Basic Makhni Gravy

Ingredients

• 500 grams tomatoes, quartered
• 7-8 garlic cloves
• 1½ inch ginger piece, roughly chopped
• 7 green cardamoms
• ½ blade mace
• 2 tablespoons red chilli (deghi mirch) powder
• ½ cup butter
• Salt to taste
• 1½ teaspoons dried fenugreek leaves (kasoori methi) powder
• 1 tablespoon honey
• ¼ cup fresh cream
• 1 teaspoon garam masala powder

Method 

1. Heat a deep non stick pan. Add the tomatoes, garlic, ginger, green cardamoms, mace, one cup water, red chilli powder and butter and let it boil for fifteen minutes.
2. Add the salt and mix well.  Take the pan off the heat and allow it to cool.
3. Blend the gravy to a fine puree, strain into another deep non stick pan and cook for five minutes.   
4. Add kasoori methi powder and honey and cook for further two to three minutes. Add the cream and garam masala powder and mix lightly.
5. Use as required.