Best Basic Curry Recipes

BASIC CURRY SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat oil and margarine in a small skillet or wok over medium high heat. Add onion and saute until very brown, 10 to 15 minutes. (Note: This is an important step; if onion is not cooked well, sauce will taste funny.)
• Add ginger and garlic to onion and saute for an additional 2 minutes. Process onion/ginger/garlic mixture in food processor until smooth. Do not rinse food processor.
• Place onion mixture in a large saucepan. Stir in the cinnamon, black pepper, coriander, cumin, turmeric and cayenne pepper and cook over low heat until mixture is thick and has the consistency of a paste.
• Puree tomatoes, chile peppers and cilantro in food processor until smooth. Add to onion mixture and stir well over low heat, cooking off moisture from tomatoes and cilantro. Add yogurt a little bit at a time, stirring constantly to avoid curdling.
• Blend the whole mixture in food processor to puree it (for a very smooth sauce). Return to saucepan, add water and increase heat to high; bring sauce to a rolling boil. Cover saucepan and boil for 3 to 5 minutes. Reduce heat and simmer until desired consistency is reached.
• To serve with meat, cook the meat first separately, then simmer for 5 to 10 minutes in the sauce before serving over rice or with bread. To serve with vegetables, steam raw veggies first 4 to 5 minutes, then simmer for 5 to 10 minutes in the sauce before serving.

BASIC CURRY SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large shallow pan. Throw in onions and cook for 10 mins, or until soft. Tip in the garlic and ginger, then cook for a further 2 mins, watching the garlic doesn't burn. Stir in curry paste and cook for another min.
• Now pour in 1 litre of cold water, the tomatoes and 1 tsp salt. Give it a good stir and bring to the boil. Cook the sauce over a high heat for about 10 mins, or until the liquid has reduced by a third. Will keep for 1 week in the fridge or freeze for up to 2 months.

BASIC INDIAN CURRY WITH PANEER

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large pan over medium heat. Cook and stir until onion has softened and turned translucent, about 5 minutes. Reduce heat to low and continue cooking and stirring until onion is very tender and dark brown, about 20 minutes more. Stir in garlic and ginger, and continue cooking for 1 minute.
• Reduce heat to low, stir in chopped serrano chiles, and cook for an additional minute. Sprinkle in the red chile powder, cumin, coriander, garam masala, and turmeric; cook until fragrant, about 1 minute.
• Pour in tomato puree and ketchup; thin with water to desired consistency. Stir in the paneer and peas; cook to soften peas, 2 to 3 minutes. Stir in cream, and increase heat to medium-high. Allow the curry to come to a rolling boil, and cook for 3 to 4 minutes. Garnish with cilantro.

BALTI SAUCE - BASIC SAUCE FOR ANYTHING GOES CURRY

Steps:

• Measure out the 8 spices into a bowl (first 8 ingredients). If using fresh chilis then leave those out for now. Warm up a large skillet or pot (ideally cast iron) and bring to med-high heat. Gently roast the spices in the dry skillet -- watching the mixture doesn't burn, keep stirring. After about a minute it will become fragrant and begin to get dark - take it off the heat and pour back into the bowl - set aside.
• Put the skillet back on the heat, add in the oil and bring back to medium high heat. Add in the chopped onion and cook thru until translucent. Once the onion is cooked, add in the ginger and garlic and mix well - watching the garlic doesn't burn. Next add the spice mixture back in, followed by the tinned tomatoes.
• Mix in about 1 cup of water - you want a thick sauce, but not too paste-like. Add in the salt, bay leaves and cardamom seeds.
• Grate the zest off of the lemon, add to the pot, along with the juice from 1/2 of the lemon. Save the other half for later, you may want to add more. Let it all simmer on medium-low.
• For a nice smooth sauce, remove the bay leaves and blend until smooth (an immersion blender works well).

BASIC LEMON GRASS CURRY SAUCE

Steps:

• Puree together the lemon grass, garlic, galangal, turmeric, Jalape and shallots.
• Bring the coconut milk to a boil and add the pureed ingredients, lime leaves, and salt and boil gently, stirring constantly, for about 5 minutes. Reduce the heat to low and simmer, stirring often, for about 30 minutes, or until lime leaves are tender and the sauce is creamy. Remove the leaves before serving.
• To prepare one portion, pour 1/2 cup of this curry sauce into a shallow vessel or a wok. Add 1/2 cup of meat or vegetables, bring to a medium boil and cook to desired degree.

BASIC CURRY GRAVY RECIPE - (3.9/5)

Steps:

• Fry onion in canola oil until fragrant, add salt, ginger, and garlic. Stir for 1 to 2 minutes. Add tomatoes and a bit of water. Stir, cover, and cook until tomatoes are tender. Turn off the stove; add roasted red pepper. Puree mixture in a blender or food processor. Use for any dish, adding the spices called for in that recipe.

AMERICAN KITCHEN CLASSIC BASIC THAI CURRY

Steps:

• Read the method from start to finish and then choose and prep your ingredients.
• Curry Base: Shake the can of coconut milk or stir it well (this creates a consistent thickness, since the fat often solidifies at the top). In a 3-4 qt saucepan or wok over medium heat, simmer 1/2 cup of coconut milk, stirring occasionally until reduced by half (3-5 minutes). It will get very thick and shiny and may or may not separate-either is fine.
• Add your choice of curry paste, whisk well and cook, continuing to whisk, for 1 minute. Whisk in the broth and the remaining coconut milk. Bring to a simmer over medium-high heat.
• Aromatics/Simmer: Add your choice of aromatics, proteins, vegetables and fruits as well as the brown sugar and fish sauces to the simmering sauce. Be aware that some ingredients take longer than others to cook. Add the ingredients in stages, as listed in the next step.
• When the aromatics are added, also add your choices of chicken, pork, carrots, onions, eggplant, green beans, Chinese long beans and Kabocha squash.
• Two minutes later, add your choices of beef, large shrimp, tofu, asparagus, mushrooms, baby corn, green papaya, cabbage, bell peppers, and sugar snap peas.
• One minute later, add your choices of scallops and firm white fish.
• One minute later, add your choice of squid, cherry tomatoes, bamboo shoots, snow peas, pineapple and bok choy.
• Cook for one to two minutes more and check for doneness. The meat, chicken or seafood should be cooked through and the vegetables should be tender-crisp.
• Remove the curry from the heat and season to taste with the brown sugar and fish sauce. Add a stir-in of your choice. Transfer to a serving bowl or serve right from the pot.
• Remove the aromatics before serving or tell the guests to eat around them. Serve with your choice of garnishes. The curry can be eaten as is or served with hot cooked rice.

A BASIC CURRY BROTH

Steps:

• Using a food processor, chop all vegetables into small pieces.
• Melt butter in a large stockpot.
• Add curry powder, stir to combine.
• Add chopped veggies to stock pot, stirring to coat.
• Cook for 30 min, stirring often to prevent burning or sticking.
• Add chicken stock and wine, bring to a boil, then simmer, uncovered for 45 minute.
• Strain the broth through a sieve set over a large heatproof bowl.
• Squeeze the veggies (Carefully! Do not get burned!) to get all of the yummy juices.
• Discard the veggies.
• The broth may be refrigerated for up to a week, or frozen for up to a month.

BASIC CURRY

Steps:

• Saute the onions for a few minutes until lightly browned.
• Add the garlic and ginger and fry for a few more minutes. Add the curry powder.
• Add the lemon juice with the stock and coconut milk.
• Add the tofu.
• Bring to the boil and then simmer gently uncovered for about 30 minutes or until the sauce has thickened.
• Serve over basmati rice.

BASIC CURRY RECIPE

Steps:

• Shallow fry onion, cardamom pods, cinnamon stick & cloves in sunflower oil until onion is translucent.
• Mix all dried ingredients except sugar, salt & garam masala with a small amount of water (this prevents spices from burning).
• Add spice mix to onions, reduce heat and cook of for approximately 5 minuets until oil separates from mixture, (add more water if required to prevent spices burning).
• Add tomato paste, garlic, ginger,sugar & salt.
• Add meat (browned off if preferred, but not necessary), add water/stock, cover and simmer for approximately 20 minuets.