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Tandoori Paste

A takeaway-style tandoori paste with that authentic BIR flavour. Uses a pre-made base sauce for speed without sacrificing taste.

20 min
Prep
15 min
Cook
Easy
Difficulty
12
Ingredients
6
Steps
🫕
Requires G1The authentic choice — rich, deep flavour

G1 Base Sauce

2400 ml (8 portions) · 2+ hours · Involved

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Key ingredients

100 ml oil · 750 gm onions (prepared weight) · 1 tspn salt · 1 tbspn turmeric · 1 tspn ground coriander · ½ tspn ground cumin · +8 more

Ingredients

Servings
  • 1 portion (approx 25 ml)
  • 1 tspn green chilli
  • ¾ tspn garam masala
  • ¾ tspn ginger
  • 1 tspn paprika
  • 1 garlic clove
  • ¼ tspn turmeric
  • ¼ tspn salt
  • 1 tbspn oil
  • ½ tspn hot chilli powder
  • 1 tspn white wine vinegar
  • ½ tspn ground cumin

Method

  1. 1

    Chop the green chilli as finely as possible.

  2. 2

    Crush the garlic.

  3. 3

    Grate the ginger.

  4. 4

    Crush the chilli, garlic, ginger and salt to a paste in a pestle and mortar.

  5. 5

    Transfer the paste to a bowl, add all the other ingredients and mix well.

  6. 6

    Spoon into a small jar, cover with a little oil and store in refrigerator until ready to use.

My Notes

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