Saturday 24 September 2016

Healthy fried Onion gravy with coconut milk

Healthy fried Onion gravy with coconut milk

                        Healthy fried Onion gravy with coconut milk

We often use onion as a condiment to spice up what we cook. It is a vegetable and can be used as such. In this curry recipe I am using onion as the main vegetable ingredient.


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                Healthy fried Onion gravy with coconut milk

Preparation Time : 20 minutes
Cooking time: 20 minutes

Serves: 6

1. In a large pan a heat 3 tbsp oil. 
Healthy fried Onion gravy with coconut milk
Healthy fried onion gravy
 with coconut milk



2. Add 2 " piece cinnamon stick and fry for 10 seconds. Then add 2 cloves cardamom

5 cloves  and fry for 5 seconds. 



3. Fry 2 dry chilies.


4. Add  ½ tsp cumin
½ tsp fennel seeds
1 tsp fenugreek seeds and fry for 10 seconds.

5. Add 10 garlic cloves, sliced,10 grams ginger, grated,
2 green chilies, sliced thin,1 red chili, sliced thin, 10 curry leaves, chopped,½ pandan leaf, 1 lemon grass – 3” bottom white part. Fry for 5 minutes.

6. Add 250 grams onion, coarsely chopped,10 shallots, sliced and fry for 10 minutes.
spices

7. Add 3 cups of water.

8. Add  ½  tsp turmeric powder,1 tbsp curry powder,
Ingredients
5 whole pepper corns.



9. Mix well and  bring to the boil in high heat.

10. Add 1 tsp spoon garam masala.

11. Reduce the heat to medium low, cover and let it simmer for 15 minutes.
Fried onion and garlic
Fried onion and garlic



12. Add 10 grams tamarind paste, juice extracted or  according to your taste and simmer for 5 minutes.If you want the gravy to be thick add
20 grams roasted split chick pea powder.
        

13. Add 1/2 tsp spoon salt and add ¾ cup coconut milk  and cook for 3 minutes. 
  
 Healthy Fried onion gravy is ready.
                      Recipe follows in detail with pictures.



Preparation Time : 20 minutes
Cooking time: 20 minutes
Serves: 6

Ingredients

Ingredients for Healthy fried Onion gravy with coconut milk
Ingredients for Healthy fried Onion gravy with coconut milk
Main
250 grams onion, coarsely chopped
10 shallots, sliced

Others
10 garlic cloves, sliced
10 grams ginger, grated
2 green chilies, sliced thin
1 red chili, sliced thin 
10 curry leaves, chopped
½ pandan leaf
1 lemon grass – 3” bottom white part
10 grams tamarind paste, juice extracted

Seasoning
2 dry chilies

Spices
2 “ piece cinnamon
2 cloves cardamom
5 cloves 
½  tsp turmeric powder
1 tbsp curry powder
Spices
½ tsp cumin
½ tsp fennel seeds
1 tsp fenugreek seeds
5 whole pepper corns

Water 3 cups
¾ cup coconut milk 
20 grams roasted split chick pea
3 tbsp vegetable oil
½ tsp salt


Spices
spices











Preparation
Slice the onion. I used the food processor.
Sliced onion
Sliced onion
Fry the onion in the air fryer spraying little oil.  
Frying onion in the air fryer
Frying onion in the air fryer 
Add garlic and fry
Adding garlic
Adding garlic
Fry till it turns crispy.
Fried onion and garlic
Fried onion and garlic
Method
In a large pan a heat 2 tbsp oil. When the oil is hot reduce the heat to low and add cinnamon stick and fry for 10 seconds. Then add cardamom and cloves and fry for 5 seconds. 

Fry dry chili


Frying chili
Frying chili
Then add cumin seeds, fennel seeds and fenugreek seeds and fry for 10 seconds.
Add cumin seeds, fennel seeds and fenugreek seeds
Add cumin seeds, fennel seeds and fenugreek seeds


Add red and green chili pieces, garlic, ginger, curry leaves, pandan leaf and lemon grass. Fry for 5 minutes, stirring frequently to ensure that they do not get burnt.
Add red and green chili pieces, garlic, ginger, curry leaves, pandan leaf and lemon grass.
Add red and green chili pieces, garlic, ginger, curry leaves, pandan leaf and lemon grass.

Then add onion and fry for 10 minutes.
Add onion
Add onion

Add water
Add water
Add water
Add curry powder, turmeric powder and pepper corns 
Add curry powder, turmeric powder and pepper corns
Add curry powder, turmeric powder and pepper corns 

Mix well and  bring to the boil in high heat.

Add garam masala
Add garam masala
Add garam masala


Reduce the heat to medium low, cover and let it simmer for 15 minutes.

Add tamarind juice according to your taste and simmer for 5 minutes 

Taste salt and add coconut milk and cook for 3 minutes.
Taste salt and add coconut milk
Taste salt and add coconut milk

Taste for seasoning and adjust.
 This is a very nice vegetarian dish that will go with rice, bread and chapati.

If you deep fry the onion and make this curry it is more delicious but I wanted to cut oil. I used air fryer to fry the onion with little oil.

 Healthy fried Onion curry with coconut milk
Healthy fried Onion curry with coconut milk






































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