Homemade Mild Curry Powder And Paste Recipes

Steps:

• In a blender or food processor, combine cumin, coriander, turmeric, red pepper flakes, mustard seed, and ginger. Process to a fine powder. Store in an airtight container.

Steps:

• First take the coriander,cumin,fenugreek,black pepper,mustard seeds and dry fry gently in a frying pan until the mustard seeds start to pop.
• Let spices cool.
• Grind the unground spices to a fine powder and mix with remaining spices.
• This should result in a fine mild curry powder.
• For a hotter variety add one tsp of ground chile.
• For curry paste.
• Roast an onion for one hour at 200°C.
• Let onion cool.
• In a blender chop onion finely.
• Add remaining ingredients to blender and mix well.

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a heavy-based pan. Fry the onions gently for 5 - 10 mins until soft. Add the garlic, ginger, coriander, mustard seeds, garam masala and cumin and cook for 1 - 2 min allowing the aromas to release.
• Add the chicken and cook for 10 mins over a gentle heat, flipping occasionally and making sure the spices don't catch. Pour in around 300 ml boiling water until almost covering. Stir in the stock cube and cinnamon stick. Simmer for around 45 mins - 1 hour with the lid off so there is a small amount of thickened sauce at the bottom of the pan. Remove the cinnamon stick.
• Stir in the yogurt and sultanas, heat through gently and serve. Scatter with coriander, if using.

Steps:

• Put it all in one of those little mini-processors and zoom it a couple of times.
• Add a little bit of water, or oil, to make a paste and zoom it until it all comes together.

Steps:

• Deseed and take off any stems from the chilies.
• Heat a frying pan and add all the seeds. Dry-fry over medium heat, stirring until the spices give off a rich aroma.
• Allow to cool. When cool enough to handle, break the stick into pieces and deseed the cardamom pods. Throw the pods away but keep the seeds.
• Grind all the seeds in a grinder.
• Stir in the turmeric and use immediately or store in an airtight jar away from light for no more than one month.

Steps:

• In a blender container, place all.
• Cover and grind for 1 to 2 minutes or till mixture is a fine powder.
• Store spice mixture in airtight container in cool dry place.

Steps:

• Put all ingredients except vinegar into small bowl and mix together well.
• Add the vinegar and mix to a smooth paste.
• Keep for up to one month in an airtight container in fridge.