G2 Quick Base Sauce
A non-conventional approach using tinned soups that produces a remarkably good result. Makes 1200 ml in just 10 minutes with almost no preparation. Slightly darker and more savoury than G1.
🥄 Ingredients
- ½ of a 415 gm tin french onion soup (200 ml)
- 1 tin (400 gm) tomato soup
- 1 tbspn oil
- ½ tspn salt
- 1½ tspn garlic granules
- 1½ tspn ground coriander
- 1 tspn ground ginger
- 2 tspn turmeric
👨🍳 Method
- 1
Heat the oil in a large saucepan and fry the turmeric, ground ginger, garlic granules and ground coriander for about 15 seconds.
- 2
Add the french onion (200 ml) and tomato soups and bring to a boil.
- 3
Stir in 700 ml of nearly boiling water, add the salt, and bring back to a boil.
- 4
Simmer, stirring regularly, for 10 min.
- 5
Allow to cool and transfer to a measuring jug.
- 6
Add a little water if needed to make the volume up to 1200 ml and mix thoroughly.
- 7
Store in 300 ml portions.
📝 Notes
- 💡Can be used immediately, refrigerated for a few days, or frozen.
- 💡Do NOT use cream of tomato soup — check the ingredients list as you cannot rely on the tin name.
- 💡After freezing it may separate when defrosted but will come together when heated and stirred.
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Make this base sauce first, then any of these curries is just ~10 minutes away.
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…and 132 more in the BIR Curries section.