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Basic Makhni Gravy

You can add anything to this gravy – chicken, paneer, vegetables. This is a Sanjeev Kapoor exclusive recipe.

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Basic Makhni Gravy

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Main Ingredients Tomatoes, Garlic cloves
Cuisine Punjabi
Course Gravies, Sauces and Stocks
Prep Time 0-5 minutes
Cook time 31-40 minutes
Serve 4
Taste Spicy
Level of Cooking Easy
Others Veg

Ingredients list for Basic Makhni Gravy

  • 500 grams Tomatoes quartered
  • 7-8 Garlic cloves
  • 1½ inch piece Ginger roughly chopped
  • 7 Green cardamoms
  • ½ Mace
  • 2 tablespoons Red chilli powder
  • ½ cup Butter
  • to taste Salt
  • 1½ teaspoons Dried fenugreek leaves (kasoori methi)
  • 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.
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