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Simple Madras Curry

Added by mr spice | Tue 17 Nov 2009 @ 18:37

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A simple recipe which makes a nice curry that can be used as a base for many enhancements. Try adding chillies or paprika or vinegar or raisins or almonds, or cream...but probably not all together.....

Ingredients
500g Meat or Veg of your choice
2 medium onions
4 garlic pieces
1 thumbsized piece of Ginger
400g tomatoes or passata
--------spices-------
1 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp ground coriander
1 tsp ground caraway
1 tsp black pepper
1 tsp chilli powder (to your own taste)
a half tsp tumeric
1 tsp salt
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1 tablespoon Methi (Fenugreek) leaf
1 tablespoon Garam Masala

Method
Blitz the onion, garlic and ginger with a processor...
Add 50g butter to a pan and cook this mix at about 100C for 30 minutes, mixing through 3 or 4 times. You can keep covered, but take lid off for the last 10 minutes to reduce the liquid.
Add tomato...Add first group of spices (these could be dry fried in a hot pan for a minutes to release more flavour, but this is not essential).
Mix thoroughly.
For a chicken dish, thigh or breast meat is best.
If thighs are used boil first for 20 mins, allow to cool then strip meat from bones...add to sauce then cook for another 20 minutes, on 100C.
If breast is used. Trim and cut into bite sized pieces, add to sauce and cook for about 30 minutes at 100C.
Add the second group of spices for the last 15 minutes...

These are minumim cooking times and both times and temperatures can be increased, the danger is the meat will dry out if cooked for too long.

Sprinkle with fresh coriander...
Serve with Basmatic rice, Naan bread and a cold glass of beer!
Enjoy...

tried this recipe or a similar one? share your tips...

1. by mat on Tue 11 Oct 2011 @ 16:38

I like this recipe with beef or lamb, I think it works really well. For chicken I wasn't so happy and prefered this one http://chickenmadrasrecipe.com/. Great recipe though and thanks for posting it!

2. by Feefeemc on Wed 03 Aug 2011 @ 19:06

This is the best curry I've ever made. It's absolutely delicious.. Thankyou very much for the recipe..!

3. by Jimmy Woo on Wed 04 May 2011 @ 16:43

Nice recipe mate, just made it and it came out really good. There's quite a lot of madras recipes out there but not all of them are this tasty, I made a lamb one form here http://www.madrasrecipe.com/lamb-madras-recipe which turned out good. I did slow cook the lamb beforehand to get it really tender.

4. by mr spice on Mon 07 Mar 2011 @ 23:28

Aww...thanks for the nice feedback!

5. by Amanda franks on Sun 06 Mar 2011 @ 14:17

This is a fantastic curry I made it yesterday and it's probably the best and easier one I have ever made

6. by mr spice on Sat 19 Feb 2011 @ 16:04

How many servings? Well it's not for me to say...this will serve 4 modest eaters in our house but I do know some curry lovers who would eat the lot themselves :-0

7. by ray on Sun 21 Nov 2010 @ 20:38

Sounds lovely but the recipe does not say how many it feeds.

8. by Selina on Sat 27 Feb 2010 @ 20:32

Wow this is so nice like a proper indian curry i added 2 fresh chllis grated for more heat make sure you wash your hands after!! Then instead of one tin of tomatoes i put 2 in i had no food processer but so want one so i put them threw the seive so they come out like juice added this in after i toasted of i the spices its so yummy and when all cooked i garnished with fresh coriander and made a ratia and served with garlic coriander nan bread also i made chopped onions,tomatoes,cucumber.chopped coriander for a nice onion salad mmmmm try this to its so nice on the side!!!! happy cooking!!!