 Stage 2 Once cooled, pour about half of the boiled onion mixture into a


 blender and blend until perfectly smooth. (at least 2 minutes). Pour the


 blended onion mixture into a clean pan or bowl and repeat with the other


 half of the boiled onions.


 


 Wash and dry the saucepan.  Reserve about 4 tablespoons of the sauce at


 this stage to use in cooking the meat in your chosen curry.


 


 Stage 3 Pour the can of tomatoes into the rinsed blender and blend until


 perfectly smooth (about 2 minutes).


 


 Into the clean saucepan, put the oil, tomato puree, turmeric and paprica.


 


 Add the blended tomatoes and bring to the boil.  Turn down the heat and


 cook, stirring occasionally, for 10 minutes.


 


 Add the onion mixture to the saucepan and bring to the boil. Turn down the


 heat to a simmer.


 


 When froth rises skim this off.


 


 Simmer for  20-25 minutes, stirring occasionally to stop the sauce sticking


 to the bottom of the saucepan.


 


 Use immediately or refrigerate for upto 4 days.


 


 This recipe has been taken from the book 'The curry Secret' by Kris


 Dhillon.  isbn 0-7160-0850-5


 Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V4 #257 by Jack Elvis 


 on Sep 29, 1997