Homemade Almost-Authentic Indian Curry Base
Homemade Almost-Authentic Indian Curry Base

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This BIR (British Indian Restaurant) curry base sauce is truly a life saver in many ways! how to make curry base sauce from scratch. Ever since I mastered this curry base sauce, I've been cooking more and more curries. I find it really fun mastering the classic (British Indian Restaurant) BIR curry base sauce.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook homemade almost-authentic indian curry base using 18 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Homemade Almost-Authentic Indian Curry Base:
  1. Get cardamom pods, split
  2. Make ready each cumin seeds, whole and ground
  3. Prepare coriander seeds, ground
  4. Make ready ghee
  5. Make ready vegetable oil
  6. Prepare garam masala powder
  7. Make ready bay leaves
  8. Prepare curry powder
  9. Take brown mustard seeds
  10. Prepare dried cinnamon bark
  11. Make ready garlic, crushed
  12. Prepare medium onions, chopped finely
  13. Make ready chilli powder (or to taste)
  14. Prepare white sugar
  15. Take salt (or to taste)
  16. Make ready tin chopped tomatoes
  17. Prepare tomato puree
  18. Make ready water

There are also links in the text above to a few example recipes. The Base Sauce - Since curry essentially means 'Gravy', having a sauce is almost a must for it to be an Indian curry. You can choose any water-based ingredient to lend body to the curry. This could be tomatoes, coconut milk, yoghurt, water, cream etc.

Steps to make Homemade Almost-Authentic Indian Curry Base:
  1. Prepare the spices. With a pestle and mortar gently crush the cardamom pods, cumin and coriander seeds until they "pop". Do not grind the seeds, just break the shells gently.
  2. Prepare any meat, poultry or vegetables. Have your meat ready and cubed in the fridge. Chop any vegetables ready to be added to the pot. Otherwise, you can simply make the base and freeze it for another day.
  3. In a large pot melt the ghee and oil. Add all the spices except the chilli powder for now. Let the spices gently sizzle for 5 minutes.
  4. Add the garlic and onion and sweat until softened. Add half the chilli powder, the sugar and salt to taste.
  5. If you want to freeze it, let it cool and place it in a container; your curry base is ready.
  6. Otherwise at this stage, if you are adding meat or poultry only, add it now and gently stir until its thoroughly cooked through. For a vegetable curry add your vegetables in the order they take to cook, ie add sweet peppers first and then courgette.
  7. Remove the cinammon bark. See footnote.
  8. When your meat is cooked and/or your vegetables are softening you can now add the tomatoes, tomato puree and water. Stir well and continue to let it simmer gently with a lid for around 1 hour to reduce. Remember to add more water if it gets too dry.
  9. Taste your curry. Add more chilli if you want it. The longer you cook it the more mellow the spices become and the better the flavour. Season to taste with salt. Add a little more sugar if it is too bitter for your liking.
  10. Serve your curry with some fragrant basmati rice. Remember to rinse the rice thoroughly in cold water first until the water runs clear unless you particularly want a sticky rice. Add 1 teaspoon of mustard seeds and 1 teaspoon of turmeric to the rice pot for lovely yellow, fragrant rice.

Heat the oil over a medium heat in a medium saucepan. Add the remaining ingredients, except the water, and stir well. For best results at home, you will want to make a large batch of the sauce just as they do in curry houses. There is simply no substitute for the large batch that has been slowly cooked to perfection. So I highly recommend taking a peak at my authentic large scale curry house sauce.

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