G3 Simple Fried Base
The single-serve base. Makes exactly 300 ml — just enough for one or two curries tonight. No freezing needed, minimal prep, ready in 15 minutes.
🥄 Ingredients
- 1 tbspn oil
- 100 gm onion (prepared weight)
- 1 tspn garlic (finely chopped)
- 1 tspn ginger (finely grated)
- 2 tbspn chopped tomatoes
- 2 heaped tspn tomato purée
- ½ tspn turmeric
- ¼ tspn ground coriander
- ¼ tspn fenugreek powder
- 1/8 tspn ground cumin
- 1/8 tspn ground cinnamon
- ½ tspn salt
🔪 Preparation
- →Finely chop the onion
- →Finely chop the garlic
- →Finely grate the ginger
👨🍳 Method
- 1
Heat the oil in a wok or heavy pan over a medium heat and fry the onion, stirring regularly, for 3 min.
- 2
Stir in the ginger and fry, stirring regularly, for 1 min.
- 3
Stir in the garlic and fry, stirring regularly, for 1 min.
- 4
Continue to fry until the ingredients turn golden brown but do not allow to burn.
- 5
Transfer the mixture to a container, add the chopped tomatoes and some water and blend until smooth.
- 6
Reheat the pan, add a little more oil if necessary, and stir fry the tomato purée over a low heat for about 1 min.
- 7
Add the turmeric, coriander, fenugreek, cumin and cinnamon and fry, stirring for about 10 seconds.
- 8
Add the blended onion mixture with the salt and 200 ml of hot water.
- 9
Bring to the boil and simmer for 5 min, stirring regularly.
- 10
Add water if needed to make 300 ml.
📝 Notes
- 💡The ingredients can easily be doubled to make 600 ml — it may take a little longer to fry the onions.
- 💡Store in the fridge or freezer in a sealed container.
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