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India · Sauce

Basic Indian Tomato Gravy

Serves 4 · 20 minutes

This traditional Indian tomato gravy can be used as a base for all sorts of vegetables, boiled eggs, cubed paneer or chicken. This is often referred to as a "curry". It is usually eaten with plain white rice or rice mixtures.

Suits: Vegetarian, Pescatarian. Allergens named in the ingredients: Milk. Flags come from what shops, restaurants and cooks list and from the ingredient names. Always check the label. This is not medical advice.

Ingredients

  • 5 tomatoes, diced large
  • 1 onion, diced small
  • 1 tablespoon ghee
  • ½ teaspoon ginger paste
  • 5 cloves garlic, pounded
  • 1 teaspoon chile powder
  • ½ teaspoon coriander powder
  • ½ teaspoon cumin powder
  • ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder
  • Salt to taste

Method

  1. Fry the onions in hot ghee until they start to brown.
  2. Add the ginger and garlic and stir, then add the powdered spices. Blend well.
  3. Throw in the tomatoes and salt to taste.
  4. Turn the flame down to medium and cover for ten minutes. This will form a spicy gravy to which you can add any mixture of vegetables or boiled eggs or fried fish or chicken or lamb/goat.