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Ingredients
Everyday Indian curry paste
- 30 g cumin seeds
- 2 - 3 dried bay leaves
- 30 g coriander seeds
- 1 tsp whole cloves
- 12 cardamom pods (black)
- ½ cinnamon quill
- ¼ tsp black peppercorns
- 2 tsp Kashmiri chilli powder
- 1 tbsp ground ginger
- 2 tsp ground turmeric
- 5 brown onions (approx. 700 g), cut into quarters
- 2 fresh long green chillies, trimmed and cut into halves (optional)
- 1 tbsp garlic paste (see Tips)
- 1 tbsp ginger paste (see Tips)
- 40 g ghee (see Tips)
- 40 g canola oil
- 30 fresh curry leaves
- 800 g canned whole tomatoes
- 1 tbsp brown sugar
- 1 tbsp Vegetable stock paste (see Tips)
- 1 tsp salt
Dal
- 100 g urad dal (see Tips)
- 80 g toor dal (see Tips)
- 250 g water, plus extra for soaking
- 15 g fresh coriander, leaves, stalks and roots, cut into thirds, plus extra leaves for garnishing (see Tips)
- 10 g fresh mint, leaves only, plus extra for garnishing
- 30 g ghee (see Tips)
- 1 - 2 brown onions (approx. 200 g), cut into quarters
- 5 fresh long green chillies, trimmed, cut into halves and deseeded, if preferred
- 1 tbsp garlic paste (see Tips)
- 1 tbsp ginger paste (see Tips)
- 400 g canned chopped tomatoes
- ½ tsp Kashmiri chilli powder
- 1 tsp garam masala (see Tips)
- 1 ½ tsp salt
- Nutrition
- per 1 portion
- Calories
- 910.7 kJ / 216.8 kcal
- Protein
- 9.4 g
- Carbohydrates
- 23.7 g
- Fat
- 8.4 g
- Saturated Fat
- 3.5 g
- Fibre
- 11 g
- Sodium
- 746.7 mg