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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Asian >> Indian Subcontinent >> Indian

• Dietary Style

• Preparation Time

  Cooking Time - 30 minutes, Preparation Time - 15 minutes

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| 1. Heat oil and margarine in a small skillet or wok over medium high heat. Add onion and saute until very brown, 10 to 15 minutes. (Note: This is an important step; if onion is not cooked well, sauce will taste funny.) | 2. Add ginger and garlic to onion and saute for an additional 2 minutes. Process onion/ginger/garlic mixture in food processor until smooth. Do not rinse food processor. | 3. Place onion mixture in a large saucepan. Stir in the cinnamon, black pepper, coriander, cumin, turmeric and cayenne pepper and cook over low heat until mixture is thick and has the consistency of a paste. | 4. Puree tomatoes, chile peppers and cilantro in food processor until smooth. Add to onion mixture and stir well over low heat, cooking off moisture from tomatoes and cilantro. Add yogurt a little bit at a time, stirring constantly to avoid curdling. | 5. Blend the whole mixture in food processor to puree it (for a very smooth sauce). Return to saucepan, add water and increase heat to high; bring sauce to a rolling boil. Cover saucepan and boil for 3 to 5 minutes. Reduce heat and simmer until desired consistency is reached. | 6. To serve with meat, cook the meat first separately, then simmer for 5 to 10 minutes in the sauce before serving over rice or with bread. To serve with vegetables, steam raw veggies first 4 to 5 minutes, then simmer for 5 to 10 minutes in the sauce before serving. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
peanut oil	2	tablespoons		238.68	0.0	0.0	27.0
margarine	1	tablespoon		101.37899999999999	0.1269	0.1269	11.3505
onion	1		chopped	60.0	14.01	1.65	0.15
ginger root	1	tablespoon	minced	4.8	1.0662	0.1092	0.045
garlic	2	tablespoons	minced	25.33	5.6202	1.0812	0.085
cinnamon	1	teaspoon	ground	-	-	-	-
black pepper	1	teaspoon	ground	5.773	1.4708	0.239	0.075
coriander	2	tablespoons	ground	29.8	5.499	1.237	1.777
cumin	2	tablespoons	ground	45.0	5.3088	2.1372	2.6724
turmeric	1/4	teaspoon	ground	2.34	0.5036	0.0726	0.0244
cayenne pepper	1	teaspoon		5.724	1.0193	0.2162	0.3109
tomato	2			80.4198	17.3796	3.9316	0.8936
serrano chile pepper	2		seeded	-	-	-	-
cilantro	1/2	cup		1.84	0.2936	0.1704	0.0416
yogurt	1/2	cup		74.725	5.7085	4.2508	3.9812
water	3	cups		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.