Basic Indian Tomato Gravy
Indian dish with tomatoes, onion, ghee.

- prep 6 min
- cook 14 min
- total 20 min
- serves 4
- easy
- India
Ingredients
- 5 tomatoes
- 1 onion
- 1 tablespoon ghee
- ½ teaspoon ginger paste
- 5 cloves garlic, pounded
- 1 teaspoon chile powder
- ½ teaspoon coriander powder
- ½ teaspoon cumin powder
- ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder
Steps
- Fry the onions in hot ghee until they start to brown.
- Add the ginger and garlic and stir.
- Then add the powdered spices.
- Blend well.
- Throw in the tomatoes and salt to taste.
- Turn the flame down to medium and cover for ten minutes.
- This will form a spicy gravy to which you can add any mixture of vegetables or boiled eggs or fried fish or chicken or lamb/goat.
Adapted from “Basic Indian Tomato Gravy”, Wikibooks Cookbook, CC BY-SA 4.0. This adaptation is shared under the same licence.