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Madras Paste

A classic British Indian Restaurant madras paste made with a pre-cooked base sauce. Rich, fragrant and ready in under 20 minutes.

20 min
Prep
15 min
Cook
Easy
Difficulty
11
Ingredients
1
Steps
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Requires G2Quick & clever — surprisingly authentic

G2 Quick Base Sauce

1200 ml (4 portions) · 10 minutes · Easy

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Key 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 · +2 more

Ingredients

Servings
  • 5 tbspn oil
  • ¾ tspn garlic powder
  • 3¾ tspn ground coriander
  • ¾ tspn g2 curry powder (see note 1)
  • 1½ tspn ground cumin
  • 1 tspn salt
  • 1¼ tspn turmeric
  • 1 tspn cider vinegar
  • 1 tspn chilli powder
  • 3 tbspn tamarind juice
  • ¾ tspn ground ginger

Method

  1. 1

    Cut 20 gm of dried tamarind block into small pieces and cover with boiling water. Allow to 'steep' for , mashing a few times, then press through a sieve to remove any debris.

My Notes

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