Description
Spicy Homemade Curry Sauce brings warmth and complexity to kitchen adventures, delivering rich layers of authentic flavor. Crafted with carefully selected spices and simple ingredients, this sauce offers a delightful journey through aromatic culinary landscapes you’ll savor with every delicious bite.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Ingredients:
- 1 cup coconut milk (full-fat for best flavor)
- 1/2 cup vegetable or chicken broth
- 1 tablespoon tomato paste
Spices and Seasonings:
- 1 tablespoon curry powder (mild or hot, your choice!)
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1/2 teaspoon ground turmeric
- 1/2 teaspoon chili powder (optional, for heat)
- 1/2 teaspoon salt, or to taste
- 1 teaspoon sugar (balances the acidity of the tomato)
Aromatics and Additional Ingredients:
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1 small onion, finely chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tablespoon grated fresh ginger (or 1 teaspoon ground ginger)
- Juice of half a lemon
Instructions
- Warm the cooking vessel over moderate flame, incorporating oil to create a sizzling base for flavor development.
- Introduce finely diced onions, allowing them to transform into a translucent, golden landscape through gentle caramelization.
- Incorporate minced garlic and freshly grated ginger, releasing their aromatic essence through quick, precise sautéing.
- Sprinkle an ensemble of ground spices – curry powder, cumin, turmeric, chili powder, and salt – awakening their complex profiles through rapid toasting.
- Integrate tomato paste, enabling it to deepen and concentrate its rich, tangy characteristics.
- Stream coconut milk and broth into the evolving mixture, complemented by a touch of sweetness from sugar, creating a harmonious liquid foundation.
- Allow the sauce to gently undulate and reduce, developing layers of flavor through unhurried simmering.
- Optional: Transform the texture using an immersion blender, rendering the sauce into a velvety, uniform consistency.
- Finalize the culinary composition with a bright splash of lemon juice, calibrating seasoning to achieve a perfectly balanced profile.
Notes
- Adjust curry powder and chili powder to control heat level, making the sauce mild or fiery based on personal preference.
- For ultra-smooth sauce, use high-powered blender instead of immersion blender, ensuring no spice or onion chunks remain.
- Replace regular broth with vegetable broth and use full-fat coconut milk to maintain rich, creamy consistency for vegan diets.
- Freeze sauce in ice cube trays for convenient single-serving portions, lasting up to 3 months in freezer with minimal flavor loss.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Dinner, Lunch, Appetizer
- Method: Sautéing
- Cuisine: Indian
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 4
- Calories: 150
- Sugar: 2 g
- Sodium: 300 mg
- Fat: 12 g
- Saturated Fat: 10 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 10 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg