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Sanjiv's Basic Curry B

Ingredients

2 lbs. tomatoes
2 t. green chilies
2 t. ginger
5 oz. tomato paste
10 oz. tomato puree
4 - ¼ c. water
2 t. ginger & garlic paste
2 t. cloves
8 green cardamom pods
Salt to taste
3 T. butter
2/3 c. light cream
1 t. fenugreek
Honey to taste

Method of preparation

1_ Wash and chop tomatoes. Remove stems, wash, slit, deseed and chop green chilies.
2_ Scrape, wash and julianne the ginger. Put tomatoes, tomato paste and tomato puree in a pot and add approximately 4- ¼ cups of water.
3_ Add ginger & garlic paste, green chilies, red chili powder, cloves, cardamom pods and salt.
4_ Cook over low heat until reduced to a sauce. Strain this cooked mixture and press the pulp to get out all of the liquid.
5_ Discard the pulp and bring the liquid to a boil. Add butter and cream. Stir.
6_ If the sauce is sour, add honey. Add fenugreek and ginger.

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