Curry Base 'Gravy'

The standard recipe should produce 3.5 litres of gravy when complete, enough for 14 curries. Source: https://thecurrykid.co.uk/recipe/curry-base/

‘British Indian Restaurant’ style

Ingredients

  • 700 g onion | chopped

  • 140 ml oil (they say vegetable, I'd probably say olive?)

  • 1 green pepper | chopped

  • 1 carrot | chopped

  • 60 g white cabbage | chopped

  • 75 g potato | chopped

  • 1 tbsp garlic they say paste but I say use garlic if have

  • 1 tbsp ginger | grated

  • 1 tbsp All Purpose Seasoning

  • 1 tbsp coriander powder

  • 1 tbsp cumin

  • 1 tbsp turmeric

  • 1 tbsp garam masala

  • 3 tbsp tomato paste

  • 300 g tinned tomatoes

  • 3 l water

  • 1 tbsp sugar

  • 330 ml coconut milk or 75g coconut 'block'(?)

Directions

  • Peel and roughly chop the onions, peppers, carrots, cabbage and either grate or mince the garlic and ginger

  • Add the oil and onions to the pan and fry to soften and start to caramelise for 20 minutes stirring frequently

  • Add in the peppers, carrots, cabbage, potato, garlic, ginger, tinned tomatoes, tomato paste and all the spices, stir well then add in the water and sugar and combine

  • Simmer for 1 hour stirring every now and then to prevent the bottom burning adding the broken-up coconut block half way through to dissolve

  • Blend until smooth adding more water as required to make up to 3 1/2 litres, the gravy should be the consistency of thin soup