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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.
Recipe summary
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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.
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.
7. Add 3 cups of water.
8. Add ½ tsp turmeric powder,1 tbsp curry powder,
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.
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.For
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.
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| 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.
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7. Add 3 cups of water.
8. Add ½ tsp turmeric powder,1 tbsp curry powder,
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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.
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| 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.
Preparation Time : 20 minutes
Cooking time: 20 minutes
Serves: 6
Ingredients
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| Ingredients for Healthy fried Onion gravy with coconut milk |
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
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
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Preparation
Slice the onion. I used the food processor.
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| Sliced onion |
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| Frying onion in the air fryer |
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| Adding garlic |
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| Fried onion and garlic |
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
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| Frying chili |
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| 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.
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| Add red and green chili pieces, garlic, ginger, curry leaves, pandan leaf and lemon grass. |
Then add onion and fry for 10 minutes.
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| Add onion |
Add water
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| Add water |
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| Add curry powder, turmeric powder and pepper corns |
Mix well and bring to the boil in high heat.
Add garam masala
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| Healthy fried Onion curry with coconut milk |
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