If you were making curry..

[Novynu]

If you were making curry for tea, please tell me how you do it in your household!

Whether it be cheap/expensive, Jarred sauce, slow cooker , veg/no veg etc. Looking for some inspiration!

Ingredients;

Paneer - as much as your heart desires
Garden peas
Pasata - 500ml
Cashew nuts - big hand full
Large onion
Garlic and ginger paste - 1tbsp
Garam masala 1 tbsp
Dried coriander 1tsp
Turmeric 1tsp
Chilly powder - to taste
Cumin seeds 1/2tsp
Mustard seeds 1/2tsp
Salt - to taste
Sugar - to taste
Lemon juice - to taste

Make the paste

• Using 1tsp flavourless oil (or ghee if you have it) pop your mustard and cumin seeds over a gentle heat.
• Chop and add the onion and gently brown and soften the onion.
• When the onion is very soft and brown add the garlic and ginger paste along with the rest of the spices, cook for 2 minutes
• Add the Pasata and allow to cook down a bit
• Chuck in the cashews for the last couple of minutes and then turn off the heat, allow to cool and then blend into a paste.

Assemble the dish

• Chop the paneer into pieces and shallow fry on all sides (be careful, it catches easily)
• Add the paste you made earlier
• Add a little water to make a sauce
• Add the peas and heat through until nice and hot.
• Season with sugar, salt and lemon to taste

From scratch mostly, using dried spices, but good curry pastes (by good I mean those that you enjoy) are brilliant too.

I tend to make veg and pulse curries, but also use chicken thighs every so often. Chickpea curry is my fav.

@Mustardandchickensandwiches

Thank you - will definitely give that a try, as a change from saag paneer :-)

Thank you, I made a version of this tonight and it is outstanding! I used a Patak's paste though and cooked unmarinated chicken pieces right in the sauce.Then added the cashew cream. Feelgood comfort food