Binda’s spicy Indian curry dish (using an Instant pot)

Name: Binda’s spicy Indian curry dish (using an Instant pot)
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 55 min
Cuisine: Asian, Indian
Ingredients: For the vagaar; Veg oil; Peppercorns x5; Cinnamon stick; Bay leaf; 3 cloves; Cumin seeds tablespoon; Garlic cloves 5 roughly chopped; 1 white onion roughly chopped; Thumb size of ginger; Cashew nuts handful’s; Whole green chillies roughly chopped; 2 cardamom pods; Tin of plum tomatoes; 2 teaspoons jeeru powder; 1 teaspoon chicken/garam masala; 2 teaspoons table salt; Handful of dried methi crushed; Half teaspoon tumeric; For the instapot; Curry leaves; Cumin seeds

8 steps

Prep:15minCook:40min

Great with chicken thigh, breast or lamb

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 12:00:14 GMT

Ingredients

0 servings

Whole, roughly chopped

2cardamom pods

tin of plum tomatoes

Dry spices to add to vagaar

2 teaspoonsjeeru powder

1 teaspoonchicken masala

2 teaspoonstable salt

dried methi

crushed

½ teaspoontumeric

curry leaves

cumin seeds

Instructions

Step 1

Heat up oil with all vagaar ingredients

CooktopHeat

veg oil

Peppercorns5

cinnamon stick

bay leaf

cloves3

Cumin seeds

Garlic cloves5

white onion1

ginger

Cashew nuts

green chillies

cardamom pods2

Step 2

Add tin of blended plum tomatoes to the vagaar

tin of plum tomatoes

Step 3

Add all the dried spices to the vagaar and let it simmer

jeeru powder2 teaspoons

chicken masala1 teaspoon

table salt2 teaspoons

dried methi

tumeric½ teaspoon

Step 4

Once simmering nicely remove the bay leaves and cinnamon sticks, then blend vagaar finely into a nice thick sauce

Step 5

Instanpot: turn on, it will say Off, press Saute > More (to heat up) > once it beeps add oil to cover base > add cumin seeds

Step 6

Once cumin seeds simmering, press Sautee button to reduce heat to low and then add curry leaves; add extra cut chillies if you prefer. Once simmering again, add your vagaar eg garam masala

Step 7

Add water to slacken the sauce and to stop it from sticking to the base. Taste your sauce and add extra ingredients accordingly

Step 8