Indian Tomato-Cream Sauce

Submitted by Andtototoo

"A sauce (often called gravy in Indian cookbooks) to use in your curries. I found the original recipe in a cookbook by Madhur Jaffrey. Make up your curry with the recipe's vegetables and spices, then at the end stir in this sauce. It is very quick to make and I have used it with shrimp, cauliflower, vegetable kofta and also peas."

 

• Ready In: 7mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 1 tablespoon tomato paste
• 1 tablespoon flour
• 1 1⁄4 teaspoons salt
• 1 teaspoon garam masala
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1⁄2 teaspoon cayenne
• 1⁄4 teaspoon sugar
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 2 tablespoons chopped cilantro (optional)

directions

1. In a medium-size mixing bowl put the tomato paste, flour, salt, garam masala, ground cumin, cayenne and sugar. Stir to blend.
2. Slowly add 1 cup heavy cream (or coconut milk), stirring nonstop to avoid lumps.
3. When well mixed set aside.
4. Make up your curry per your recipe. The last 2-3 minutes stir in the bowl with the spiced cream mixture. Cook until the sauce is just hot but not yet boiling. Remove from heat and garnish with cilantro (optional).