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Kaju Curry
Bhumika Gandhi
It is not only heavy and rich. It taste really awesome
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Prep Time
30
minutes
mins
Cook Time
30
minutes
mins
Total Time
1
hour
hr
Served As
Dinner
,
Lunch
Recipe Cuisine Type
Indian
Servings
4
Ingredients
1x
2x
3x
Roasting
or cashews for cashews
1
tsp
Butter
1
cup
cashews
broken or whole
Onion Paste
for
2
tsp
Oil
1
large
Onion
or chopped roughly
1/2
inch
Ginger
chopped roughly
2
Green Chillies
chopped roughly
Curry
or kaju for kaju
3
Tomato
medium pureed
1
tbsp
Oil
2
tbsp
Butter
1
Bay Leaf
4 cloves
1
inch
Cinnamon
1-2
tsp
Salt
or as per taste
1/4
tsp
Turmeric Powder
3
tsp
Coriander Powder
1
tsp
Red Chili Powder
1 1/2
Kasuri methi
1/4
cup
Whipping Cream
or cream, or malai heavy or fresh cream or malai
1/4
cup
Coriander
or cilantro cilantro or chopped finely
Instructions
Roasting cashews: Heat 1 teaspoon of butter in a pan and
roast
the cashews in it.
Roast
them with string continuously till it becomes nice golden brown. remove it to a plate and keep aside.
Making onion paste: In the same pan, heat another 1 teaspoon of oil on medium heat. Once hot add chopped onion, ginger and green chilies.
Saute them till onion becomes translucent and let it cool down a bit.
Once it gets cooled, grind into smooth paste. Also make smooth puree of tomato.
Making kaju curry Now the same pan, heat remaining 1 tablespoon of oil and butter on medium heat.
Once butter starts to melt, add whole spices. Saute till you get nice fragrance of the whole spices about 30 seconds.
Then add onion paste, mix very well.
Add some salt. Cook till all the moisture goes away and it starts to leave the sides of the pan about 7-8 minutes
Add turmeric powder, coriander powder, red chili powder and kasoori methi. Mix well and cook for a minutes
Add tomato puree. Stir it, as it start to boil, it will splutter a lot. partially cover the pan, means half covered, half open.
cook till oil starts to ooze out from the sides and all the moisture evaporates.
Add enough water to make gravy consistency. also mix in roasted cashews and let the gravy comes to a boil.
Add heavy cream. Mix it well, taste the gravy and adjust the salt and spice level.
Finally add lots of chopped cilantro. Stir it in and turn off the stove..
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